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The AWS Outage

The AWS Outage

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A major Amazon Web Services outage took down Fortnite, Snapchat, Venmo, and more — The Washington Post and The Guardian unpack the DNS failure that brought millions of users offline. Tech valuations and markets falter amid concerns over infrastructure and trade ripple effects; below the surface, investors are recalibrating their risk assessments.


On Capitol Hill, the U.S. government shutdown entered its third week as Senate votes failed again; simultaneously, the massive “No Kings” protests drew millions to the streets. CBS News reports.


Entertainment culture exploded: the HBO horror prequel IT: Welcome to Derry premiered, and sports fans witnessed a quarterback duel that felt historic. People Magazine and sports outlets cover the highlights.


Health and data systems quietly addressed fail-safe gaps as cloud-dependency raised the stakes for hospitals, labs, and biotech.


Today’s episode was hosted by Marshall Huang.

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