A severe outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted a broad swath of internet services on a crisp October morning. The incident stemmed from a DNS resolution problem affecting the DynamoDB API in the US‑East‑1 region, leading to increased error rates and latency across multiple AWS services. Popular platforms such as Venmo, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Alexa, Lyft, Reddit, Disney+, and many others experienced partial or complete outages. AWS identified the issue, applied mitigations, and eventually restored most services, though new EC2 instance launches remained rate‑limited for some time. The outage highlighted the extensive reliance on AWS infrastructure across the digital ecosystem. Read more →

A widespread outage at Amazon Web Services caused significant disruptions across a variety of popular applications and platforms that rely on the cloud provider. The incident affected services ranging from Amazon's own Alexa to third‑party apps such as Venmo, Snapchat, and Fortnite. AWS identified a DNS resolution issue affecting its DynamoDB API, which led to increased error rates and latency in the US‑East‑1 region. The company announced that the underlying problem had been mitigated, but some services continued to experience elevated errors, particularly with new EC2 instance launches. The outage highlighted the reliance of many internet services on a single cloud infrastructure and sparked concerns about resilience and redundancy. Read more →

OpenAI announced its latest GPT-5 model, promising top‑tier performance and fewer hallucinations, and simultaneously released GPT‑OSS, two open‑weight models that run locally. At the same time, Roku introduced the low‑cost ad‑free Howdy subscription, TP‑Link unveiled a Wi‑Fi 7 travel router supporting up to 90 devices, and Camp Snap debuted a retro‑style CS‑8 camera. Fortnite rolled out a new "Shock ’N Awesome" season featuring bug‑infested gameplay, while indie puzzle game "Is This Seat Taken?" and the 2025 Tiny Awards nominations added further buzz to the tech and entertainment landscape. Read more →