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AWS is experiencing a major US-EAST-1 outage starting at 3:11AM ET that has taken down many services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and ChatGPT — The cause of the AWS outage is currently unclear. … Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage …
More: Amazon Web Services, BleepingComputer, XDA Developers, Financial Times, Windows Central, DatacenterDynamics, Bloomberg, BBC, Irish Independent, TechRadar, Seeking Alpha, Tom's Guide, Hindustan Times, The Guardian, NBC News, RTÉ, New York Times, Android Authority, MakeUseOf, CyberInsider, Eurogamer.net, Cryptonews, The Stack, Daily Sabah, and Mirror
X: @aravsrinivas, @mer__edith, @basedbeffjezos, @jezcorden, @uttam_singhk, @zoealannahx, @scrypto_, @elonmusk, @fortnitestatus, @jsrailton, @gergelyorosz, @nonfungiblemomo, @sqs, @askrobinhood, @coinbasesupport, @pierbapt, @lukerramsden, @praveeninpublic, @jreakin, and @framer
Bluesky: @ellipsus.com and @tomwarren.co.uk
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming that GPT-5 solved Erdös math problems, after pushback from Demis Hassabis and others; Yann LeCun ridicules OpenAI — OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community …
More: TechCrunch. X: @demishassabis, @sebastienbubeck, @ylecun, @thomasfbloom, @stefanfschubert, @nathanpmyoung, @kperifanos, @dmitryrybin1, @thomasahle, @vnovak_404, @mhmazur, @garymarcus, @ns123abc, @kimmonismus, @littmath, @janarhertz, @alextensor, @teortaxestex, @yuchenj_uw, @jasondeanlee, @vijayasankarv, @scaling01, @martinmbauer, @miles_brundage, @_junaidkhalid1, @hanchunglee, @marco_piani, @jonasaadler, @deryatr_, @zephyr_z9, @kevinweil, @thomasfbloom, @jeremyphoward, @marksellke, @borismpower, @sebastienbubeck, and @borismpower
Bluesky: @dulwichquantum, @carnage4life, and @josh.uno
Threads: @gedaliap, @andrea_89757, @masiosare, @tonycoxphoto, @feathers.6799, and @sir_terrynce. Mastodon: @tao@mathstodon.xyz
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
X plans a Handle Marketplace for Premium+ and Business subscribers to search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles can cost from $2,500 to $1M+ — Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable. … Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories.
More: The Hans India, Moneycontrol, X, Social Media Today, and Tech Times
Bluesky: @blindtubemares, @stevenjcbuckley, @generalboles, @simonpegg, and @snugbucket. Mastodon: @igb@mastodon.hccp.org
| The Verge: |
Opera Neon hands-on: the $20-per-month agentic AI browser can take over browsing tasks, but its three built-in AI chatbots can be confusing and unreliable — Neon is three AI tools dressed up as one, with a $20-per-month subscription attached. … The trick to understanding Opera's Neon browser … | Bloomberg: |
China says the US NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 — China said it's uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country's main agency responsible for timekeeping.
More: Security Affairs, Associated Press, Modern Diplomacy, Reuters, Engadget, UPI, The Hacker News, South China Morning Post, Forbes Middle East, Tech in Asia, and Benzinga
X: @kanthan2030, @scottcdunn, @jingjing_li, @ghddr16, @williamyang120, @davidafoshee, @warmonitor3, @firstsquawk, @nofollo92476663, @sammyliddell929, @marionawfal, @itsreallynick, @scottcdunn, @msjedits, @heidrekson, and @shawnwenzel
Bluesky: @billmarczak.org, @criminalerin, @bobblakley, and @campuscodi.risky.biz
| Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times: |
An interview with Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia's decentralized model, right-wing attacks and political pressure, Elon Musk, protecting volunteer editors, and more — As one of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia helps define our common understanding of just about everything.
More: The Interview on YouTube and The A.V. Club
Threads: @lulugnavarro and @karin.wulf
Forums: r/wikipedia and r/technology
| Alicia Park / Forbes: |
A profile of Pure Storage co-founder John Colgrove, as AI-driven demand for data storage pushes the company's stock to record highs, reaching a $30B market cap — John Colgrove, who founded data storage company Pure Storage in 2009, is now a billionaire. — PURE STORAGE — I cover tech and billionaires.| Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal: |
How China gained control over global rare earth supply through state support, domestic industry consolidation, acquiring US companies like Magnequench, and more — Beijing used bare-knuckle tactics in a multidecade effort to consolidate control over supplies
More: DigiTimes, The Hill, South China Morning Post, TheStreet, and Financial Times
| Julia Black / New York Times: |
A profile of Katherine Boyle, an a16z partner and a friend to JD Vance, as Silicon Valley increasingly adopts her views, including embracing defense tech — Katherine Boyle, an influential venture capitalist who is a friend of the vice president, thinks the country's path forward involves … | Financial Times: |
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray says AI risk is “top of our list” when evaluating deals; sources: the firm backed down from buying companies vulnerable to AI — Jonathan Gray says private capital group has put risks from the technology ‘top of our list’ when evaluating deals
More: PYMNTS.com
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint: the iPhone 17 series outsold the iPhone 16 by ~14% in the first 10 days of US and China sales; base iPhone 17 sales doubled over the 16 in China — Apple Inc.'s latest generation of iPhones is off to a faster start than usual, with its most basic model surging in popularity.
More: Reuters, Tech in Asia, Counterpoint Research, and Mobile World Live
| Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba Cloud details a GPU pooling system that it claims reduced the number of Nvidia H20 required by 82% when serving dozens of LLMs of up to 72B parameters — The new Aegaeon system can serve dozens of large language models using a fraction of the GPUs previously required, potentially reshaping AI workloads
More: ACM Digital Library and Benzinga
X: @qubitium and @globalsenate
Forums: r/baba and r/NvidiaStock
| Financial Times: |
London-based CoMind, which develops a non-invasive brain monitoring device with Lidar-like tech, raised $60M led by Plural, taking its total funding to $102.5M — London-based CoMind is aiming to start selling its medical device in 2027 — A British start-up developing technology … | Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
X is testing a new way of opening links without fully covering an X post, allowing users to see the Like, Repost, and other buttons, starting on iOS — It comes in response to creators' complaints about the reach of posts containing links. — Links have proven to be a tricky thing when it comes to social media engagement.
More: The Hans India, The Verge, and Social Media Today
X: @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @joannastern, @pkafka, @hnshah, @tomcritchlow, @benthompson, @katienotopoulos, @firt, @mschoening, @katienotopoulos, and @tobi. Bluesky: @stonehead
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