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Regarding last week's 16-hour partial AWS outage:
"In this case, the race condition resided in the DNS Enactor, a DynamoDB component that constantly updates domain lookup tables in individual AWS endpoints to optimize load balancing as conditions change."
Delays resulted in multiple DNS Enactors rewriting the same configs and deleting each other's "outdated" changes, breaking routing *and* the re-balancing process, requiring manual intervention.
The Japan TimesAmazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 jobs, or nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/amazon-30000-corporate-job-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amazoncom #jobs #ai
Amazon.com said it had largely contained fallout from a widespread internet outage that caused turmoil among thousands of sites globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/amazon-aws-outage-worldwide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #aws #tech #apps
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including Fortnite and Snapchat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/20/tech/websites-apps-dark-amazon-outage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #tech #cloud
The rapid data center build-out is driving sales and stock prices of companies from Caterpillar to Trane, but the digital gold rush won’t last forever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/18/world/ai-bubble-bursting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #caterpillar #siemens #microsoft #alphabet #metaplatforms #amazoncom #xai #blackstone
If there’s any lesson to take from the AI spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to never underestimate the fear of missing out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/02/big-tech-ai-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #microsoft #amazoncom #meta #apple #google #ai #markets #investments #stocks
Global environmental lobby Greenpeace has added its voice to protests against this week's celebrity wedding in Venice between American technology billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Laura Sanchez. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/greenpeace-bezos-wedding-venice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #greenpeace #italy #venice #amazoncom #jeffbezos
Nintendo ConnectNintendo und Amazon legen Streit bei – Switch-2-Spiele & mehr endlich wieder verfügbar
Nach monatelangem Schweigen und einer spürbaren Lücke im Onlineangebot scheint nun wieder Frieden eingekehrt zu sein: Nintendo und Amazon haben ihre Differenzen offenbar beigelegt. Ab sofort sind wieder neue Switch-2-Spiele, Konsolen und Zubehör direkt bei Amazon USA erhältlich – hierzulande hat man davon nichts gespürt. Rätselraten um Lieferstopp beendet In den letzten rund zwölf Monaten war es in den USA nahezu unmöglich, Nintendo-Produkte direkt von Amazon zu kaufen. Egal ob […]
The Trumps are hardly the first presidential family to profit from their time in power, but they have done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/26/world/politics/trump-monetize-presidency-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #qatar #cryptocurrencies #jeffbezos #amazoncom
