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"Thermal Event" Triggers Service Disruptions At Amazon AWS Cloud Hub In Northern Virginia
"Thermal Event" Triggers Service Disruptions At Amazon AWS Cloud Hub In Northern Virginia
Amazon Web Services said that recovery efforts are still underway after a "loss of power during a thermal event" disrupted a Northern Virginia data center on Thursday evening.
"Mitigation efforts remain underway to resolve the impaired EC2 instances and degraded EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone (use1-az4) in the US-EAST-1 Region," AWS wrote on its Service Health page, indicating that its operational issue for "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (N. Virginia)" remained "impacted" as of early Friday morning.
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Apr 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Prepares To Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally Following Iranian Gunboat Attack On Tanker In Hormuz
US Prepares To Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally Following Iranian Gunboat Attack On Tanker In Hormuz
Summary:
Two Iranian gunboats Open Fire on a tanker near Oman; 2nd tanker hit by 'unknown projectile'
Pentagon prepared to expand anti-vessel action, signals prepared to board Iran-linked ships globally
Friday: Hormuz Open; Saturday: Hormuz Closed
Trump: Iran wanted to close up Strait again, can't blackmail us
Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by end of April?
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US Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally
According to the latest...
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Apr 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028
UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028
Finally a practical use of AI.
In a world swimming in debt and overrun by government bloat and corruption, Dubai is taking a big step into the future. On Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced that in two years, 50% of UAE's government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, arguably the best use of the new technology yet.
The new "government model" was launched under the directive of...
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Jun 16, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Ebola Cases, Deaths Jump In Congo As Outbreak Spreads
Ebola Cases, Deaths Jump In Congo As Outbreak Spreads
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
The number of Ebola cases and deaths has risen in Congo, the epicenter of an ongoing outbreak, officials said on June 14.
Response personnel carry the body of a person who died from Ebola in Bunia, Congo, on June 13, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
Thirty-two new deaths and 72 new cases have been confirmed in the central African country, Congo's Ministry of Communications said in a statement.
The cumulative number of cases is up to...
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