53 m. ago ‘I’m having a great day’: AWS outage offers some a brief glimpse of a tech

There was a different side to the chaos of the Amazon outage that affected crucial services around the world, such as no exams, light switches not working, and less work to doWorkers were sent home, exams were delayed, coffee machines had to be turned on manually and language app users feared their hard-won progress was lost as a result of the global outage of Amazon Web Services on Monday, as some made light of their briefly tech-free existence.A glitch in the AWS cloud computing service brought down apps and websites for millions of users around the world affecting more than 2,000 companies, including Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and language app Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago How three Albanian 'asylum seeker' brothers launched their £335m cocaine empire from a car wash in Bournemouth. Neighbours reveal hell they put them through

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5 h. ago Half of young adults now choosing ‘no and low’ alcohol drinks, study says

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5 h. ago Half of young adults now choosing no and low alcohol drinks – report

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5 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers reveal Carla's return, Eva twist and Becky 'makes a move'

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11 h. ago Lisa Nandy says Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban at Villa Park ‘chooses exclusion’

The local Safety Advisory Group opted last week to block visiting fans from attending the Europa League tie against Aston Villa on November 6.

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12 h. ago Brits reveal ultimate 'happy place' with Sunday roasts topping a new poll

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13 h. ago Holidaymakers reveal the worst 'tourist prices' they've ever paid

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13 h. ago 'He would ask us to do very strange things to him': Inside downfall of Salt Bae as we reveal chef's seedy demands to female staff, how he intimidated employees and the truth about his £700 gold

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13 h. ago Oasis reveal huge update as Bonehead's replacement confirmed

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Politics

14 h. ago Starmer vows to work with allies to ‘cripple Putin’s war machine’

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14 h. ago Truth behind bizarre vegetable traditions as Lettuce Liz immortalised at British Film Institute

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14 h. ago Clear tea and coffee stains from mugs within minutes using two common ingredients

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14 h. ago Women reveal the surprising effects of being bald: ‘It’s a luxury’

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14 h. ago 'Surfing's Kim Kardashian' gets death threats after 'pooping in sacred lake'

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15 h. ago Cybill Shepherd reveals intimate details of her love affair with Elvis Presley

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15 h. ago Woman learns vital lesson after leaving house with washing machine cycle on

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16 h. ago Annie Lennox on her ADHD diagnosis at 70 and choosing not to take medication

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Science

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