7 h. ago The historic Yorkshire town with a riverside walk and castle with amazing autumn views

Enjoy a walk beside the water, visit cosy cafes and discover a mysterious cave

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42 h. ago The historic Scottish B&B in vibrant town that's an ideal autumn escape during the Enchanted Forest

A night away in beautiful Perthshire is never better than in the autumn, finds Rosalind Erskine.

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62 h. ago Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by its accelerating computing arm business

Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, as the online giant kept attracting shoppers looking for good prices while inflation resurges

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62 h. ago Amazon reports strongest cloud growth since 2022 after major outage

Amazon Web Services (AWS) sees 20% increase in revenue year over year, topping Wall Street estimatesAmazon has made its first financial disclosures since the disastrous outage suffered by its cloud computing division that brought everything from smart beds to banks offline.In spite of the global outage, Amazon Web Services has continued to grow, and this quarter reported a 20% increase in revenue year over year. Wall Street estimated that AWS would bring in $32.42bn in net sales in the third quarter, with the company reporting actual revenue of $33bn. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wetherspoon ordered to pay over £25k after worker used staff discount on Sunday roast

Brandon Halstead used his discount code for a meal for seven, including himself, at another Wetherspoon branch in August 2023.

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3 d. ago Microsoft outage live updates: Users report outages with Azure and Amazon Web Services leaving services unusable

Azure says it’s rolling out technical fixes which will finish deploying within the hour and users of the Microsoft cloud will soon be seeing the effects

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3 d. ago Internet outages at NatWest, BT and Minecraft reported amid Microsoft disruption

There have been more than 2,000 reports of outages at Xbox and at least 500 reports for Microsoft Outlook.

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3 d. ago AWS outage live updates: Users report outages with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services leaving internet unusable

The reports of an outage, which Amazon disputes, come after an AWS issue caused major websites to malfunction just over a week ago

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3 d. ago Amazon and Microsoft outages full list of every service affected including Asda and Lloyds

Here is a list of all the companies which are impacted by the latest outages involving Amazon and Microsoft, which is causing chaos online after they went down this afternoon

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3 d. ago AWS outage live updates: Amazon Web Services goes down again leaving huge portion of the internet unusable

The reported outage comes after an AWS issue caused major websites to malfunction just over a week ago

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3 d. ago Huge Amazon cloud crash leaves half the world without internet AGAIN

Amazon's cloud service is experiencing an outage that has taken down 'half of the internet' for the second time in less than 10 days.

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4 d. ago The pretty Welsh market town that's easily missed by outsiders but perfect for autumn

The market sits on the banks of the River Tywi at the edge of the Brecon Beacons and the Cambrian Mountains.

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4 d. ago This woodland walk near a quiet village ends with an epic Sunday Roast

There's really nothing like an autumn woodland walk to clear the mind and soothe the soul after a busy week at work

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4 d. ago Love Is Blind star and flight attendant reveals there's a secret snack box and toiletries cupboard on planes that passengers don't know about

'There are so many secrets about flying that would probably amaze everybody.' The star and flight service manager has real insight into the industry she loves so much.

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5 d. ago Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs amid AI investment push

All main global operations are understood to be impacted, with the UK among those to see office roles axed.

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7 d. ago The Yorkshire market town with a castle and steam train that’s a magical autumn day out

Stroll along cobbled streets, enjoy a boat ride along the canal and dip into a cosy pub for a refreshing pint

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8 d. ago I asked 2 chefs how to make the best roast potatoes — they all agreed on 1 key step

There are a lot of opinions on how to make the best roast potatoes, but there seems to be a consensus between two top chefs on one key step in the process.

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8 d. ago Food truck tucked behind Welsh train station serves amazing dishes, and thigs are about to blow up

This brilliant food truck is opening in a second fantastic location

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9 d. ago 'Acted promptly': Scottish Cup redrawn as Borders club withdraw en masse

Only 14 of the original teams remain in nation’s premier knockout competition

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1 week ago The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet | Editorial

A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragilityAn outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and websites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving millions of users unable to access services like Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Duolingo and even Amazon’s own operations. Removing the tech from our tech-dependent existence led to workers being sent home and exams delayed. The crash, which lasted 15 hours, underlined how deeply our digital lives depend on a small number of cloud providers – and how vulnerable many everyday systems are to a single failure.If data is the new oil, then cloud computing is the pipeline, the refinery, the tanker fleet and, increasingly, the pump too. The big three – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – account for 60% of global cloud computing. They own the networks and cables that move data across the worl...

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