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Amazon Web Services: AWS wieder im Normalbetrieb
Am Montag legte ein Fehler Amazons Web Services und damit diverse Internet-Dienste lahm. Amazon erklärt die Probleme.
https://www.heise.de/news/…

AWS says services have "returned to normal operations" after an outage in its US-EAST-1 region, first reported at 3:11am ET, that took down major websites (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-down-major-we…

AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites
Downdetector previously showed user reports of problems at sites including Amazon, Snapchat, Disney+, Reddit and Canva.

Seems like downtown #Toronto was/is busy with Blue Jays celebration?
Saw this screenshot on Facebook

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Amazon Web Services: Globale Störung am Montagmorgen
https://www.

Na - was ist schon wieder down? Richtig.
"Amazon Web Services has now issued a further update, stating in a post at 10.29 a.m. ET that it is once again experiencing network connectivity issues in the US. "
10.29 a.m. ET == 16:29 CEST
https://cnn.it/4qlp9pk

Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-east-internet-services-outage-654a12ac9aff0bf4b9dc0e22499d92d7
http://www.memeorandum.com/251020/p124#a251020p124

»Amazon Web #Service's — DNS-Problem legte zahlreiche #Online-Dienste lahm:
Wenn es einmal bei einem der großen #Cloud Service #Provider

Amazon Web Services: DNS-Problem legte zahlreiche Online-Dienste lahm
Aufgrund eines Problems bei der DNS-Auflösung bei AWS fielen einige Dienste temporär aus. Davon betroffen waren auch Snapchat und Fortnite.

RE: #FediFollows<…

Before you head out for the weekend (and if you're lucky for a long Thanksgiving break), check out today's Metacurity for a ton of top infosec developments you should know, including
--SEC drops ill-fated cyberattack lawsuit against SolarWinds, CISO,
--FCC gets rid of Biden-era reporting rules addressing Salt Typhoon intrusions,
--Cybercrime money laundering network active in the UK bought a bank,
--Russian intel services funded former Wirecard exec's spy r…

SEC drops ill-fated cyberattack lawsuit against SolarWinds, CISO
FCC gets rid of Biden-era reporting rules addressing Salt Typhoon intrusions, Cybercrime money laundering network active in the UK bought a bank, Russian intel services funded former Wirecard exec's spy ring, Salesforce probes another third-party cyber incident, NSO appeals judge's ruling, much more

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediGarden/115587663680180965
I think there are many like me, who have an account on mastodon.social and then a second account on a smaller local server.
I've noticed there are a surprising …

As fascism descends, you are going to need easy to access and use alternatives to Big Tech (aka Fascist Tech).
So maybe bookmark the Chatons collective site initiated by our friends at Framasoft with hosted versions of free-software services for collaborative writing, video conferencing, scheduling appointments, collaborative spreadsheets, file sharing, picture sharing, etc.

★ Do you get excited or upset about AWS SCPs, or GCP Org Policies?
★ Do you have experience developing software to solve cloud security challenges?
★ Do you downplay your cloud security knowledge but actually you know a lot of niche oddities of cloud IAM?
★ Do you like working in diverse security teams that care about your wellbeing?
★ Do you want to get paid to work on cloud security for one of the most sophisticated AWS environments in the world?
I'm hiring a…

Security Software Engineer (L5), Cloud Infrastructure Security | USA - Remote | Netflix
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. Netflix operates our streaming service control plane on Amazon Web Services, which has led to one of the largest and most sophisticated AWS environments in the world. C…

#TIL: "Aus MPDL Services wird DEAS" https://www.deal-oa-services.de/aktuelles/umfirmierung

I don't disagree with suggestions that the UK public sector should have less reliance on the big-three (American) cloud providers. But this has been a concern for more than a decade, and people should at least be aware of both the "GOV.UK PaaS" and UKCloud.

Migrating our data from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) – MHCLG Digital
After learning that GOV.UK’s hosting platform PaaS is being decommissioned, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register team decided to migrate all their hosting to AWS. In this post, Barry, Developer, explains what they did.

Not good at all
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
#aibubble

This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to support my work. Here’s $10 off the first year of annual.

Today, there are 4971 public nodes listed on the Meshcore global map
#meshcore

What a nonsense: nationalise it (jointly with France)!
"Eurostar is also the only company currently offering cross-Channel rail services between London and Paris, but others want to set up rival services."
Eurostar orders first double-decker trains - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6n…

Eurostar orders first double-decker trains
They would be the first two-level high-speed trains to run through the Channel Tunnel.

Wave of anti-science bills pushed by Kennedy allies hits statehouses, endangering health protections | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/associated-press-people-indiana-trump-health-and-human-services-b2849352.html

The Tangerine Tyrant is a clear and present danger to the American People and the national security of the United States.
"The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have reduced the amount of information they share with their American counterparts, citing political developments in the United States under President Donald Trump and growing concerns over the politicization of intelligence and 'respect for human rights.'"

Dutch intelligence services cut back on sharing information with U.S
The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have reduced the amount of information they share with their American counterparts, citing political developments in the United States under President Donald Trump and growing concerns over the politicization of intelligence and "respect for human rights."

AWS says "the underlying DNS issue" is mitigated and most "operations are succeeding normally" after a huge US-EAST-1 outage; some services are still "impacted" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/802486/aws-o

Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more.

Gee, how nice - #PGE Resource center is open from 5 - 10 pm, and then people without power can go back to their electricity-free homes in the dark at 10 pm. Such service to people left in the dark. When will #SFPUC be allowed to take over the local grid from the mismanagement of PG&E? We need public power s…

“Additionally, Cursor’s Amazon Web Services bills more than doubled from $6.2 million in May 2025 to $12.6 million in June 2025, exacerbating a cash crunch that began when Anthropic introduced Priority Service Tiers, an aggressive rent-seeking measure that begun what I call the Subprime AI Crisis, where model providers begin jacking up the prices on their previously subsidized rates.”
#SubprimeAI
https://www.wheresyoured.at/costs/?ref=ed-zitrons-wheres-your-ed-at-newsletter

"Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators

Do you feel that you are too dependent on Big Tech and overwhelmed by the number of services you use?
Are you afraid of the amount of work it takes to get out? - I totally feel you!
But the best is to just start. Start with one service at a time.
Don't overthink it too much.
Don't stress yourself.
Just do the first step. And do the second when you're ready.

"the assets of British banks ‘mostly consist of claims on other banks. Their liabilities are mainly obligations to other financial institutions. Lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services – which most people would imagine was the principal business of a bank – amounts to about 3 per cent of that total.’"
It's not for nothing that the medieval church -- like modern Islam -- considered

John Lanchester · For Every Winner a Loser: What is finance for?
In our society the classic three ways of making a fortune still apply: inherit it, marry it, or steal it. But for an...

Completely sick of the prudes and their bullshit in the USA. Fuck these phony fucks and their bullshit morals. Still say the ISPs do NOT want to monitor this shit. Most people do NOT want this fucking garbage. https://

From Service-Oriented Computing to Metaverse Services: A Framework for Inclusive and Immersive Learning for Neurodivergent Students
Rachid Hamadi (School of Computer Science and Engineering UNSW Sydney Australia), Abdelmounaam Rezgui (School of Information Technology Illinois State University Normal IL USA), Ali Darejeh (School of Computer Science and Engineering UNSW Sydney Australia)

From Service-Oriented Computing to Metaverse Services: A Framework for Inclusive and Immersive Learning for Neurodivergent Students
The metaverse offers immersive and adaptive learning environments for neurodivergent students to thrive and reach their full potential. In this paper, we propose a generic framework that leverages metaverse services as an evolution beyond traditional service-oriented computing, enabling more interactive, personalized, and engaging educational experiences. By integrating AI-driven adaptability, multimodal interaction, and privacy-first service design, the framework ensures that learning remains …

Sigh. US-east-1 still messing with cloud-based services.

GÉANT receives the contract to hyperconnect European supercomputers 🎉
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) awarded GÉANT a contract to provide ultra-high bandwidth, secure, pan-European, interconnect services for the EuroHPC #supercomputing infrastructure.
Together, EuroHPC JU, GÉANT and the European NRENs are taking a major step in strengthening Europe’s supercomputing eco…

For Canberra, this means safer, quicker responses. The cameras allow remote operators to judge smoke colour, plume height, wind conditions, terrain and accessibility - all before a fire truck leaves a station.
#ACTRFS #Canberra

After Amazon's services failed in he middle of the night, my electricity at home failed for over 2 hours this morning, came back for long enough for me to get into the shower and then failed again (in a no-windows bathroom).
Those outages had depleted my UPS's battery reserves, I think, so when the power did come back on for real, my ISP's (terrible) ONT/Modem/Hub thing wouldn't power back up. So I had to have them replace that (luckily they have retail stores).
I…

Started migrating services off of the RPis and onto the new #Proxmox server. The initial install went fairly smoothly, got the VLANs configured, and then setup the new primary DNS server. That took longer than it should have, but I will say this: the VM is so much more snappy than the Pi. Next up is the secondary DNS server.

If anyone is interested in decentralized web in #Toronto there's a group starting to have monthly meetups/presentations, starting in January #dweb

Google Safe Browsing has started blocking websites using #Mailcow for self-hosting email. Google calls them dangerous, and they're right: dangerous to their data-driven business model.
Yet most people still use #Google services. They talk about privacy, even attend

This is neat!
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115588155544171064

Amazon Web Services: Globale Störung
Diverse Internet-Dienste beklagen derzeit Ausfälle. Das geht auf Störungen der Cloud-Dienste Amazon Web Services zurück.
https://www.heise.de/news/Amazon-Web-Servi

What do you mean, #awsdown? We only get those e-mails from them every month. The best kind of e-mails.

In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to become a financial super app that integrates its crypto offering with traditional banking services (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/09/20…

Coinbase News: Armstrong Outlines Vision for Firm to Evolve Into a Financial Super App
Brian Armstrong shared with Fox Business how Coinbase is navigating U.S. crypto regulation while laying out his vision to make the platform the primary account for everyday finance.

Finally, some System Services!!1!
(I’ve no idea what that means.)

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Getdown Services:
🎵 Don't Cheese Me Off
#NowPlaying #GetdownServices
https://getdownservices.bandcamp.com/track/dont-cheese-me-off
https://open.spotify.com/track/27uWMEs9zo3Yc2ZfgNvRKR

- Snikket is intended to run alone on a cheap VPS.
- Chatmail with reachable SMTP/SUBMISSIONS/IMAPS/HTTPS ports.
It seems like it’s difficult to find a chat server to #selfhost when you’re running a other https services on the same machine

UK drug funds flowed into bank tied to Russian spy services, military https://therecord.media/uk-drug-funds-flowed-into-bank-tied-to-russia

Flying Drones to Locate Cyber-Attackers in LoRaWAN Metropolitan Networks
Matteo Repetto, Enrico Cambiaso, Fabio Patrone, Sandro Zappatore
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15725 https:…

Flying Drones to Locate Cyber-Attackers in LoRaWAN Metropolitan Networks
Today, many critical services and industrial systems rely on wireless networks for interaction with the IoT, hence becoming vulnerable to a broad number of cyber-threats. While detecting this kind of attacks is not difficult with common cyber-security tools, and even trivial for jamming, finding their origin and identifying culprits is almost impossible today, yet indispensable to stop them, especially when attacks are generated with portable or self-made devices that continuously move around. …

Cette campagne municipale de Sam Hamad est un vrai délice
#villedequebec

I write up some of my advice on surviving DNS outages as it seems timely #AWS #DNS https://adrianco.medium.com…

The Internet is down…. It was DNS, again
One of the common ways web services fail is problems with DNS. I’ve talked about how to harden systems against DNS related outages before…

Introducing Dev Services for #SpringBoot using #Arconia by @…

Big milestone for Australia's energy transition: Hanwha Energy just got approval for a massive 100 MW battery in southeast Queensland.
This isn't just storage—it'll capture surplus solar, power 15,000 homes during peak demand, and provide critical grid stability services.
A major step toward a more resilient, renewable-powered grid.

Korean company secures grid connection approval for its first big battery in Australia
A two-hour, 100 megawatt battery energy storage system has received approval to connect to the south-east Queensland grid and help stabilise it.

Centralised services suck!

"Out of the blue, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services canceled multiple naturalization ceremonies in multiple counties in New York. And just to drive the point home, USCIS also announced that there will be “no more ceremonies moving forward.”"
Trump can't pretend his war targets only 'illegal' immigrants
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/20/2354819/-Trump-can-t-pretend-his-war-targets-only-illegal-immigrants

Some coverage of our rally yesterday to #KeepMarketStreetMoving!
“Traffic safety advocates are urging San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie to reverse his decision to allow private car services on Market Street, citing safety concerns.
“Protests erupted outside City Hall on Tuesday as various groups…voiced their opposition to the presence of Waymo, Uber, and Lyft vehicles on M…

... and now (because we use eu-west-1at work), our automated AWS service checker for that region has just lit up like a christmas tree.
Problems incoming to many online services across much of Europe, I suspect.
#AWS

@… Microsoft, coûte que coûte.
Et puisque c’est considéré «essentiel» pour le fonctionnement de l’administration, on va couper tous les services avant de même se poser la question Š savoir s’il est vraiment nécessaire de verser ces millions de francs Š Redmond.

@… Microsoft, coûte que coûte.
Et puisque c’est considéré «essentiel» pour le fonctionnement de l’administration, on va couper tous les services avant de même se poser la question Š savoir s’il est vraiment nécessaire de verser ces millions de francs Š Redmond.

> The underlying problem today was a malfunction at Amazon Web Services, where something called "DNS resolution" was not working
BBC putting quotes around "DNS resolution" there, like it's indecipherable Gen-Z slang.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt

Snapchat, Roblox and Lloyds bank hit by Amazon Web Services internet outage - live updates
More than 1,000 companies have had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.

I’m sure it’s a difficult situation for many but…
I just want to see those confused Waymo in the San Francisco blackout
#sanfrancisco

Dutch intelligence services cut back on sharing information with U.S (nltimes.nl)
https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/18/dutch-intelligence-services-cut-back-sharing-information-us
http://www.memeorandum.com/251020/p4#a251020p4

Metrolinx board meeting slideshow mentioned December 7th as opening date for the Finch LRT
#metrolinx

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Getdown Services:
🎵 Don't Cheese Me Off
#NowPlaying #GetdownServices
https://getdownservices.bandcamp.com/track/dont-cheese-me-off
https://open.spotify.com/track/27uWMEs9zo3Yc2ZfgNvRKR

Uber plans to trial driverless taxis in London using Baidu's Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis, starting in H1 2026 with services available by the end of 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-22/uber-teams-up-wit…

Major European airports work to restore services after cyberattack on check-in systems https://therecord.media/europe-airports-delays-ransomware-attack-checkin-systems

I've been lucky to run an ecommerce store for 10 years and only got 2 chargebacks.
One of them was a fraudulent one, where customer received the item but claimed it was defective without contacting us, sending us a photo or giving us a chance to make it right. For all we know, it was not defective.
Just won the chargeback dispute, which is actually not too frequent.
#ecommerce

Vocus, the parent company for Dodo and iPrimus, said in a statement that 1600 home internet and mobile customers had been affected by a hack on the businesses email and mobile services.
Fourth largest telco confirms cybersecurity breach impacting 1600 Aussies

A look at stablecoin-powered neobanks like Rizon and Dakota that are offering dollar-denominated digital banking services to customers worldwide (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-19/the-sta…

WIX - The Israeli Engine Behind Some of Your Favorite Websites
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/wix-the-israeli-engine-behind-some-of-your-favorite-websites/

Discover European products and services
A community-driven directory that helps you buy European products and services, based on personal recommendations.
🇪🇺 #alternative <…

Go European — Discover European products and services
Go European is a community-driven directory bringing you European products and services from across the continent.

The AWS region us-east-1 seems to be having a bit of a moment and the front page of #AWS

Emails, from services I'd forgotten about, emailing me to apologise for the performance issues caused by us-east-1.

The Colorful Cultures of Pre-Colonial Mindanao
Bridging the gap between what seems like ‘exotic’ Mindanao starts with understanding the culture of its people
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/mindano-culture-a2212-20200313-lfrm

There's a tool that analyses your 2025 hackernews comments through a LLM and give you a summary
Who am I:
The Fediverse Urbanist
A supply-and-demand fundamentalist who divides their time equally between defending housing density and explaining why your social media platform is a centralized prison for bots. You have successfully mapped the entire journey from a car-dependent suburb to a Mastodon instance using only RSS feeds and a burning hatred for high-tariff border …

AWS is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down major services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and Signal; AWS is investigating (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/802486/aws-outage-alexa-fortnite-snapchat-o…

Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more.

EU as a whole, probably the same...
Dutch intelligence services now share less information with US - DutchNews.nl
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutch-intelligence-services-now-share-less-information-with-us/

Drop Site uncovered new information about individuals, donor networks, and businesses helping Canary Mission, a pro-Israel organization serving the U.S.'s deportation and repression efforts.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-miss

Take it from a suburban GTA driver: Doug Ford’s toll-free Highway 407 is just not working
What a surprise, removing the tolls on the 407 East increased traffic and now it's no longer the shortcut it was.
https://www.

China claims it caught US attempting cyberattack on national time center https://therecord.media/china-attack-national-time-center

How AI is pressuring Poland's economy, Europe's top location for global business services, as companies lay off staff in Krakow, the country's hub for BPO jobs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-2…

China issues new rules letting online merchants set their own prices across platforms for goods and services they sell, effective April 10, 2026, for five years (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-20/c…

Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks strike a deal that a source says is Google Cloud's largest security services deal "approaching $10B" over several years (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/google-cl

Dubé quitte la CAQ, ça niaise pas la politique au Québec
#polqc #quebec

The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russian bulletproof hosting provider Media Land, which provided services to cybercrime marketplaces and ransomware groups (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

Today, there are 4803 public nodes listed on the Meshcore global map
#meshcore

China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-19/china-…

Today, there are 4804 public nodes listed on the Meshcore global map
#meshcore

Function Health, a health tracking tech company, raised a $298M Series B led by Redpoint Ventures at a $2.5B valuation, bringing its total funding to $350M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/19/funct…

Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Function, which offers blood testing and medical imaging services, recently raised $298 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures at a valuation of $2.5 billion.

Google DeepMind plans to open an AI research lab in Singapore, collaborating with institutions across the Asia-Pacific in education, public services, and more (Lila Ibrahim/Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/were-expa…

Google DeepMind opens Singapore research lab for Asia-Pacific AI.
Google DeepMind opens a new research lab in Singapore to accelerate the development of frontier AI across the Asia-Pacific region through research, talent, and strategic collaborations.

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/115742444654558105
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots. Claudius ironically declared an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All.

Y'a rien qui me met plus en joualvert que de lire des threads sur Reddit /r/quebec quand c'est question des Autochtones.
Le discours nationaliste que la Nouvelle France était don bin bon (on était des amis et des alliés!) et on a rien Š voir avec tout ce qui s'est passé après m'enrage.
C'est une réécriture de l'histoire par des gens qui n'ont rien lu, rien écouté, rien appris. Franchement horrible

US TV rights for #F1 will go to Apple TV
It seems like they are keeping #F1TV but details are sparse on pricing

Pablo Rodriguez démisionne, eh bin le calvaire est terminé.
#polqc #quebec

Boat rental services Boatsetter and GetMyBoat plan to merge; Boatsetter CEO Michael Farb says the combined company is set to have $100M in bookings in 2025 (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/two-air

Fediverse / ActivityPub / Mastodon meetup in #Toronto
Organized by @…
https://

Starging this Sunday, every single Toronto Public Library will be open on Sunday.
Thank you Olivia Chow for that
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/all-toronto-…

#Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/salesforce-benioff-ice.html

Totally normal behaviour for Israel to pay for Canadian politicians to visit them and influence our local policies.
Same country involved in many war crimes and mass atrocities
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/toronto-councillo…

Donation to your mastodon server will be cheaper https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/115737372852805627

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GraphicMatt/115735763851194201
Shelley Carroll also said that in her newsletter last week. People with 3 millions dollar home are not all "wealthy", they just happened to have inherited this kind of house.
…

October: AI and Trust / Dumb Ransomware, Big Chaos
Toronto Area Security Klatch
https://www.task.to/schedule/v3f7p4b6zhdyhz4…

Apparemment qu’un réseau de bots Russe a utilisé plusieurs serveurs mastodon incluant qlub.social pour diffuser de la propagande. C’est sorti y’a 1 mois, j’ai totalement manqué ça.
https://bsky.app/profile/antibot4navalny.bsky.social/post/3m2225xo3zs25