Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks

Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks

Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, has experienced an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet. The issues impacted Microsoft’s services that run on Azure, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and even Minecraft. Other companies, like Capital One, Alaska Airlines, and Starbucks, also had outages that were linked…

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Pluribus’ Vince Gilligan on making shows that ‘attract really smart viewers’

Pluribus’ Vince Gilligan on making shows that ‘attract really smart viewers’

Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus. Now he’s best known for the crime-fueled duology of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but when Vince Gilligan was first starting out in television, it was in the realm of sci-fi. Over seven years he penned a number of classic episodes of The X-Files, ranging from a monster-themed spoof of…

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Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots

Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots

A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much sunnier. Along with a tease of AI-connected augmented reality smart glasses…

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