BBC

Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage, tech giant says

Amazon Web Services says it has fixed the underlying problem that has disrupted many of the world's biggest websites and apps, and that all services have "returned to normal operations" Snapchat, ...
NJ.com

Miss Manners: The couple on the elevator said I was ‘too nice’ for holding the door open

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I entered the elevator in my office building with a man and a woman, both in their 20s. There was another lady coming towards the elevator, so I held the door. She ultimately took ...
BBC

Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage, tech giant says

We're wrapping up our live coverage of a mass outage that caused swathes of the internet to fall apart today. Amazon Web Services says it has fixed the underlying cause - but many of the world's ...
Eurogamer

Roblox and Fortnite are down, and so are many of the world's most popular games

Roblox, Fortnite, and a number of the world's other biggest games have gone offline as a huge outage affects the internet this morning. The outage seems to be rooted in problems with Amazon's ...
Toronto Star

B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu loses court fight to take over Hudson’s Bay properties

TORONTO - A B.C. billionaire who spent the summer fighting to move a department store she wants to create into former Hudson’s Bay properties has found herself on the losing end of an Ontario Superior ...
Reuters

Florida attorney general issues subpoenas to Roblox over child safety

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Republican Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office is issuing criminal subpoenas to Roblox Corp (RBLX.N), opens new tab, calling the video gaming platform a ...
The New York Times

A Partial List of Sites and Apps Affected by Outages

Major services were having issues, including WhatsApp, the official website for the British government and the payment app Venmo. By Joel Petterson Hundreds of websites and apps were reporting outages ...
The Straits Times

Iraq bans Roblox game platform citing 'moral values'

BAGHDAD - Iraq has banned US gaming platform Roblox over what it described as sexual content, blasphemy and risks of online blackmail against minors, the communications ministry said. The popular site ...
TechCrunch

Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal

An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the ...
Hosted on MSN

The Insane Engineering Behind China’s Giant $1 Billion Ship Elevator

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore China’s massive Goupitan shiplift, one of the world’s tallest ship elevators, and see how advanced engineering keeps inland waterways open for trade.
MarketWatch

‘Big Brother is watching how we spend our dollars’: I asked to withdraw money from my bank. The teller started grilling me. Is this normal?

We went to the bank to withdraw a large amount of cash for a forthcoming trip. The teller asked, “Are you going to do something fun with it?” in a conversational tone. I shrugged and mumbled something ...
GMA Network

1 construction worker killed, 3 hurt in BGC elevator core wall collapse

A construction worker was killed and three others were hurt after an elevator core wall collapsed at a construction site in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City on Monday morning, the National Capital ...