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SEATTLE (TECHY QUANTUM) — A widespread Alaska Airlines outage forced the carrier to ground all of its flights nationwide Thursday evening, disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers and prompting a temporary ground stop across multiple airports. The airline said an “IT outage” had severely impacted its operational systems, halting flights for both Alaska Airlines … Read more
FINLAND (TECHY QUANTUM) — Nokia CEO Justin Hotard compared the rapid rise of artificial intelligence to the internet boom of the 1990s while stressing that the company’s Nokia AI strategy is focused on long term growth rather than short term speculation. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Hotard downplayed concerns about a potential bubble in … Read more
WOLFSBURG, Germany (TECHY QUANTUM) — German automaker Volkswagen warned Wednesday that temporary production stoppages could occur in the coming weeks as China’s export restrictions on chips made by Nexperia disrupt Europe’s already fragile semiconductor supply chain. Volkswagen AG said its production remains unaffected for now but acknowledged that “short term effects on production cannot be … Read more
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is fueling unprecedented demand for data centers vast facilities that process and store the world’s digital information. But as these centers multiply across the globe, their growing appetite for electricity and land is creating new environmental and logistical challenges. Now, several organizations are looking skyward for a solution building … Read more
An hours long outage at Amazon Web Services early Monday caused widespread disruption to websites and applications worldwide, prompting social media users to flood the internet with apocalyptic humor. The outage, which began around 3 am Eastern Time, impacted major platforms including Roblox, Snapchat, Ring, Hulu, Venmo, Coinbase, and Microsoft 365 before services gradually returned … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX reached a historic milestone Sunday, launching its 10,000th Starlink internet satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO), a significant achievement in the company’s ambitious plan to blanket the globe with high speed internet coverage. The company launched 56 additional satellites aboard two separate Falcon 9 rockets, marking its 132nd orbital mission … Read more
NEW YORK — A major AWS outage early Monday disrupted several popular online platforms, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and other cloud based services. The failure, traced to Amazon Web Services’ US EAST 1 region, caused widespread connectivity issues and increased error rates across numerous digital networks worldwide. According to Amazon’s official AWS Service Health … Read more
THE HAGUE — Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said Sunday he will meet with a senior Chinese official within days to discuss the deepening Nexperia chipmaker dispute, a clash that has unsettled global auto supply chains and added a new strain to Europe’s complex relationship with Beijing. Karremans told the Dutch TV program Buitenhof that … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream G700 private jets for Secretary Kristi Noem and senior officials at a total cost of $172 million, raising new questions about spending priorities within the agency. Documents reviewed by The New York Times and publicly available on a federal procurement site confirm that the … Read more
NEW YORK — New York state regulators have approved a new underground transmission line to supply power to Micron Technology’s proposed $100 billion semiconductor manufacturing complex in Onondaga County, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. The two mile, 345 kilovolt transmission line will connect the existing Clay substation to the site of Micron’s planned megafab, marking … Read more
