Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, its widely used 365 services, Xbox, and Minecraft started suffering outages at roughly noon Eastern time on Wednesday, the result of what Microsoft said was “an inadvertent configuration change.” The incident—which marks the second major cloud provider outage in less than two weeks—highlights the instability of…
It can be hard to build an Adulting Arsenal. And expensive! Mattresses, couches, vacuums, cookware … all of these necessary things around us that require a hefty initial investment, lest you be met with back problems, sagging cushions, subpar suction, or flaking nonstick pans that leave a little bit of…
Victorian government agencies do not fully know what servers are on their networks, the state’s official audit office has found, potentially jeopardising a critical foundation for cyber security. The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) examined 10 government departments and state ICT provider Cenitex, finding that none could provide a complete and…
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Beta’s unique electric airplane flies into Seattle to wow state officials and aviation experts
by Kurt Schlosser on Oct 29, 2025 at 8:50 amOctober 29, 2025 at 8:50 am The ALIA CX300 electric airplane from Beta Technologies on approach at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Steve Rice Photo) More than 117 years after Seattle residents first saw a flying machine in the sky, a unique…
Motorola has been teasing the release of the Edge 70 for some time now, but it hasn’t officially announced it yet. Initially, the phone’s reveal was supposed to be on November 5, but the device is now listed on various Motorola websites across Europe and the United Kingdom. Those listings…
Almost immediately in The Outer Worlds 2, the player receives news of a corporate shake-up: Auntie Cleo and Spacer’s Choice, two of the in-game retail brands, have merged to form Auntie’s Choice. Less a chain of stores and more a feudal power, Auntie’s Choice manages its employees — serfs, really…
You’re going to start seeing more warnings in Chrome when accessing insecure sites. Starting next October, Chrome will soon warn users when they visit a public website without an encrypted HTTPS connection.Chrome already issues a “Your connection is not private” message when you visit pages that have an HTTPS connection…
Whether you fully realized it at the time, you’ve almost certainly seen a Seiko 5 Sports watch. This range of timepieces has been around for decades and is not only extensive, covering everything from dive watches to dress watches, it has also become a model for the watch world when…
TfL, to its credit, has made many efforts over the years to try to deal with the problem of hot tunnels, including attaching cooling panels to tunnel walls. The panels, which circulate water to remove heat from the air, were deployed in a trial in 2022, though they are not…
by Lisa Stiffler on Oct 29, 2025 at 10:56 amOctober 29, 2025 at 11:09 am Microsoft logo. (GeekWire Photo) An outage on Microsoft’s Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including Alaska Airlines, Xbox users and 365 subscribers. The incident strikes just ahead of Microsoft’s quarterly earnings…
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A former executive at a company that sells zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits to the United States and its allies pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to selling trade secrets worth at least $1.3 million to a buyer in Russia, according to US prosecutors.Peter Williams, a 39-year-old…
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A satellite tracking global methane pollution has gone dark, imperiling a mission that garnered enormous support from Jeff Bezos and other big names in tech.But since June 20th, mission operations haven’t been able to contact MethaneSat. The satellite has lost power and is “likely not recoverable,” according to an update…
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As Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge sales plummet, and the future of the model remains murky at best, the company posted a humorous ad poking fun at its rival: the iPhone Air. There was substance to the ad, though, as Samsung targeted an aspect of Apple’s phone that has led to…
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There’s a new, free tool to help Americans monitor power outages in real time. Compiling data from its vast network of home sensors, startup Whisker Labs is launching the feature today in its Ting app.You don’t actually need to have one of these sensors in your home to use the…
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Extropic, a startup developing an exotic new kind of computer chip that handles probabilistic bits, has produced its first working hardware along with proof that more advanced systems will tackle useful tasks in artificial intelligence and scientific research.The startup’s chips work in a fundamentally different way to chips from Nvidia,…
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Halo coming to PlayStation is one of those events that, five years ago, would have been the tell that “something is not right here” in a show about time travel or alternate universes. Looking at the state of Xbox with its layoffs, game cancellations, price hikes, studio closures, and a…
