The massive Amazon cloud computing outage on Monday took down websites and disrupted internet service for hours globally. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger breaks down how people can protect themselves for incidents like the outage in the digital age. Source link
Warner Bros. Discovery has signaled that it may be open to a sale of its business just months after announcing plans to split into two companies. In an announcement Tuesday, the entertainment giant said it had initiated a review of “strategic alternatives” in light of “unsolicited interest” it had received from “multiple parties” for both…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race to replace him. The endorsement came just two days before the start of early voting. Adams and Cuomo appeared Thursday afternoon at NYCHA’s Carver Houses, where they embraced as they met. “Andrew and I are two kids from New York, and…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” they say could threaten humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed…
A cancer doctor in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is marking breast cancer awareness month by wearing a different kind of pink for each of the 31 days in October, and it’s more than a fashion statement. Advocates say the color pink is linked to breast cancer because it symbolizes femininity, care, and solidarity. Dr. Lori Alfonse at…
OpenAI said Tuesday it is launching an artificial intelligence-powered website browser, heightening the company’s competition with Google, the Alphabet-owned unit that has long dominated online search. The new browser, called ChatGPT Atlas, is for now only available on Apple laptops that run the company’s Mac operating system. Access will soon expand to Apple’s iOS, Microsoft…
Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith called his actions “entirely lawful, proper and consistent with established Department of Justice policy” in defending the investigative steps taken by his team, including obtaining phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers as part of the probe of President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Earlier this month,…
Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored health insurance, more than double the current rate of inflation, according to a new analysis from consultant Mercer. That means employees could pay about…
Internet users on Monday afternoon continued to report issues with platforms that rely on Amazon Web Services, hours after Amazon’s cloud computing unit said it was recovering from an outage that started earlier in the day. The Amazon division provides remote computing services to many apps, websites, governments, universities and companies. Early Monday, users reported…
The popular online gaming platform Roblox, which hosts millions of user-created games, is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit kids they meet on the platform. Steven, a father of two, is among those who have filed lawsuits as his family tries to rebuild their…
