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I coded my own Spotify Wrapped with Python, here's how

Every year, Spotify releases “Wrapped,” an interactive infographic showing stats like your favourite artists and tracks ...
NBC News

Severe internet outages keep happening — and they might get worse

It’s not just you — internet outages severe enough to disrupt everyday services for many people have become more frequent and wide-ranging, experts say. When internet services company Cloudflare ...
Slate

The Quarter-Zip and Matcha Trend Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. There’s a new movement unfolding on ...
techtimes

OpenAI Partners With AWS in $38 Billion Deal to Power Next-Gen AI Innovation

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has forged a new partnership with Amazon Web Services to enhance its capabilities with the help of artificial intelligence. For the AI firm, this strategic collaboration within ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI and Amazon ink $38B cloud computing deal

OpenAI isn’t done securing the AI infrastructure it needs to rapidly scale agentic workloads. The ChatGPT-maker on Monday said it has reached a deal with Amazon to buy $38 billion in cloud computing ...
Idaho Statesman

Rubber bullets, ‘animal fighting,’ zip-ties: What we know about the Idaho raid

FBI arrested five people on felony gambling charges; assets and property face forfeiture. ICE detained 105 people during the raid; status of many detainees and legality unclear. Multiple agencies ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Were children zip-tied in Wilder raid? FBI says no, then backtracks

Conflicting information surrounding Sunday’s raid in Wilder has continued to come out from different entities, differing from the accounts of those present. The Sunday operation began as a part of an ...
The Motley Fool

AWS Goes AWOL: Are We Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Discuss the failures that led to the AWS outage this week and which companies and services were impacted. Debate whether companies have become too dependent on AWS and its peers, especially when ...
The Verge

Eight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen

Thousands of Eight Sleep owners were unable to adjust temperatures or bed positions while while Amazon’s servers were down. Thousands of Eight Sleep owners were unable to adjust temperatures or bed ...
NPR

Tech CEOs say the era of 'code by AI' is here. Some software engineers are skeptical

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...
9to5Mac

Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT and more taken down by major AWS outage

A major Amazon Web Services outage resulted in many different platforms and services being taken down for many users in the US. This includes Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT, and more. The ...