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AWS Oregon Connectivity Glitch Disrupts Dozens of Popular Services

The outage cut core networking and compute services in a key AWS region, raising fresh concerns about cloud concentration and payment fragility.

Dashlane Confirms Brute-Force Attack and Says Fewer Than 20 Encrypted Vaults Were Downloaded

Spotify's Disco‑Ball App Icon To Be Replaced After Backlash

Ask.com Shuts Down After Nearly 30 Years

Brazil Banking Apps and Pix Suffer Nationwide Outage; Most Services Recovered Within Two Hours

Yahoo Launches Scout, a Link-Forward AI Answer Engine in Beta

YouTube Disables SRV3 Captions as Creators Report Deletions

OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT for U.S. Free and Go Users

YouTube Outage Disrupts Access Worldwide Before Service Is Restored

YouTube Escalates Anti‑Adblock Enforcement, Leaving Users With Blank Videos

YouTube Expands AI Age Checks in New Wave as Adults Report Being Flagged as Minors

Google Rolls Out Play Store Age Checks That Block Mature-App Downloads

OpenAI Launches Atlas, a ChatGPT-Powered Browser to Challenge Chrome

PayPal Outage Disrupts Logins and Payments Before Easing by Evening

Epic Says Apple’s Streamlined iOS Install Flow Slashed Drop-Offs After EU Pressure

Imgur Blocks UK Access After Data Watchdog Signals Possible Fine

AOL to Terminate Dial-Up Service, Retire Legacy Software on September 30, 2025

Google Debuts AI-Generated News Summaries in Discover Feed