Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published e-books

Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing ...
InfoWorld

AWS open-sources Agent SOPs to simplify AI agent development

The new markdown-based format aims to provide structured, natural language workflows for AI agents, addressing unpredictability and maintenance issues seen in earlier approaches. AWS is open-sourcing ...
Investopedia

IRS Shuts Down Free Direct File Tool—Here’s What Taxpayers Can Use Instead

Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. HABesen/Getty Images The IRS is ...
The Verge

‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an opportunity to highlight the ‘concentration of power’ in the cloud infrastructure industry. Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an ...
Ars Technica

A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions

The outage that hit Amazon Web Services and took out vital services worldwide was the result of a single failure that cascaded from system to system within Amazon’s sprawling network, according to a ...
Wired

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning. Researchers reflecting ...
The New York Times

Who Needs a Printer or Scanner? Just Use Your Mobile Device.

Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go. By J. D. Biersdorfer I write the monthly Tech Tip column, which is devoted to ...
CNN

You thought Monday’s internet outage was bad? Just wait

Monday’s Amazon Web Services outage — and the global disruption it caused — underscored just how reliant the internet has become on a small number of core infrastructure providers. The ramifications ...
ZDNet

The massive AWS outage that broke half the internet is finally over - here's what happened

A major AWS outage disrupted global websites, apps, and services. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure in AWS's US-East-1 region. In the latest update, Amazon said the AWS outage was resolved. Amazon ...
GeekWire

AWS outage was not due to a cyberattack — but shows potential for ‘far worse’ damage

The massive outage that hit Amazon Web Services early Monday and took down several major sites and services was due to an internal issue within the cloud giant’s infrastructure. In a new update Monday ...
Lifehacker

Why an AWS Outage Can Break the Internet

AWS had a global outage on Monday that resulted in interruptions for many sites and services. AWS is short for Amazon Web Services, and offers cloud computing products for companies. The company is ...
PC World

Your Wi-Fi router’s secret trick: Easy file sharing between PCs

If you want to use the drive on another PC on your network, you’ll need to map the drive. Here’s how to do that: Once you’ve mapped the drive, you’ll be able to use it on that computer too. Just be ...