Submission + - Amazon's cloud unit reports fire after "objects" hit UAE data center (reuters.com)

Submitted by sizzlinkitty on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:27PM

sizzlinkitty writes: AWS facilities in the UAE suffer an outage after "objects" fall from the sky.
Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily after objects struck the facility

Submission + - Slashdot goes mental with advertising 9

Submitted by sizzlinkitty on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:14PM

sizzlinkitty writes: Has anyone else noticed Slashdot failing to load because of your ad blocker? I know I sure have and it's breaking my user experience like no other.

Please post the blocking patterns you're using to make Slashdot usable again.

Submission + - This is probably the final nail in the moviepass saga (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by sizzlinkitty on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:28AM

sizzlinkitty writes: Moviepass stored user credit card numbers without protection on the internet. This will probably be the final nail in the coffin of the struggling company who once promised a bright future of a flat fee movie subscription service.

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