The Microsoft Azure Outage Shows the Harsh Reality of Cloud Failures

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, its widely used 365 services, Xbox, and Minecraft started suffering outages at roughly noon Eastern time on Wednesday, the result of what Microsoft said was “an inadvertent configuration change.” The incident—which marks the second major cloud provider outage in less than two weeks—highlights the instability of an internet built largely on…

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NBA champion Tristan Thompson and World Mobile launch community-owned network Uplift

NBA champion Tristan Thompson announced at TechCrunch Disrupt that he’s partnering with global telecom company World Mobile to launch a community-owned mobile network called Uplift. The network offers unlimited data plans starting at $9.99 per month. Uplift is built on blockchain technology and a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN). With Uplift, every subscription will contribute…

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