2025-10-21

The Morning After: Amazon broke the internet (for a bit)

A decent-sized chunk of the internet stopped working after a fairly massive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. This included Venmo, Snapchat, Canva and Fortnite — even Amazon’s own products went on the fritz. Your humble narrator’s Ring Chimes started turning their night lig [...]

2025-10-21

Yelp is getting more AI, including an upgraded chatbot

AI is the star of Yelp's fall product update. The review site has updated Yelp Assistant, its chatbot to answer users' questions, rolling the tool out for all business categories. Its responses will draw on information from the business' website as well as posts by [...]

2025-10-21

New Pricing for Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Is Here. What You Need to Know

Hulu's live TV service is getting the biggest bump, while most streaming plans are increasing by $2 to $3. [...]

2025-10-21

Skip the Halloween Cooking Contests and Watch This Horror Reality Series Instead

Commentary: This immersive new series blends the competitive nature of Survivor with the terror of The Blair Witch Project. [...]

2025-10-21

The Infamous Home Depot Giant Skeleton Has a Voice This Halloween Thanks to a New App

It may be half the size of the traditional giant skelly, but the latest version has animated features and can talk. [...]

2025-10-21

OpenAI tightens Sora 2 safeguards after Bryan Cranston's likeness appears without consent

OpenAI has strengthened safeguards for its Sora 2 AI video generator after actor Bryan Cranston's voice and likeness appeared in generated videos without his consent, violating the company's official opt-in policy.<br /> The article OpenAI tightens Sora 2 safeguar [...]

2025-10-21

Google's New York office has a major bug problem - just not the kind you might think

Google's Chelsea campus forced to work from home until bedbug infestation is cleared. [...]

2025-10-21

Former PlayStation Indies lead says the PS5 'has made almost every game a better game' but suggests graphics have hit a point where you can't tell the difference anymore and Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" with new consoles

Former PlayStation Indies lead Shuhei Yoshida has said Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" of its consoles. [...]

2025-10-21

Anthropic brings its Claude Code tool to the browser

Anthropic has released Claude Code Web in beta, a browser-based coding tool that runs tasks without needing a terminal.<br /> The article Anthropic brings its Claude Code tool to the browser appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]