tech dependency
AWS Outage Disrupts Smart Mattress Users' Sleep: How Amazon's Cloud Failure Affected Connected Devices
Oct 23, 2025 09:17 pm CST
An Amazon Web Services outage left Eight Sleep's smart mattress users experiencing uncomfortable nights with overheated and immobilized mattress covers. The incident highlights the growing dependence of everyday devices on cloud infrastructure, as numerous internet services including streaming platforms and applications were simultaneously affected across the United States.
Amazon Cloud Outage Exposes Critical Vulnerabilities in US-East-1 Data Center Hub
Oct 21, 2025 12:20 pm CST
A massive Amazon cloud service disruption revealed how dependent modern businesses are on centralized digital infrastructure. The outage originated in Northern Virginia's US-East-1 region, which handles significantly more data than other AWS hubs, highlighting systemic fragilities in our interconnected digital economy and raising important questions about cloud concentration risks.