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Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world
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Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world

  • By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press
  • Updated

A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world. The outage on Monday took down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms. About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to recover from the problem, although problems lingered for some users. AWS provides behind-the-scenes cloud computing infrastructure to some of the world's biggest organizations. Its customers include government departments, universities and businesses. Amazon pinned the outage on issues related to its domain name system.

Belmont launches MyBelmont 311 app
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Belmont launches MyBelmont 311 app

  • Daily Journal staff report

The city of Belmont is launching the MyBelmont 311 app, a new tool designed to streamline service requests for residents, businesses and visitors.

Musk's X is allowing users to post consensual adult content, formalizing a prior Twitter policy
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Musk's X is allowing users to post consensual adult content, formalizing a prior Twitter policy

  • By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer

The social media platform X says it will now formally allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such. The move makes official a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter, before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022. In a recent update on its website, the San Francisco-based company says users should be able to create, distribute, and consume material related to sexual themes as long as it is consensually produced and distributed. It adds that sexual expression, whether visual or written, can be a legitimate form of artistic expression.