Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more

Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more

Here are just a few of the services impacted by the outage. | Image: Downdetector A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took down multiple online services for several hours this morning, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT, Epic Games Store, Epic Online Services, and more. Some of the impacted platforms, including Fortnite, Epic Games…

You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night

You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night

I’ve read a lot of horror books over the last two years. But my absolute favorite is easily Mariana Enriquez’ Our Share of Night. The book was originally published in 2019 in Argentina, but it only got an English translation in 2023. While it doesn’t quite reach Stephen King lengths, at nearly 600 pages, I’d…

March of the frogs

March of the frogs

By the time I arrived, the waterfront park in downtown Portland, Oregon was already awash with people as far as the eye could see. The No Kings protest in June had turned out around 10,000 people across the city; this one saw several times that number just downtown, with thousands more choosing to join localized…

Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests

Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests

No Kings protest in Chicago. Saturday marked the biggest day of protest since the start of Donald Trumps’ second term. Organizers of the No Kings protests estimated that over seven million people took to the streets to declare their opposition to the president, his policies, and his tactics. Indivisible, the group behind the protests, claims…

This weekend is your last chance to get a month of Disney Plus starting at $9.99

This weekend is your last chance to get a month of Disney Plus starting at $9.99

From Apple TV Plus to Peacock, a number of streaming services have recently increased their pricing — and Disney Plus is no exception. Starting on Tuesday, October 21st, the standalone plan with ads will jump from $9.99 to $11.99 a month, while the ad-free Premium tier will increase by $3 to $18.99 a month. The…

Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals

Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals

The latest Motorola Razr is $300 off in multiple colors. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been thinking about buying a foldable phone that truly stands out, few models can rival the 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy with 16GB of RAM and 512GB starting at $999.99…

8BitDo’s new collection celebrates the NES’s 40th anniversary

8BitDo’s new collection celebrates the NES’s 40th anniversary

As part of its NES40 collection, 8BitDo’s Ultimate 2 controller is getting its most dramatic makeover yet. | Image: 8BitDo Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in North America, and to help celebrate the anniversary, 8BitDo has announced a new NES40 collection. It features updated versions of three of 8BitDo’s existing products,…

Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a big, welcome change for shiny hunters

Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a big, welcome change for shiny hunters

Pokémon Legends: Z-A hadn’t been out even a few hours before the tweets started rolling in: Shiny pokémon don’t despawn. You can walk away from a shiny, and it’ll still be there when you come back. To shiny collectors, this is big news. In other Pokémon games, like Scarlet and Violet, pokémon despawn after you…