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Amazon Restores Cloud Services After Power Outage Hits Data Center

The logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
The logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Amazon Restores Cloud Services After Power Outage Hits Data Center

The logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
The logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Several apps and websites, including those of streaming service Hulu, office messaging app Slack and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon.com Inc's data servers on the US East Coast.

"The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally," AWS said, Reuters reported.

Amazon earlier said the outage had affected its platform that provides computing capacity to cloud network operated by its unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Office messaging app Slack had said it was experiencing issues with file uploads, message editing and other services.

A major outage in the same region earlier this month brought down streaming platforms Netflix and Disney+, trading app Robinhood as well as Amazon.com Inc's e-commerce website.

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Vietnam AI Law Takes Effect, First in Southeast Asia

People wearing raincoats ride motorbikes through the rain past a fast-food restaurant in Hanoi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
People wearing raincoats ride motorbikes through the rain past a fast-food restaurant in Hanoi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
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Vietnam AI Law Takes Effect, First in Southeast Asia

People wearing raincoats ride motorbikes through the rain past a fast-food restaurant in Hanoi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
People wearing raincoats ride motorbikes through the rain past a fast-food restaurant in Hanoi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)

A law regulating artificial intelligence went into effect in Vietnam on Sunday, making it the first country in Southeast Asia with a comprehensive framework on the booming technology.

The legislation passed by the National Assembly in December establishes a risk-based regulatory model requiring human oversight and control of AI.

It is in force as of March 1, according to the text.

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OpenAI Raises $110 billion, Including $50 billion from Amazon

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo/File Photo
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OpenAI Raises $110 billion, Including $50 billion from Amazon

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo/File Photo

OpenAI announced Friday a massive $110 billion funding round valuing the ChatGPT maker at $730 billion, with SoftBank, Nvidia and Amazon each making multi-billion dollar commitments as the artificial intelligence company races to meet surging global demand, AFP reported.

The investment round -- one of the largest in Silicon Valley history -- includes $30 billion from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, $30 billion from chip giant NVIDIA, and $50 billion from Amazon, with additional investors expected to join as the round progresses.

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South Korea Approves Google Bid to Export High-precision Map Data

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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South Korea Approves Google Bid to Export High-precision Map Data

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

South Korea on Friday approved Google's request to export the country's high-precision map data to overseas servers, a major reversal after two decades of rejection that clears the way for the US tech giant to enter a market dominated by local apps.

The approval was made "on the condition that strict security requirements are met," the Ministry ‌of Land, ‌Infrastructure and Transport said in a ‌statement.

The ⁠conditions include blurring ⁠military and other sensitive security-related facilities, as well as restricting longitude and latitude coordinates for South Korean territory on products such as Google Maps and Google Earth, Reuters quoted it as saying.

Google must process map data on locally based servers and ⁠is only allowed to export data related ‌to navigation and ‌direction services that have been pre-approved by the government.

The ‌South Korean government also reserves the right ‌to request revisions to maps, and Google must set up a security incident prevention framework to respond to emergency issues, the ministry added.

South Korea is just ‌one of a few countries where Google Maps does not function properly, which ⁠has ⁠allowed local companies such as Naver and Kakao to dominate digital map services.

Seoul had shot down Google's previous bids in 2007 and 2016 on national security grounds, citing risks that detailed map data could expose sensitive military and security facilities in a country that remains technically at war with North Korea.