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Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive
First known military strike on a US hyperscaler rattles regional ambitions to build multibillion-dollar cloud facilities
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The rapid expansion of American-owned data centres in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Iran’s retaliation against the US, complicating Gulf ambitions to build multibillion-dollar AI facilities in the region.
Drone strikes on Amazon Web Services facilities this week in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain highlight the vulnerability of cloud facilities — prominent symbols of US tech power in the region and hard to defend against air attack.
Fars News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Thursday that Iran targeted Amazon and Microsoft facilities in recent drone strikes.
Experts say Amazon’s facilities were likely targeted by Iran. Microsoft said it had not experienced any outages in the region.
The strikes mark what is believed to be the world’s first military attack against the US “hyper…
I double checked. This is not being reported at WaPo.
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I got to visit right before COVID and was blown away. I can't wait to go back.
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"The Venn Diagram of Developer Experience and Agent Experience is a circle"
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Went to college and stayed on campus at 16. I was not ready to actually put in work. Lots of unhealthy all nighters. Took me 6 years to finish.
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Greetings from Kyiv
Morning here.
Had a warcoffee, the EcoFlow barista made it.
No power, and no idea when it’ll return. russia launched a large-scale strike on Ukraine’s power grid, damaging major thermal plants and high-voltage lines.
Are you still here? Still listening to the story of genocide?
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Page One.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where it’s -15 °C (-24…-26 expected tonight).
According to the mayor, about 1,000 high-rise buildings are still without heating.
Ours isn’t among them, the heat is low but at least it’s there.
This is our reality. Ukrainians freezing in their homes.
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All 10 shots were fired AFTER they removed the gun from Pretti’s waist. Every single shot was fired after he was disarmed.
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Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
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Our government killed him. It’s devastating that, in the so-called “land of the free,” people must protect themselves from their own government. A true American HERO!
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"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
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The QB was awesome. And they lost. We've been watching this same movie for 20 straight years with this team.
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Up 21-3 and you lose.
I think Matt LaFleur is a really good coach, but at a certain point all of the self-owning this team does is a reflection fo the HC.
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Fucking McManus. Fucking LaFluer. Unbelievable. #gopackgo
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That's seven points McManus left out there.
Get a new kicker. He blows
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McManus has cost the Packers 4 points tonight that would have this game all over but the crying.
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Matthew Golden with the best play of his rookie career WHEW
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Granted I’m biased but I actually don’t think that looking like a lesbian should justify summary executions.
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This is an epic ass-kicking.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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OK, then, this is a test: What do we call power unrestrained by law? Authoritarianism? Dictatorship? Fascism? The end of the rule of law and democracy? You fail the test #BrokenTimes.
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I make Kefir and my wife makes Sourdough, should we combine our powers?
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🚨BREAKING: ICE SHOOTS AND KILL WOMAN in Minneapolis
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Please share.. ICE THUGS shot & killed a woman in Minneapolis. Then attack citizens point blank with teargas grenades, pepper ball guns & chemical spray in the faces. Of course, Greg Bovino was in the mix. He needs to be brought up for murder charges.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Ok how about some intriguing moves on the defense
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