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Amazon And The $150 Million Typo

10:53am March 03, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Amazon said a mistyped command caused part of the company's cloud computing service to go down for hours on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported the outage caused millions of dollars in losses.

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair on March 14, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.

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Amazon Cloud Outage Disrupts Traffic For Websites, Apps

3:31am March 01, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The cloud-computing service went down around midday on Tuesday, and Amazon said the issue was resolved just after 5 p.m. ET. Thousands of companies were affected by the outage.

Wind turbines and farm equipment now dot Horace Pritchard's land, where he raises corn, soybeans, and other crops. He also receives payments for hosting nine of the more than 100 wind turbines now operating near Elizabeth City, N.C.

The South Has Been Slow To Harness Its Wind, But That's Changing

9:33am February 16, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

There are several reasons the region is lagging in wind energy — including lower wind speeds. But now North Carolina is home to the first large-scale commercial wind farm in the Southeast.

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple TV app during a product launch event in Cupertino, Calif., in October. The company now plans to make original movies and TV programming, according to sources.

Economy

Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

12:10pm January 25, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Apple is about to join Amazon and Netflix and get into the content-making business, sources say. Apple stands to boost revenue, analysts say, but finding success in Hollywood isn't easy.

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The hardworking Instant Pot, touted by its fans on social media, is Amazon's top-selling item in the U.S. How it got to No. 1 is a lesson in viral marketing savvy.

National

Not Just A Crock: The Viral Word-Of-Mouth Success Of Instant Pot

1:51pm January 18, 2017

by Grace Hwang Lynch

Launched in 2010, the multifunction cooker became a sleeper hit last year. That's when its maker harnessed the enthusiasm of owners – self-dubbed "addicts" – to spread the word online.

Amazon's personal assistant device Echo, powered by the voice recognition program Alexa, is one of the most popular gifts this holiday season.

National

As We Leave More Digital Tracks, Amazon Echo Factors In Murder Investigation

4:55pm December 28, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Arkansas police have served a warrant to Amazon looking for possible recordings from a murder scene. Privacy advocates have predicted a wave of cases involving smart home devices and gadgets.

How One Couple Fought For The Legal Right To Leave A Bad Yelp Review

9:19am December 19, 2016

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The lawsuit was one of the cases that inspired the new law — the Consumer Review Fairness Act — that aims to curb one avenue businesses have used to sue customers for posting negative online reviews.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York.

Trump And Technology Executives Try To Reconcile Rough Relationship

8:09pm December 14, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The President-elect and the tech industry have clashed on many issues. But at the roundtable, Trump struck a conciliatory tone, saying he was "here to help you folks do well."

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Amazon To Open Convenience Store With No Lines

5:59pm December 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Instead, the company envisions customers at the store picking up whatever they want off the shelves — then simply walking out with it. The items are automatically billed to their Amazon accounts.

Sunset colors cut through the smoky haze in the Brazilian Amazon in 2015.

Deforestation Of The Amazon Up 29 Percent From Last Year, Study Finds

3:33pm November 30, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Brazil's National Institute for Space Research found that more than 3,000 square miles of forest cover were lost between August 2015 and July 2016 — a substantial increase over the year before.