A large-scale outage on Amazon’s cloud service this week wreaked widespread havoc on websites and software services. In addition to disabling Flickr, Adobe and the Washington Post’s website, the outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday caused Roombas, Rokus, Ring doorbells and other smart household appliances to stop functioning. The issue, which impacted the … Read more
He’s behind you! Warthog disappears in a cloud of dust just as leopard is about to pounce Leopard stalked up behind an unsuspecting warthog in Kruger National Park Warthog noticed predator at the last second and vanished in a cloud of dust Predator is left looking on in disbelief at the disappearing pig as the … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Software group Sage unveils plans for a spending spree – but fails to put its investors on cloud nine By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 20 November 2020 Software group Sage spooked the market by unveiling plans to kick off a spending spree … Read more
Looming jobs crisis casts cloud over Asos despite its profits quadrupling during the pandemic By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 14 October 2020 ASOS quadrupled its profits as it gained 3m customers during the pandemic. The online retailer estimated that one in every one … Read more
BEN WILKINSON: A dark cloud has descended over the savings landscape… but we still should not tolerate paltry rates By Ben Wilkinson Money Mail Deputy Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 22 September 2020 A dark cloud descended over the savings landscape on Monday morning as … Read more
NOAA satellites capture ‘fire cloud’ in California that grew 45,000 FEET high following a blaze in Sierra National Forest that scorched more than 75,000 acres Wildfires have been ravaging parts of California since August 15 A fire ignited in Sierra National Forest on Fri and has burned over 75,000 acres NOAA satellites captured a massive … Read more
Massive explosion ‘launches gas bottles hundreds of feet in the air’ as ten fire engines battle huge blaze with giant ‘mushroom cloud’ at industrial building near holiday park A ‘mushroom cloud’ soared into the skies this morning near Rochester, Kent Forces veteran living nearby compared it to explosions he saw with the Army No casualties … Read more
Earth has been travelling through a cloud of radioactive debris left behind by ancient star explosions for the last 33,000 years, deep-sea sediments reveal Researchers examined deep-sea sediment to look of radioactive isotopes They found examples of iron-60 that is formed in the explosions of dying stars The isotopes had to have fallen to the … Read more
A gas cloud 15,000 light years from Earth has a ‘gamma-ray’ heartbeat powered by a nearby black hole – but astronomers don’t know how the heartbeat gets its energy. Scientists detected the heartbeat in the centre of a cloud in the constellation Aquila and it beats to the rhythm of a ‘microquasar’ system with a … Read more
Betelgeuse is NOT dimming! NASA discovers the giant star has ejected HOT PLASMA that cooled into a dark cloud and blocked its light Betelgeuse, a distant star, was thought to be dimming last year The dimming led to experts fearing the massive super giant would explode NASA has now found it was covered by a … Read more