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The Pulse: AWS region knocked offline by drone attack in historic first

Historic first. A drone attack just took down an entire AWS region.

Reporting by Pragmatic Engineer 1 min brief
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Why it matters

This represents a new category of infrastructure risk that AI-dependent businesses must now factor into their disaster recovery planning, especially as geopolitical tensions escalate and cloud dependency deepens.

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3 to know

  1. First drone attack to knock offline an AWS region

  2. 40% job cuts at Block reported as not AI-related

  3. Google Antigravity service bans mentioned

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Publisher excerpt: Also: 40% job cuts at Block “not due to AI”, Antigravity bans reinforce Google’s disdain for paying customers, and more
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