📋 Quick Takeaways

• AWS global outage disrupted Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Coinbase, and hundreds of services on October 20
• Anthropic offers Claude AI to all US government branches for $1/year, escalating AI competition
• AI organizational adoption surges to 78%, up from 55% last year
• Microsoft replaces Windows Search with AI-powered “Ask Copilot” on taskbar
• UK enforces Online Safety Bill with potential 10% revenue fines for major platforms
• Companies increasingly blame AI for job cuts, critics call it a convenient excuse
• X lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI to proceed in Fort Worth

🚨 1. Major AWS Outage Cripples Global Internet Services

Widespread Disruption Affects Millions of Users Worldwide

Breaking: Amazon Web Services experienced a catastrophic outage on October 20, 2025, at approximately 3:11 AM EST, causing widespread disruptions across the internet.