At 9:41 AM the same day AWS said the availability zone \u201cwas impacted by objects that struck the datacenter, creating sparks and fire. The fire department shut off power to the facility and generators as they worked to put out the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
AWS has not explained what the objects were or where they came from, but a likely explanation is debris from the conflict between the USA and Israel, and Iran as numerous reports<\/a> confirm explosions in the Emirates after the conflict commenced.<\/p>\n The cloudy concern has advised users they may experience errors when calling EC2 APIs.<\/p>\n At 2:28 PM PST AWS said it was “seeing positive signs of recovery for many of the EC2 APIs” and advised it would resolve them in two to three hours.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s WiseTech uses AI to halve headcount<\/p>\n Australian supply chain software vendor WiseTech Global last week announced it will reduce headcount by half \u2013 meaning up to 2,000 job cuts \u2013 due to increased adoption of AI.<\/p>\n \u201cThe era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,\u201d wrote CEO Zubin Appoo in a regulatory filing<\/a>. [PDF] \u201cAI amplifies the productivity of our expertise in logistics \u2026 and it allows us to move faster from ideas to real customer value from efficiencies it brings in software development and product creation.\u201d Appoo said the job cuts will first be felt in product & development teams, and in customer service roles.<\/p>\n Samsung plans autonomous factories<\/p>\n Samsung Electronics on Sunday announced<\/a> its intention to operate autonomous factories by 2030.<\/p>\n \u201cThis initiative aims to fully integrate AI across the entire manufacturing value chain \u2014 from inbound material logistics and production to quality inspection and final shipment \u2014 establishing a next-generation autonomous production environment,\u201d according to a company statement that envisions \u201cspecialized AI agents dedicated to quality control, production and logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement says Samsung will use this tech \u201cacross its global manufacturing network.\u201d<\/p>\n The company has framed this move as a \u201ctransition from automation to advanced autonomy\u201d and says it will involve \u201cprogressively introducing humanoid and task-specialized robotics across its production lines, including Operating Robots for line operations and facility management, Logistics Robots for autonomous material handling and transport and Assembly Robots for precision manufacturing tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n Micron opens Indian plant<\/p>\n Memory-maker Micron Technology last week opened<\/a> its first plant in India, a semiconductor assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, that it will use to convert DRAM and NAND wafers from into finished memory and storage products.<\/p>\n Micron announced<\/a> the plant in 2023. Last Friday\u2019s announcement admits that the facility is not yet completed, but stated \u201cOnce fully ramped, the first phase of Micron\u2019s Sanand operation will feature more than 500,000 square feet of cleanroom space, making it one of the world\u2019s largest single-floor assembly and test cleanrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n Indonesia signs Arm training deal<\/p>\n
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