The cloud’s bad week shows why “resilient by default” can’t wait
AWS’s Oct. 20 meltdown, Google Cloud’s June 12 outage and Azure’s Oct. 29 hiccup weren’t flukes; they’re the predictable costs of hyperscale centralization. If we keep
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The Tacoma Ledger
A Student News Magazine for UW Tacoma
Author: Huzaifa Afzal
From SNAP uncertainty to campus harvests: Where Tacoma can turn for food support
A prolonged federal shutdown threatens nutrition benefits and paychecks. Tacoma’s Hilltop Urban Gardens, UW Tacoma’s Giving Garden, The Pantry, and
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AWS outage ripples across campus life: UW Tacoma, Canvas, Snapchat and Fortnite all hit
A major Amazon Web Services incident on Oct. 20 knocked out popular apps and the Canvas learning platform used by
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Xbox Game Pass price hike ignites gamer backlash and tests Microsoft’s timing
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate jumps from $19.99 to $29.99 a month, sparking debate over whether the subscription still offers the
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“Battlefield 6” returns to form with intensity and innovation
“Battlefield 6” revives large-scale combat, new creative tools and smoother performance. While its campaign lacks depth, the multiplayer experience brings
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Building the future with AI Purple: UW students join forces with UW-IT to shape next-gen AI
Following The Ledger’s earlier coverage of UW’s AI initiatives, UW-IT’s lead AI architect Jared Reimer offers an inside look at
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UW prepares to launch AI Purple as part of campus AI strategy
As universities develop artificial intelligence roadmaps, UW is creating AI Purple, a generative AI tool designed to provide safe, responsible,
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