Tech Weekly: Amazon AWS Outage, Apple's $4 Trillion Valuation, and Satellite Deals

Amazon AWS Major Outage

• 🔌 Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a significant global outage that impacted thousands of websites.
• 📉 The disruption affected businesses and popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit, marking a large internet disruption.
• ⚠️ Other affected platforms included Roblox, Coinbase, and Robin Hood.

Apple's Record Valuation

• 📈 Apple achieved a $4 trillion valuation, becoming the third company to reach this milestone.
• 📱 This surge was driven by strong sales of the new iPhone 17 series, which outperformed the iPhone 16 series by 14% in its initial US and China release.

European Satellite Business Merger

• 🛰️ European aerospace firms Leonardo, Airbus, and Antles are nearing a framework agreement to merge their satellite businesses.
• 🤝 This proposed merger, codenamed Project Bromo, aims to create a new manufacturing company.
• 🚀 The new entity would compete with rivals like Elon Musk's Starlink.

Waymo's Autonomous Vehicle Training Program

• 🚕 Alphabet's robo-taxi unit, Waymo, showcased its self-driving Jaguar taxi in New York City.
• 🎓 Waymo is partnering with Bronx Community College to develop and enhance an autonomous vehicle training program.
• 🚗 Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover have collaborated since 2018 on designing and engineering the electric car.