Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers received wildly inflated forecast-cost alerts after a problematic account migration. Automated budget notifications showed predicted…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the long-standing de minimis import exemption that let low‑value packages enter duty‑free. The threshold — raised to…
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The correspondence reports that more than 7,000 chikungunya (CHIKV) cases have been recorded in Guangdong province since July. The authors…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary The Nord Stream pipeline ruptures in September 2022 released about 465,000 tonnes of methane. The authors argue that the consequences of such events…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have converged on Forest City, Malaysia, to attend Network School — a programme created by Balaji…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 developers who work on Blizzard’s Diablo franchise have voted to form a union under the Communications Workers…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A consumer has filed suit against Amazon Prime Video arguing that the service misleads customers by…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has scrapped the long-standing de minimis import exemption that allowed low-value international parcels to enter duty-free (the threshold had…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary A recent Microsoft account migration appears to have tripped Azure’s billing forecasts, causing a wave of erroneous budget alerts…
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary A short, first‑person tale from a part‑time DBA (Regomised as “Derek”). The company ran two…
