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The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

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The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

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When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.

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No, but “bricked up” is slightly more accurate for beds that got stuck fully erect and got bed-privism when they overheated

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