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Amazon Alexa suffered a Christmas crash in Europe amid a surge in new users
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December 26, 2018
New users of Amazon Alexa suffered a bit of a Christmas crash on Tuesday when the server for the device crashed during an outage in Europe, prompting several to receive a message that the system wasn't working.
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Amazon Alexa suffered a Christmas crash in Europe amid a surge in new users01:00 | December 26, 2018 -
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OpenAI blames rogue AI models for ‘unprecedented’ hacking event07:25 | July 25, 2026 -
Google hit with US$1B fine as EU says app store, search stifles competition01:08 | July 23, 2026 -
How Calgary police are using AI in search for missing boy01:45 | July 22, 2026 -
OpenAI claims rogue model hacked other site01:59 | July 22, 2026 -
Poll reveals AI data centre worries as Alberta encourages investment01:56 | July 21, 2026
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Amazon Alexa suffered a Christmas crash in Europe amid a surge in new users01:00 | December 26, 2018
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Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1B in social media harm lawsuit01:59 | 11 hours ago
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Alabama investigating whether OpenAI violated consumer protection laws after Hugging Face hack02:08 | August 25, 2026
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Amazon Alexa suffered a Christmas crash in Europe amid a surge in new users
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December 26, 2018
New users of Amazon Alexa suffered a bit of a Christmas crash on Tuesday when the server for the device crashed during an outage in Europe, prompting several to receive a message that the system wasn't working.
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