{"id":146312,"date":"2025-10-22T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/aws-outage-reminds-us-why-2449-internet-dependent-beds-are-a-bad-idea\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:57:10","slug":"aws-outage-reminds-us-why-2449-internet-dependent-beds-are-a-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/aws-outage-reminds-us-why-2449-internet-dependent-beds-are-a-bad-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This week\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2025\/10\/amazons-dns-problem-knocked-out-half-the-web-likely-costing-billions\/\">Amazon Web Services outage<\/a> had some people waking up on the wrong side of the bed.<\/p>\n<p>A Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem affected AWS cloud hosting, resulting in an outage that impacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cev1en9077ro\">more than 1,000<\/a> web-based products and services and millions of people.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps one of the most avoidable breakdowns came via people\u2019s beds. The reliance on the Internet for smart bed products from Eight Sleep resulted in people being awoken by beds locked into inclined positions and sweltering temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/smart-beds-leave-sleepers-hot-and-bothered-during-aws-outage\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/smart-beds-leave-sleepers-hot-and-bothered-during-aws-outage\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s\u00a0Amazon Web Services outage had some people waking up on the wrong side of the bed. A Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem affected AWS cloud hosting, resulting in an outage that impacted more than 1,000 web-based products and services and millions of people. 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