This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: An Amazon delivery driver wears smart glasses displaying real-time navigation and delivery instructions directly in his field of vision, during Amazon's "Delivering the Future" event at a Silicon Valley distribution center. Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the help of artificial in ...

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事件概述 - 全球最大云计算平台亚马逊云服务发生重大中断 影响数千家组织 包括银行 Xero等金融软件平台和Snapchat等社交媒体平台[1] - 中断始于澳大利亚东部夏令时间周一晚上6点左右 由位于美国弗吉尼亚州北部的一个数据中心故障引起 尽管亚马逊云服务表示已修复根本问题 但部分互联网用户仍报告服务中断[2] 云计算行业现状 - 云计算是通过互联网按需交付计算能力 数据库存储和应用程序等多样化IT资源 本质是租用而非拥有IT基础设施[3] - 云计算在1990年代末随着互联网泡沫兴起而普及 采用类似水电费的按量付费模式 避免了自建数据中心所需的大量前期投资 最新统计显示超过94%的企业以某种形式使用基于云的服务[4][5] - 全球云市场由三家公司主导 亚马逊云服务占据最大份额约30% 其次是微软Azure约20% 和谷歌云平台约13%[6] 行业风险与挑战 - 这三家服务提供商近期均发生过中断 显著影响了数字服务平台 例如2024年一个第三方软件问题严重影响了微软Azure 导致全球企业广泛运营故障 谷歌云平台今年也因内部配置错误发生重大中断[8] - 全球互联网对少数主要提供商的重度依赖为企业和日常用户带来了深远风险 首先 这种集中化构成了单点故障 一个中心系统的简单配置错误可能引发多米诺骨牌效应 瞬间使互联网的大部分瘫痪[9] - 其次 这些提供商经常造成供应商锁定 由于复杂的数据架构以及将大量数据移出云所收取的过高费用 公司发现转换平台极其困难且成本高昂 这实际上困住了客户[10] - 最后 美国云服务提供商的主导地位引入了地缘政治和监管风险 存储在这些庞大系统中的数据受美国法律和政府要求约束 这可能使遵守澳大利亚隐私法等国际数据主权法规复杂化 此外这些公司拥有审查或限制服务访问的权力 从而控制公司的运营方式[11] 风险缓解策略 - 当前最佳实践是采用多云方法以实现去中心化 这涉及在多个供应商上运行关键应用程序以消除单点故障[12] - 该方法可与边缘计算互补 即将数据存储和处理从大型中央数据中心转移到公司可直接控制的分布式节点[12] - 边缘计算与多云方法的结合增强了弹性 提高了速度 并帮助公司满足严格的数据监管要求 同时避免依赖任何单一实体[13]

公司动态：OpenAI推出Atlas浏览器 - OpenAI于2025年10月21日宣布推出自有网络浏览器Atlas，使该公司与谷歌形成直接竞争 [3] - Atlas浏览器首发平台为苹果笔记本电脑，后续将登陆微软Windows、苹果iOS和谷歌Android系统 [5] - 公司首席执行官Sam Altman称此为“十年一遇的罕见机会，可重新思考浏览器的定位和使用方式” [6] - Atlas浏览器的一项高级功能是“代理模式”，可根据用户浏览器历史记录和需求，代表用户在互联网上点击搜索并解释其过程 [11] 市场竞争格局 - 新浏览器将面临谷歌Chrome的艰巨挑战，后者已积累约30亿全球用户并正添加来自Gemini技术的AI功能 [8] - 另一家小型AI初创公司Perplexity也在今年早些时候推出了Comet浏览器，并曾提出以345亿美元收购Chrome的未获成功提议 [10] - 历史先例显示，谷歌Chrome在2008年成功颠覆了当时占主导地位的微软Internet Explorer浏览器市场 [8][9] 市场机遇与商业模式 - 将ChatGPT作为在线搜索入口可使OpenAI获取更多互联网流量以及数字广告收入 [4] - ChatGPT目前已拥有超过8亿用户，但许多用户免费使用，公司付费订阅业务目前处于亏损状态，正在寻求盈利途径 [5] - 美联社与NORC公共事务研究中心的民意调查显示，约60%的美国成年人（30岁以下人群中达74%）至少有时会使用AI来查找信息 [12] 行业趋势与技术影响 - 美国地区法官Amit Mehta在垄断案中拒绝强制谷歌出售Chrome，部分理由是其认为AI行业的进步正在重塑竞争格局 [7] - Sam Altman预计，聊天机器人界面将取代传统浏览器的URL地址栏，成为未来人们使用互联网的中心 [10] - 谷歌自2024年起已在搜索结果顶部自动提供AI生成的回答，试图直接回应人们的搜索查询 [13] 潜在影响与行业关切 - 依赖AI聊天机器人汇总网络信息引发诸多担忧，包括该技术可能自信地传播虚假信息的倾向（即幻觉问题） [13] - 分析师担忧，若ChatGPT能有效提供信息摘要，可能导致用户停止探索互联网和点击传统网页链接，从而切断在线出版商的命脉 [4] - 有分析师提出，AI代理模式可能基于广告加入偏好解决方案，并质疑其是否真正代表用户个性 [12]

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Amazon Web Services was down on Oct. 20, 2025. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University From Reddit and Snapchat to Delta and Zoom, more than a thousand websites around the globe were knocked offline early Monday—and continued to have problems into the afternoon—after a major outage at Amazon Web Services, the single larg ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A Venmo mobile app shows it is not available during the Amazon Web Services outage, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. Credit: AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday evening, after a problem disrupted internet use around the world, taking down a broad ran ...

事件概述 - 亚马逊云服务发生大规模中断，导致全球众多互联网服务瘫痪数小时 [3][4] - 中断始于格林威治时间07:11，由DNS问题引起，至10:30问题被完全缓解，但后续处理耗时超过4小时 [5][8] 受影响的服务范围 - 流媒体平台：亚马逊Prime Video、Disney+ [3] - 科技与社交应用：Perplexity AI、Fortnite游戏、Airbnb、Snapchat、Duolingo [3] - 通讯服务：欧洲的Signal和WhatsApp [4] - 金融机构：英国劳埃德银行等 [4] - 政府服务：英国政府网站 [7] 事件原因与技术细节 - 问题根源位于AWS关键基础设施区域US-East-1（美国弗吉尼亚州） [7] - 根本原因是与域名系统协议相关的DNS问题 [7] - 问题缓解后，系统仍需处理大量积压的受阻请求 [8] 行业影响与市场地位 - AWS占据全球云基础设施市场近三分之一份额 [3][4] - 云计算市场领导者为AWS，其次是微软Azure，谷歌云位列第三 [6] - 事件凸显全球商业、政府和消费者对少数云服务提供商的高度依赖 [6][8] - 此次中断与2024年7月由CrowdStrike软件更新引发的全球中断类似，当时影响约850万台设备 [9]

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Amazon Holiday Kids Gift Book, which has hit mailboxes months ahead of Christmas, has become the modern child's wish book—a glossy stand-in for the toy store aisles their parents once roamed. It sparks the same giddy anticipation that used to come from pressing noses to store windows, something toda ...