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AmneziaVPN is back on its feet after a rough few weeks. The provider has restored all twenty premium server locations following a series of cyberattacks that left users stranded, and it's now rolling out compensation to those affected. It's a reminder of just how fragile the infrastructure behind privacy tools can be.
Shifting to the workplace, three Amazon software engineers say they're under investigation after speaking out about the company's data center operations. They've filed a complaint with Seattle's civil rights office, alleging illegal retaliation for expressing personal views. It raises uncomfortable questions about how much room employees have to speak freely inside big tech.
And on the question of AI, a new study argues the real bottleneck isn't investment — it's data. Researchers warn that most organizations are sitting on infrastructure that was simply never built for continuous intelligence. Spending more on AI tools, the study suggests, won't help much if the underlying data platforms can't keep up.
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