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Smart beds go dead during AWS outage

Séamus Bellamy
Oct 23, 2025
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This is a public service announcement: the Internet of Things is nothing but an expensive invitation to f*** around and find out. Internet-connected hardware gets bricked by companies with little notice; baby monitors get hacked, and of late, web-connected smart beds go nucking futs when the servers they rely on to do smart st…

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