A major Amazon Web Services outage early this morning disrupted popular games and storefronts including Fortnite, Roblox, Wordle, Battlefield 6 and the Epic Games Store. AWS engineers responded quickly, and recent updates show services are largely recovering, though some users continue to experience intermittent issues.

Verizon's Tracfone and T-Mobile's Mint Mobile have both launched prepaid 5G home internet services. Tracfone's offering is available for $60 per month plus a $69.99 router purchase at Target, while Mint Mobile's Home MINTernet starts at $40 per month with a free router included. Both services use the same fixed wireless networks as their parent companies, providing consumers with alternative, no-contract home broadband options through prepaid channels.

Apple will begin selling Sony's PS VR2 Sense controllers separately on November 11, marking a shift from their previous bundle-only availability with the $400 PS VR2 headset. The move lets consumers purchase the controllers directly from the Apple Store without buying the headset.

Edison Motors is developing a kit to convert pickup trucks into extended-range electric vehicles. The conversion kit uses a diesel-powered CAT engine to charge a lithium iron phosphate battery, which in turn powers the electric motors, offering the efficiency of EV driving with the backup of a diesel range extender and promising up to 30% lower fuel costs. Edison says the kit, which is expected to be ready to be shipped next year, will "ideally retail for a third to half the cost of a new pickup."

As AI search engines like OpenAI gain popularity, brands are creating holiday strategies to ensure visibility in AI search results. Walmart, Shopify, Etsy and other companies are integrating AI to facilitate direct purchases via platforms like ChatGPT and enhancing their social media presence and web content to capture AI-driven consumer interest. While AI-driven commerce is still emerging, its influence is expected to grow, with AI traffic projected to increase 520% during the upcoming holiday season, per Adobe data.