Alexa’s 30-Minute Alarm Rage Quit Collides With Starbucks Jailbreak
On October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services decided to throw a techno-tantrum, leaving millions in internet limbo: Starbucks orders undelivered, Alexa stuck in infinite alarm mode (30+ minutes, shout away!), Ring cameras ghosting their owners, and Webull plus Robinhood turning day traders into helpless bystanders. Umesh Khanna's San Francisco dark apartment was a scene from a blackout horror flick, where Alexa refused to obey, forcing phone-based TSA-level espionage to open blinds. Students panicked without Canvas, fearing unpaid tuition while begging professors in person, and gamers faced Fortnite, Clash Royale, and Roblox outages, causing epic digital misery. Jake Myers also suffered the soul-crushing absence of Fanduel gambling at work – a true corporate crisis.
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When your Alexa decides to trap you in a 30-minute alarm loop and Starbucks joins the silent protest, the internet’s caffeine, security, and sanity all went on unexpected strike before 9 am.
Alexa’s 30-minute alarm frenzy was basically a wake-up call for the internet’s fragility. Starbucks mobile orders? Nope. Gamers? Offline. The true 2025 version of 'Can you hear me now?' is 'Can you order coffee now?'
AWS outage turned the morning into a dystopian comedy: coffee denied, alarms possessed, stock trading frozen. Even Canvas threw the ultimate 'nope' to students — who now have real face-to-face anxiety with professors. Retro disruption at peak!
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/20/2025 | Author: Henry Chandonnet
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