Apple's 'Awe Dropping' event preview, cut cables in the Red Sea disrupted Microsoft's Azure, and players of Silksong are complaining about confusing translations episode artwork

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Apple's 'Awe Dropping' event preview, cut cables in the Red Sea disrupted Microsoft's Azure, and players of Silksong are complaining about confusing translations

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Apple’s so-called ‘Awe dropping’ event is tomorrow and the company is all but certain to unveil the iPhone 17 line. The keynote will be livestreamed on YouTube Tuesday at 1PM ET from Cupertino. Three Engadget team members will be reporting, liveblogging and providing their hands-on impressions from Apple Park. Also, Microsoft said its Azure cloud platform has returned to normal service after an incident of cut underwater cables that played out over Saturday. The tech giant reported "undersea fiber cuts" in the Red Sea on Saturday morning, which disrupted Azure service throughout the Middle East and led to potential "increased latency" for users. Microsoft said that the latency issue was resolved by Saturday evening and was able to reroute the Azure traffic through other paths. And for most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there's another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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