**AWS experienced an operational issue today disrupting new EC2 instance launches in the US-EAST-1 region, causing delays in deployments and recovery for enterprises scaling workloads.** This incident, reported via AWS’s health dashboard with ongoing resolution efforts, underscores cloud reliability challenges amid surging AI-driven demand.[3]

References:
1. https://www.styletech.net/post/top-news-in-tech-january-2026
2. https://newsletter.parsers.vc/p/weekly-top-startup-vc-news-of-january-8-2026
3. https://techstartups.com/2026/01/16/top-tech-news-today-january-16-2026/
4. https://www.swastika.co.in/blog/stocks-in-news-today-major-developments-on-20-january-2026-key-updates-before-union-budget