Coverage dated December 6, 2021 to December 7, 2021

Amazon Outage Disrupts Businesses, Services Across the US

Headline from NBC Chicago

Amazon Web Services holds roughly a third of the cloud computing market. Critics say the outage highlights the danger of centralizing too many of the internet's key functions.

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  1. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, according to users. People trying to use Instacart, Venmo, Kindle, Roku, and Disney+ are reporting issues.

  2. 13News Now Norfolk

    Why are so many websites down? Amazon Web Services suffers major outage (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    13News Now Norfolk's feed description

    People trying to use Instacart, Venmo, Kindle, Roku, and Disney+ reported issues Tuesday. The McDonald’s app was also down.

  3. CBS News

    Major outage hits Amazon Web Services, affecting many sites (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The company said in a blog post Tuesday afternoon it did not have an estimated time for full recovery.

  4. The Guardian

    Amazon Web Services outage hits sites and apps such as IMDb and Tinder (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Users in North America and Europe report patchy service after cloud computing goes down

  5. KGW Portland

    Major outage hits Amazon Web Services, impacting many popular sites (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    People trying to use Instacart, Venmo, Kindle, Roku, and Disney+ reported issues Tuesday. The McDonald’s app was also down.

  6. NBC4 Washington

    Several Sites Down as Major Outage Hits Amazon Web Services (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday according to users. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies. People trying to use Instacart, Venmo, Kindle, Roku and Disney are reporting issues. The McDonald’s app is also down.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Thousands of Amazon users report website outage (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Over 28,000 Amazon users and 11,000 users of Amazon Web Services reported outages on Tuesday morning.

  8. Insider

    AWS appears to be down, and it's taken popular services like Netflix and Disney Plus with it (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Netflix and Disney Plus, among other major services, were experiencing issues on Tuesday morning, apparently due to an outage with Amazon's servers.

  9. Forbes

    Amazon Web Services Has ‘No ETA For Full Recovery’ Of Outages Impacting Disney+, Amazon And Other Major Sites (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Disney+ and several Amazon products like Alexa were having issues because of the outage.

  10. Newsweek

    Significant outage for Amazon Web Services stalls Netflix, Delta Airlines, others (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The outage caused by problems with Amazon's East Coast servers limited access to Netflix, Disney+ and Roku, and disrupted the company's smart home devices.

  11. WMUR

    Numerous sites affected by Amazon Web Services outage (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The outage began Tuesday morning on the East Coast and impacted the websites of numerous governments, universities and companies.

  12. Fox10 Phoenix

    Amazon Web Services suffers major outage, impacting several sites, platforms (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Amazon’s AWS was experiencing a major outage on Tuesday, impacting many sites and platforms it provides cloud computing services for — including FOX properties.

  13. PBS NewsHour

    Major outage hits Amazon Web Services, impacting a wide variety of sites (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The company provides cloud computing services to many governments, universities and companies.

  14. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Amazon Web Services Outage Causes Issues for Disney , Netflix, Coinbase (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Disney , Coinbase, Slack and other websites were taken down for some users as a result of the AWS outage.

  15. Forbes

    Amazon Web Services Experiencing Outages—Disney+, Amazon And Other Major Sites Impacted (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Disney+ and several Amazon products like Alexa were having issues because of the outage.

  16. NBC Chicago

    Amazon Outage Disrupts Businesses, Services Across the US (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Amazon Web Services holds roughly a third of the cloud computing market. Critics say the outage highlights the danger of centralizing too many of the internet's key functions.

  17. 13News Now Norfolk

    Major Amazon outage disrupts businesses across the United States (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    13News Now Norfolk's feed description

    For roughly five hours, companies dependent on Amazon's web services network to run their operations struggled to find workarounds. Among them was Amazon itself.

  18. FOX Business

    Amazon Web Services outage impacts thousands of users, online services: What to know (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Amazon Web Services experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, impacting thousands of users on different websites and streaming platforms.

  19. Helena Independent Record

    What caused Amazon's outage, and will there be more? (opens Helena Independent Record)

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    Helena Independent Record's feed description

    A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday raised questions about the vulnerability of the internet and its concentration in the hands of a few firms.

  20. Sioux City Journal

    Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how

  21. KGW Portland

    What caused Amazon's outage? Will there be more? (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    A problem with Amazon Web Services yesterday caused issues with services such as Disney+ and Venmo for most of the day.

  22. The Sentinel (Carlisle)

    Explainer: What caused Amazon's outage? Will there be more? (opens The Sentinel (Carlisle))

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    The Sentinel (Carlisle)'s feed description

    Robotic vacuum cleaners halted in their tracks. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The

  23. New York Times

    Amazon’s cloud computing outage disrupts its warehouse operations. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Amazon Web Services began reporting increased “error rates” in its cloud operations on Tuesday morning.

  24. Insider

    Amazon's major cloud outage caused 'chaos' inside the company and could delay packages ahead of the holiday season, employees say (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    A major Amazon Web Services outage snarled Amazon's delivery operations on Tuesday, shutting down warehouse robots and halting shipments.

  25. The Columbian

    Major outage at Amazon wreaks havoc for businesses — including Amazon deliveries (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business

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