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Amazon cloud outage disrupts services, exposes internet’s weak points

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

A major Amazon Web Services outage Monday disrupted services across the globe, and it’s a reminder of how dependent we are on just a few tech giants.

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  1. FOX 35 Orlando

    Amazon Web Services says issue that caused outage 'mitigated' (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage early Monday disrupted major platforms including Snapchat, Roblox, Robinhood, and Coinbase.

  2. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Robinhood and many other online services (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    There's an Amazon Web Services outage and it's causing major disruptions around the world.

  3. The Guardian

    Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expert

  4. KTVZ Bend

    The internet just had another global outage. Why does this keep happening? (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform that powers much of the internet, went down for several hours Monday, making several major websites and apps inoperable.

  5. Forbes

    Amazon Web Services Experiencing More Connectivity Issues During Recovery From Outage (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The company said it identified the root cause of the issues and was working on mitigating the problem.

  6. Bangor Daily News

    Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon's cloud computing service that

  7. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Major Amazon Web Services outage takes leading websites and services offline (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    The outage was impacting Roblox, Fortnite, Snapchat, Amazon.com, Prime Video and the Ring doorbell service, among many others.

  8. WHEC Rochester

    Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    A problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world. The outage on Monday took down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms.

  9. WHEC Rochester

    Amazon cloud computing outage knocks out Zoom, Roblox and other online services (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including The Associated Press.

  10. MyNorthwest

    What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services

  11. CBS News

    Amazon Web Services bouncing back from major outage that caused issues for many major apps, websites worldwide (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. The service provides remote computing services to many apps, websites, governments, universities and companies.

  12. Variety

    Amazon Web Services Outage: ‘Significant Signs of Recovery’ After Snapchat, Roblox and Other Major Websites Go Down (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    Amazon Web Services experienced a significant outage on Monday morning, taking Snapchat, Roblox and several major banks offline.

  13. WFMZ Allentown

    AWS operations working normally after global outage impacts Amazon, Snapchat (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Social media posts reported problems with cloud-based games such as Roblox and Fortnite; social networks including Snapchat; Amazon.com and Prime Video; the digital Ring doorbell service, among many others.

  14. WFMZ Allentown

    Global outage impacts Amazon, Snapchat, causes widespread blackouts (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Social media posts reported problems with cloud-based games such as Roblox and Fortnite; social networks including Snapchat; Amazon.com and Prime Video; the digital Ring doorbell service, among many others.

  15. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Amazon cloud failure hits major sites, apps in global outage | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage today, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps, including Fortnite and Snapchat.

  16. WSVN Miami

    Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service that took

  17. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Amazon Web Services reports worldwide outage (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Major disruptions worldwide as Amazon Web Services outage affects Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, and more. Services in the eastern U.S. region disrupted.

  18. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Amazon Web Services global outage eases after disruption, company says (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    An Amazon Web Services outage is causing disruptions globally. The service provides remote computing services apps, websites, governments, universities and companies.

  19. KYMA Yuma

    Major AWS outage disrupts websites around the world (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    Services affected included Venmo, Snapchat, Facebook, Prime Video and Amazon's Cloud Computing, according to DownDetector.com. Some airlines, including Delta and United, also reported disruptions for some of their systems.

  20. Forbes

    AWS Outage—What Happened And What To Do Next (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Amazon Web Services is starting to get back up and running after a massive global outage that affected multiple apps. Here's what you need to know.

  21. Deutsche Welle

    Outage at Amazon cloud service unit causes major disruption – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Websites such as Duolingo and Snapchat have suffered connectivity issues after Amazon cloud services unit AWS went down.

  22. Boston

    Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring, and many other online services (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, etc.

  23. Fox2 Detroit

    Amazon Web Services outage causing worldwide website issues (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    Fox2 Detroit's feed description

    Websites around the world are dealing with issues Monday morning as a result of an Amazon Web Services outage.

  24. WMUR

    What is Amazon Web Services? (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    An AWS outage caused disruptions for major websites like Snapchat, Fortnite, and Robinhood. Learn about AWS cloud computing and its impact.

  25. Engadget

    Amazon's AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    The internet is dealing with a hangover this morning thanks to issues with Amazon Web Services.

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