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Voices: The AWS outage is proof someone is breaking the internet
The AWS outage is proof someone is breaking the internet - COMMENT: A three-hour global outage at Amazon Web Services was enough to halt banks, games and government services – exposing the fragile foundations on which our digital world rests,
"Really shows how easy it would be for Bezos and Ellison to just turn off the internet if they wanted to, for any reason."
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has had a bad day. That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that today's outage, hitting over 1,000 companies and affecting millions of internet users, had nothing to do with him.
The issue impacted thousands of websites and apps across the globe. The website DownDetector showed users reporting issues with Reddit, Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite, Amazon, Starbucks, Facebook and more. Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, said its services was unavailable because of the AWS outage.
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Look, I’m more than just a little bit addicted to Clash Royale, and the popular tower defense game is one of the many casualties of today’s internet outage. Amazon better get this fixed quick, because I don’t want to lose from 50+ day streak I’ve currently got going.
Delivery drivers and small businesses lost hours and income during a 15-hour AWS outage, highlighting the real impact of tech failures.
Thousands of websites and apps like Snapchat, Roblox, Ring and more were down or experiencing issues Monday morning as a major cloud computing service went offline.
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A major internet outage has disrupted several of the world’s most popular apps and websites, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, and Canva. The problems began around 8am on Monday and quickly spread, leaving millions of users unable to access key services.