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What Is AWS And Why Is It Impacting Amazon, Disney+, Reddit, And Millions Of Users Worldwide?

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud infrastructure giant relied on by millions of companies worldwide, experienced a significant outage on Monday, Oct.
BBC

What caused the AWS outage - and why did it make the internet fall apart?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a bad day. That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that Monday's outage, hitting over 1,000 companies and ...
Dawn

AWS outage, cable damage leave net users high and dry

ISLAMABAD: As people around the world struggled with several popular apps due to a massive outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, users in Pakistan expressed frustration after another alleged ...
Ars Technica

AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea

This week’s Amazon Web Services outage had some people waking up on the wrong side of the bed. A Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem affected AWS cloud hosting, resulting in an outage that ...
The Washington Post

Smart beds flipped out during the AWS outage, and so did their sleepy owners

Banks failed to transfer their clients’ money. Gamers lost their streaks. Peloton riders struggled to log into classes. For a few hours early Monday, a service ...