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Amazon Web Services outage wreaks havoc across the internet

Amazon Web Services outage wreaks havoc across the internet

Update: 2025-10-20
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Many online services suddenly went down today due to a major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud computing platform is used by hundreds of popular apps on the internet to power their online services, such as Reddit, Snapchat, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Apple Music, and Fortnite, among many others. So, when AWS experiences an outage, it's a domino effect for any app that relies on it.

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Amazon Web Services outage wreaks havoc across the internet

Amazon Web Services outage wreaks havoc across the internet

Craig Donaldson