Greg and Dan talk to Dave Johnson of Pearl Technology about the major internet shutdown that occurred last Monday - a 12-hour outage that disrupted major companies including Snapchat, Roblox, Amazon, and more. Dave explains what caused the issue which was a glitch within Amazon Web Services (AWS) and breaks down what AWS actually is, how it powers much of the internet, and why so many companies rely on it. He also dives into the DNS errors behind the disruption and how cloud systems connect everything online.

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