Here's what experts say the Amazon Web Services outage reveals about the fragility of the cloud

Here’s what experts say the Amazon Web Services outage reveals about the fragility of the cloud

The 15-hour disruption to Amazon Web Services, a cloud-based computing service, on Monday shook internet users around the world, disrupting everything from travel to financial transactions — and underscoring the fragility of a system reliant on only a handful of tech giants. Monday’s problems at Amazon Web Services, or AWS, spawned 11 million total outage reports,…

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Amazon and Snapchat among popular apps and websites not working after AWS goes down in UK | News Tech

Amazon and Snapchat among popular apps and websites not working after AWS goes down in UK | News Tech

Amazon, Roblox, Snapchat, The New York Times’ Wordle and dozens of other websites and apps are down at the same time. Downdetector shows disruptions began at around 7.30am, with hundreds of people saying apps are not working. Other apps with reported outages include banking services Lloyds and Halifax, phone companies EE and Vodafone, video game…

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