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AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
When Amazon Web Services suffered an outage on Monday morning, it practically took down the internet with it. There went all of Amazon’s services, from its shopping hub to its Ring doorbell cameras. ChatGPT went quiet. “Smart” mattresses became unsleepable. Video games like Fortnite blinked out, as did platforms like Snapchat and banking apps.

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What caused the AWS outage - and why did it make the internet fall apart?
Amazon Web Services says widespread internet outage issues are resolved
An Amazon Outage Nearly Took Out The Whole Internet. Here’s Just How Big It Was.
The internet fell apart Monday due to outages at a single company: Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider that powers many of the most popular apps and services we use.

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Amazon's AWS outage on October 20 knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline for hours
Major vulnerability exposed in Amazon’s global internet outage
Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage, tech giant says
People have reported being unable to log in to their online and mobile banking apps, and there are also reports on social media that some people have had card payments declined – although the BBC has ...

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Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal
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Amazon Web Services global outage 'resolved' after disruption, company says

An AWS outage impacted your favorite websites. It's now been resolved.

Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing service run by Amazon, experienced a significant outage that disrupted numerous websites on Oct. 20.
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Major AWS Outage Resolved, Amazon Promises Detailed Breakdown

Millions around the world found themselves unable to access popular services thanks to a Domain Name System issue with Amazon Web Services.

Smart beds leave sleepers hot and bothered during AWS outage

Perhaps one of the most avoidable breakdowns came via people’s beds. The reliance on the Internet for smart bed products from Eight Sleep resulted in people being awoken by beds locked into inclined positions and sweltering temperatures.

You thought Monday’s internet outage was bad? Just wait

Monday’s Amazon Web Services outage — and the global disruption it caused — underscored just how reliant the internet has become on a small number of core infrastructure providers.

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

Some Eight Sleep mattress users had a rude awakening after the Amazon Web Services outage, with reports of beds stuck upright and haywire temperatures.

Amazon says AWS cloud service back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide

Amazon.com cloud service returned to normal operations on Monday afternoon, the company said, after an internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, including some of the web's most popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit.
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AWS Outage Hit Schools Hard. How to Prepare for the Next Tech Meltdown

Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is a cloud computing service run by Amazon. It reported issues early in the morning on Oct. 20 in one of its data centers. AWS said it fixed the problem by 6 a.m. Eastern Time, but ripple effects caused disruptions all day, with most services not returning to normal until well after the school day ended.

Is the internet too dependent on AWS? Experts weigh in

Since a large portion of the internet depends on AWS, the outage cascaded across major firms in disparate industries, leaving some people unable to access airline information or make everyday purchases, Qi Liao, a professor of computer science at Central Michigan University, told ABC News.
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