An unprecedented Amazon Web Services outage that caused nearly 150 major sites and apps – including Snapchat, Venmo and Roblox – to go dark was apparently caused by a common tech glitch. The 15-hour outage appeared to be caused by an “underlying DNS issue,” Amazon Web Services said in a status tracker on its website.

A major disruption to Amazon’s cloud computing platform Monday exposed the fragile nature of digital dependency. When technical problems knocked the service offline, the ripple effects touched millions: Video gamers found themselves locked out of Fortnite,

The company aims to turn up the heat on Java rivals with plans for software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in ...

An hours-long crash of Amazon Web Services sparked a wave of tongue-in-cheek, apocalyptic memes Monday as social media users coped with the disruption of major sites and apps around the world.

Interrupciones de internet vinculadas al servicio de computación en la nube de Amazon afectaron a personas en todo el mundo el lunes, quienes

update WASHINGTON--A high-level Sun Microsystems executive on Tuesday told a federal court that Microsoft feels threatened by the industry's move toward Web services and is hard at work trying to co-opt that trend. "Web services continue to be a ...

A growing number of companies are looking to capitalize on an emerging niche in business software called Web services management. Start-up Actional on Monday will seek to bolster its position among competitors, with enhancements to its product line and a ...