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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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Well-known internet sites hit by Amazon Web Services outage
The Amazon Web Services outage that took down half the internet, explained
AWS Back Online - But What Went Wrong With Amazon’s Cloud Service?
Amazon.com announced that its cloud service, AWS, resumed normal operations after a significant internet outage disrupted numerous websites globally, affecting major platforms like Snapchat and Reddit...

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Major vulnerability exposed in Amazon’s global internet outage
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An AWS outage took down nearly the entire Internet. What caused it?
More than 1,000 services were impacted by the outage, including popular platforms like WhatsApp, Snapchat and Reddit, which rely on AWS services, along with financial institutions like the British go...

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AWS outage: Amazon reveals root cause as cloud services ‘returned to normal operations’ after worldwide internet disruption; here’s what you need to know
Amazon says AWS cloud service is back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide

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

Experts say the incident revealed what can happen when a such a broad spectrum of companies rely on singular cloud provider.

What to know about the global outage tied to Amazon Web Services

Internet disruptions tied to Amazon’s cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for
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Amazon Web Services recovering from outage that caused disruptions worldwide

(Gray News/AP) – A massive Amazon Web Services outage caused major disruptions around the world Monday. While the outages lasted several hours, Amazon has said most systems should be back online and operating normally. The company reported that 64 internal AWS services were affected by the issue.

Amazon Web Services Says Outage Has Been Resolved, Though Some Backlogs Still Being Processed

Hundreds Of Websites & Apps Were Reported Offline Following Outage At North Virginia Amazon Web Services Data Center

Amazon's AWS outage on October 20 knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline for hours

At about 4:30PM ET on October 20, things seemed to be returning back to normal. Apps like Venmo and Lyft, which were either slow to respond or completely nonresponsive before, were appearing to behave smoothly.

Amazon’s global outage exposes major vulnerabilities to American life

It took a day without Amazon Web Services for Americans to realize how reliant the internet is on a single company.
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