If you were struggling to connect to your work apps, you aren't alone - Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. After an issue in one of its US regions overnight, users were unable to access services such as Zoom, Slack and Canva - all of which run on AWS systems - before the issue spread to the US.

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Smart mattress brand Eight Sleep is working on a new failsafe for future outages after customers were unable to make changes to their products.

Disruptions lasted upward of two hours for most services, though some users—mostly in the United States—continued to see problems for over six hours. AWS announced at 5:27 a.m. ET that core issues had been resolved and most services were recovering, but intermittent disruptions persisted into the morning.

Vice President Bob Wambach of Dynatrace says global economy's dependence on cloud providers creates risk of systemic outages lasting hours or days.

The Amazon Web Services outage that affected apps and sites from Reddit to Roblox also caused some smart beds to overheat -- and some were stuck upright.

An Amazon Web Services outage on Monday disrupted Canvas learning software used by local school districts, forcing educators to adapt their teaching methods.