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What caused Amazon’s AWS outage, and why did so many major apps go offline?

Amazon Web Services, a cloud platform that supports a portion of the internet, experienced a massive outage on Monday.

What caused the AWS outage - and why did it make the internet fall apart?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a bad day. That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling ...

Why did Amazon’s AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage Monday, disrupting many online services, including Snapchat, ...

Global Amazon outage sends ‘half the internet DOWN’ with Alexa, Ring, Snapchat, Lloyds AND Halifax bank apps crashing

DOZENS of games and apps have gone down after a global outage. Roblox gamers and Snapchat users are among those battling to access the platform following a server outage at Amazon. The company’s web ...

Amazon Web Services says widespread internet outage issues are resolved

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said widespread internet outages have been resolved after impacting many users for much of Monday, ...

Fortnite, Roblox, Snapchat, Canva and more hit by internet outage

Fortnite, Roblox, Snapchat, Canva, Ring, Amazon and Wordle are among the popular sites that have gone down in some regions on ...

Amazon internet outage hits major websites and mobile apps such as Snapchat. Here's what we know

Some of the world's biggest apps and websites, such as Amazon, Google, Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, and Canva, have been hit ...

AWS outage crashes Amazon, Prime Video, Fortnite, Perplexity and more

AWS outage has taken down millions of websites, including Amazon.com, Prime Video, Perplexity AI, Canva and more.

Snapchat down? Millions of users worldwide report login failures and app crashes amid major outages

A major internet outage hit on October 20. Snapchat and many other popular apps like Roblox and Canva stopped working. Users ...
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Why did Roblox get banned in Qatar?

Qatar, on August 13, 2025, blocked access to a popular game Roblox. Players across the country found themselves unable to connect, after it and encountered network errors. While no official statement ...