News brief
Amazon cloud computing service saw major outage.
The issue began around 3 a.m. Eastern Time, affecting Amazon鈥檚 own services like Ring and Alexa as well as many online services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal. Amazon blamed the problem on its domain name system, which translates web addresses into IP addresses. By around 6 a.m., Amazon reported recovery across most services. This isn鈥檛 the first time AWS has faced such issues, with previous outages in 2023 and 2021. Experts say these disruptions highlight the internet鈥檚 reliance on a few major cloud providers.
Associated Press
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