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Mystery Solved: Amazon Web Services says “overwhelmed network devices” Triggered their Outage

If you've been wondering how that major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage happened, and nervously asking, "Could it happen again?," you're not alone. The outage knocked out a slew of popular services like Venmo, Tinder, Disney Plus, and even Roomba, and the December 7th outage also put some Amazon deliveries on hold. Amazon experienced its last major outage around this time last year, causing a number of sites and apps […]

todayDecember 13, 2021

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What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more?

A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for hours, raising questions about the vulnerability of the internet and its concentration in the hands of a few firms. It was certainly a wake-up call for our ever-increasing dependence on all things tech.  Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn't start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though many of those deliveries […]

todayDecember 10, 2021

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