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October 21, 2025

Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services

  • Amazon pinned the outage on issues related to its domain name system.
    • By KELVIN CHAN
    Associated Press

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    This is not the first time issues with Amazon cloud services have caused widespread disruptions.

    A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world early Monday, taking down dozens of online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.


     
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