Amazon says an issue which affected its cloud computing services unit AWS is now “fully mitigated” after being hit by an outage which disrupted several popular websites and apps across the world including Snapchat, Facebook and Fortnite.
• A rapidly growing list of sites experienced issues, according to Downdetector, which tracks internet disruptions. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and AI firm Perplexity also reported disruption
We’ve heard today from a tech expert who told us that Amazon Web Services “sits in the middle of everything.”
Lance Ulanoff, editor at the technology publication TechRadar told John Berman on CNN News Central that AWS provides a space where businesses can essentially rent the services they depend on to operate, rather than building and maintaining those services internally, which is far more costly. “It’s like: ‘Why build the house if you’re just going to live in it?’” Ulanoff said.
Ulanoff explained that smart home devices, used by millions globally to do everything from monitor who is approaching their property to turning lights on and off, are not designed to work without the internet, despite how widely relied upon they have become.
