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AWS Outage Disrupts Thousands of Websites and Apps

A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has caused global disruptions to online services, affecting platforms like Snapchat, Fortnite, and Reddit.

According to downdetector.com, around 2,000 websites, apps, and banking services have reported problems, including well-known brands like Starbucks and McDonald's.

AWS reported that the issue is centered on its US-EAST-1 region, highlighting the heavy reliance of businesses worldwide on a small number of cloud providers for critical operations.

Author's summary: AWS outage affects thousands of websites and apps globally.

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