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Why is Snapchat not working? What to know about AWS outage impacting apps, websites nationwide

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, experienced a major outage early on Oct. 20 that impacted several prominent websites, including Snapchat, Venmo and YouTube.
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AWS Outage Hits Amazon Services, Ring, Whole Foods, Alexa

Whole Foods self-checkout lanes were closed and Alexa devices weren’t working. Amazon Web Services was dealing with a significant outage Tuesday as Amazon-owned Whole Foods supermarkets closed ...