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AWS was down — live updates following massive outage that broke the internet

Amazon Web Services experienced experiencing a huge global outage. While a fix was attempted, it seemed to have knocked out other services. Here's a live report on what's happened, why it's happened and when a fix is occurred.

Tom’s Guide

Amazon fixes huge AWS outage that broke much of the internet – here's what happened

A huge AWS (Amazon Web Services) outage took out dozens of apps and services yesterday –here's what happened.

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7 Kids’ Apps That Can Silently Access Your Camera or Microphone

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AWS outage continues: All the apps and services that have been affected

Still having trouble online? The Amazon outage might still be causing problems for these apps.

Tom’s Guide

Snapchat went down in massive outage due to AWS — live recap of how events knocked the social media app offline

Snapchat users are reporting a huge outage on the social media platform at the same time as Amazon's AWS service is experiencing huge problems.

Tom’s Guide

Gold on track for biggest one-day fall since 2020; BoE governor warns over private credit risks - as it happened

Price of bullion falls over 5% today, but still up around 60% since the start of 2025

The Guardian - UK

An Amazon outage has rattled the internet. A computer scientist explains why the ‘cloud’ needs to change

The world’s largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organisations, including banks, financial software platforms such as Xero, and social media platforms such as Snapchat.

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Internet down: Many of the world’s biggest apps and websites break in hours-long outage

Snapchat to the UK tax authority were affected by the problems

The Independent UK

Battlefield 6, Fortnite, and other games and services recover as the AWS outage that took out the likes of Roblox, Wordle, and Epic Games Store finally comes to an end

AWS was down, affecting gamers

TechRadar

MPs question why key parts of IT infrastructure is hosted abroad after AWS outage

Major banks, gaming platforms and HMRC were among sites affected by Amazon Web Services’ fault

The Independent UK

How the AWS outage happened — and why it's broke the internet

A massive AWS outage took down parts of the internet today — from Alexa and Snapchat to Fortnite and banking apps. Here’s what really happened, and why one small glitch caused such big chaos.

Tom’s Guide

Amazon outage: Every website knocked offline by the huge AWS outage

Amazon’s cloud services went offline today, causing huge problems across the internet.

TechRadar

Coinbase, Robinhood down as Amazon outage briefly cripples the internet

Other non-crypto companies affected include Snapchat, Hulu, and McDonald’s.

Fortune

‘Vile’ online groomer is first in UK to be jailed for encouraging a child to self-harm

Karl Davies sentenced to 20 years after sexually abusing 14-year-old girl he had contacted on Discord app

The Guardian - UK

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International Business Times UK

Snapchat, Canva, and Roblox All Crash at Once: AWS Outage Exposes a Scary Truth

A global outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on 20 October 2025 disrupted major services like Snapchat, Canva and Roblox, underscoring the fragility of modern digital infrastructure.

The Independent UK

Why is the internet broken? How one small problem can take down the whole web

The vast array of platforms, companies, websites and apps available on the internet rely on a very small number of companies, writes Andrew Griffin

Evening Standard

First man jailed under child online safety act for grooming and abusing girl

Karl Davies, 42, a father-of-two from the Wirral, admitted and has been convicted of 17 offences relating to a school girl aged between 13 and 14.

The Independent UK

Wall Street inches higher in premarket as worries over the U.S.-China trade war ease

Wall Street pointed toward gains before the open Monday, overcoming worries over bank lending and the trade war with China

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The Independent UK

‘Here’s a script for the bathroom’: US government nuclear physicist arrested on child sex charges

Exclusive details: After his arrest for propositioning a 16-year-old, top government nuclear physicist Andrew Worrall, 56, is no longer employed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a spokeswoman told The Independent

The Independent UK

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

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage on Monday, disrupting many online services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal

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Miranda Kerr and husband Evan Spiegel limit screen time for their children

Miranda Kerr and her Snapchat CEO husband Evan Spiegel are strict when it comes to controlling how much time their sons spend looking at screens.

The Guardian - US

Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’

Tom’s Hardware

Colossal AWS outage breaks the internet — Roblox, Fortnite, Zoom, Snapchat, and beyond all crippled

Amazon is tracking a massive AWS outage that has crippled large parts of the internet.

International Business Times UK

Is Canva Down? Popular Design Platform Reports Issues - Here Are Some Alternatives Now

Canva outage hits 220M users amid AWS failure—login errors, edit crashes and download blocks. Freelancers and businesses face chaos; top alternatives listed.

Evening Standard

Internet outages at HMRC, Zoom and Snapchat reported after AWS disruption

Other services showing a spike in reported outages include Slack, Ring, Vodafone, Signal, Halifax, BT, EE and Sky.

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