Gaming Networks Slowly Recover Following Widespread AWS Outage Gaming services and websites are still dealing with residual issues. Operation Sports · Oct 21, 2025
Estimates on the financial impact of yesterday's AWS outage range from 'hundreds of billions' to over $75 million per hour, but one thing we can all agree on is it was pretty bad, chief A butterfly flaps its wings. Again. PC Gamer · Oct 21, 2025
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. TechRadar · Oct 21, 2025
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 · Oct 21, 2025
Amazon internet service outage highlights EU’s ‘overwhelming reliance on Big Tech’ Amazon's AWS, Microsoft, and Google control around 70 per cent of Europe’s cloud market. Euronews · Oct 21, 2025
The AWS outage brought the internet to a crawl - here's what the experts are saying Amazon Web Services suffered an outage that casued major websites and systems to go down - here is what the experts are saying. TechRadar · Oct 21, 2025
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 · Oct 21, 2025
NordicTrack rowing machines recalled due to fire hazard — here’s what you need to know These NordicTrack rowing machines just got recalled. Here's why. Tom’s Guide · Oct 21, 2025
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 · Oct 21, 2025
‘I’m having a great day’: AWS outage offers some a brief glimpse of a tech-free existence There was a different side to the chaos of the Amazon outage that affected crucial services around the world, such as no exams, light switches not working, and less work to do The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2025
Amazon Web Services Disaster: What Went Wrong — and Why It Could Happen Again Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage, disrupting global apps and businesses. Experts warn similar AWS failures could happen again. International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025
Back to Normal: AWS Outage Resolved After Causing Worldwide Disruption Amazon's Web Services has returned to normal operations after disrupting the world's internet due to an outage. International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025
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. The Conversation · Oct 21, 2025
Elizabeth Warren Blasts Amazon For Internet Meltdown, Says 'If A Company Can Break The Entire Internet, They Are Too Big' On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called to break up Big Tech after a massive Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services outage disrupted access to dozens of major platforms, including Amazon delivery services, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) Disney+ and McDonald Corporation (NYSE:MCD) app. Benzinga · Oct 21, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 One Tech Tip: How to prepare for outages that impact our online lives, from banking to chatting apps An Amazon Web Services outage on Monday disrupted many online platforms, affecting banking services, chat apps, and more
Tom’s Guide · Oct 20, 2025 Is Venmo still down? Live updates on widespread AWS outage The popular peer-to-peer payment platform Venmo went down on Monday, October 20, one of several apps taken offline amid widespread Amazon's AWS service outages.
Kiplinger · Oct 20, 2025 Dow Adds 516 Points on Broad Optimism: Stock Market Today Easing trade war tensions and promise from early earnings reports has investors looking on the bright side to start the week.
Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025 Battlefield 6 says "we are investigating" as server issues and 'Connection Failed' errors mount — Amazon's ongoing AWS outages may be to blame Battlefield 6 has acknowledged reports of widespread server and connectivity issues with the game, and says it could be connected to the Amazon's AWS outages.
TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025 AWS outage - Amazon confirms recovery after Zoom, Slack, Canva among work apps hit Work apps, banking service and more were all affected in AWS outage.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 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
TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025 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
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025 MPs ask why key parts of UK IT infrastructure is hosted abroad after AWS outage Major banks, HMRC, gaming platforms Roblox and Fortnite were among sites affected by Amazon Web Services’ fault.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 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
Tom’s Guide · Oct 20, 2025 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.
Axios · Oct 20, 2025 AWS outage spotlights the world economy's fragile foundations It takes a crisis to make invisible pieces of critical infrastructure visible — both online and in the physical world.