On this crisp October morning, it feels like half of the internet is dealing with a hangover. A severe Amazon Web Services outage took out many, many websites, apps, games and other services that rely on Amazon’s cloud division to stay up and running. That includes a long list of popular software like Venmo, Snapchat, Canva and Fortnite. Even Amazon’s own assistant Alexa has been stuttering, and if you’re wondering why the internet seems to be against you today — you’re not imagining it.
As of 1:15PM ET today (October 20), it appears the outage has not been resolved. Multiple services remain unavailable, including asking Alexa for the weather or
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