Many of the world’s biggest apps and websites have suddenly stopped working properly.

Tracking website Down Detector has revealed that some of the affected apps include Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo,Canva,Ring and Prime Video.

More accounts of service problems were reported within Clash Royale,Life360,My fitness Pal,Xero, Fortnite,Wordle,Coin base, Playstation, Vodafone and even Pokémon Go Users, indicating the widespread nature of the outage.

The disruption seems to stem from a fault at Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provides much of the backbone for today’s internet infrastructure.

According to the company’s service status page, AWS reported “elevated error rates” and delays affecting several of its services.

The outage began at around 8 a.m. in the UK (midnight Pacific Time).

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Millions of people around the world have been affected by the
Massive internet outage.

The disruption started early morning October 20, as users reported many of their favorite online platforms were either performing slowly, or completely inaccessible.

The company found problems with the Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) both of which are vital in offering storage and computing power to large internet-based services.

Companies Respond to User Complaints

In response to growing frustration from users, several companies issued statements acknowledging the outage.

They assured customers that engineers were working around the clock to resolve the issues and restore normal service.

Some apps have since reported partial recovery, though full functionality may take time to return.

Implication on Businesses and Everyday life.

The social media and entertainment are not the only sectors affected by the outage but also businesses that rely a lot on cloud computing.

From e-commerce to online gaming and streaming, numerous sectors experienced temporary slowdowns underscoring the interconnected nature of the global digital ecosystem.

Technology experts say this incident highlights the world’s growing dependence on a few cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.

When one of these systems fails, the ripple effects are felt globally; a reminder to both the power and the vulnerability of the internet today.

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