Numerous apps and websites have been experiencing widespread outages worldwide , down for hours due to a failure at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing and online services platform of the American giant Amazon. The outage , confirmed by the company itself, has impacted some of the most popular apps globally , including Snapchat, Duolingo, Roblox, Canva , and several online streaming and gaming services. Outages have also been reported in Italy.

In the United Kingdom alone, the websites of major banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, and Bank of Scotland are affected, as are those of institutions such as HMRC, the UK equivalent of the Inland Revenue, which many users report as unavailable. Popular apps such as Snapchat, Duolingo, and Roblox, all of which use IT infrastructure provided by AWS, remain down. AWS has confirmed the issue, reporting that technical interventions are underway to try to resolve it.

The website downdetector.com , which tracks service disruptions on online platforms worldwide, has also reported the downtime of several platforms that rely on Amazon's cloud. However, downdetector.com reports that several services are returning to normal . The outage also affects apps like Canva, Perplexity, and the gaming platforms Roblox, Clash Royale, Clash of Clans, and Brawl Stars in Italy. In the United States, problems have also been reported for Crunchyroll, Fortnite, Snapchat, Ring, and many other sites, including video streaming platforms Max and Prime Video.

(Unioneonline)

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