If you’re having trouble with some websites and apps at the minute,
you—re far from the only one. Amazon Web Services (AWS), which powers a
huge number of internet services, is in the midst of an outage in one of
its regions.
DownDetector, which tracks issues affecting online services, saw a
significant increase in AWS outage reports from users on Wednesday
morning. The site saw similar spikes for other services, including
various Amazon platforms, Pok–mon Go and Roku. Other companies — such
as Flickr, Adobe and Anchor — took to Twitter to report issues with
their platforms. The New York City Transit Authority was unable to update
a subway line alert due to the outage. …