Is Amazon Web Services down? Users report problems with service

Users are reporting problems with Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading many to ask if the provider is currently down. At the ...

Is Microsoft 365 down? Users report service status issues

Users of Microsoft 365 have reported issues with the platform today (Wednesday, October 29) as access issues have been noticed ...

Amazon Web Services, Minecraft Face Outage? Cloud disruptions impact users globally

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Minecraft faced a major outage on Wednesday, coinciding with disruptions in Microsoft Azure. Users worldwide reported issues accessing apps and websites dependent on ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...