The outage of AWS (Amazon Web Services) took out Alexa, Fortnite, Snapchat, Venmo, and much more.

Another reminder of the weakness in relying on centralized infrastructure

Governments should stay mindful of the vulnerabilities in contracting out privatized centralized portals (some relating to #doge)

#decentralization #AWS #cyber #technews #News #Amazon #Alexa #AI #Venmo #Snapchat #centralization

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Amazon's AWS outage knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline

The internet is dealing with a hangover this morning thanks to issues with Amazon Web Services.

^{Kris Holt (Engadget)}