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Tech Tuesday: What was behind the recent Amazon Web Services outage?

A Hulu mobile app shows it is not available during the Amazon Web Services outage, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago.
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A Hulu mobile app shows it is not available during the Amazon Web Services outage, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago.

Last Monday, everyone from college students to healthcare workers woke up to numerous sites they rely on being down.

Amazon Web Services, one of the biggest cloud computing services on the internet was down. What caused the outage, why was it so large and should we worry in the future?

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