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Amazon is pulling the plug on Parler's servers after US Capitol attack

Parler CEO John Matze has confirmed that Amazon is shutting down all of their servers, which are connected to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and if it can't find a new host before then, Parler ...
CBS News

Internet Problems: Amazon Web Servers Are Down

(CBSDFW.COM) - Amazon, the nation's largest cloud computing company is currently reporting "high error rates" in one region of its S3 web services. A number of ...
Engadget

Amazon can keep Parler's servers offline, judge rules

A judge has denied Parler’s attempt to get Amazon Web Services to restore its service. A federal judge cited “dwindling slight” evidence for Parler’s antitrust claims, as well as the dangers posed ...
Business Insider

Why everything from Netflix to Nintendo goes offline when Amazon's servers have issues

Amazon's web-hosting subsidiary, Amazon Web Services, had major issues this week. The outage had widespread ripple effects on a variety of services hosted by Amazon, from Netflix to Tinder ...
Laredo Morning Times

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 ...