Amazon Cloud Outage Disrupts Major Online Platforms

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Paris: A global outage struck Amazon’s cloud services on Monday, disrupting numerous websites and online platforms including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and Duolingo, the US tech giant confirmed.

Messages posted on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) maintenance site reported “increased error rates” across multiple services, adding that engineers were working to restore normal operations.

According to Downdetector, a website that monitors online service disruptions, the outage affected several major platforms worldwide — including Reddit, Hulu, Disney+, Signal, and Delta Air Lines. In Europe, users also reported problems with major mobile operators, UK-based banks, WhatsApp, and Tinder.

AWS said it began detecting disruptions at 0711 GMT, and about two hours later, it observed “significant signs of recovery.” The issue was traced to a critical AWS infrastructure zone, the US-East-1 region, located in northern Virginia.

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Pakistan achieved another milestone in its space journey with the successful launch of its first Hyperspectral Satellite (HS-1) from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (JSLC), the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced on Saturday.

Live footage of the launch was broadcast from SUPARCO’s headquarters in Karachi, where Pakistani scientists and engineers monitored the mission in real time.

A SUPARCO spokesperson said that the HS-1 satellite marks a “major milestone” in Pakistan’s National Space Policy and Vision 2047, enabling the country to enhance its capabilities in environmental monitoring, disaster management, and sustainable development.

“This advanced satellite will support flood forecasting, landslide detection, and real-time monitoring of environmental changes and geological hazards,” the spokesperson said, adding that it will also aid in urban planning, infrastructure mapping, and agricultural productivity.