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Widespread Amazon cloud service outage disables Roombas, Ring doorbells, even Christmas lights

  • Dan Avery--Daily Mail
  • published date: 2020-11-27 22:46:51 UTC

A widespread outage of Amazon Web Services on Wednesday caused Roombas, Ring doorbells and other smart appliances to stop working. Customers vented their ire on Twitter.

A large-scale outage on Amazon's cloud service this week wreaked widespread havoc on websites and software services. In addition to disabling Flickr, Adobe and the Washington Post's website, the out… [+4408 chars]