SLACK DNS OUTAGE
The year the cloud went dark: Inside 2025’s biggest tech outages
The year 2025 saw widespread internet disruptions. Major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud experienced significant outages. Cyberattacks also crippled vital systems.
Google Meet, Snapchat, ChatGPT: The internet keeps breaking and users are the first to feel it
A string of outages over the past month — from AWS to Cloudflare — knocked out apps like Snapchat, X and ChatGPT, exposing how easily the modern internet can break. Users first blamed their Wi-Fi, but experts say these failures stem from deep issues inside a handful of cloud giants that now power most online services.
Amazon down: When will services be up? Here's what you need to track
Amazon experienced a massive outage affecting its e-commerce platform, AWS, and Alexa, impacting numerous third-party services like Snapchat and Venmo. Engineers identified a DNS issue as the root cause and are deploying fixes. While some U.S. services are showing signs of recovery, the UK is still experiencing high report volumes.
AWS outage costs major companies millions per hour, Insurance may cover losses - with a catch
A significant Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage cost major companies millions per hour, highlighting the risks of single-provider reliance. While insurance can mitigate losses, policy limitations and a gap between operational exposure and insurance response exist. AWS has since confirmed system stability, tracing the issue to domain name system problems.
Instant messaging platform Slack is down for users globally
The company said that it may take up to 24 hours for the fix to reach all users as it is a DNS-related issue.
