A major interruption hit Amazon's cloud services on Tuesday, temporarily knocking out streaming platforms Netflix and Disney+, Robinhood, a wide range of apps and Amazon's e-commerce website as consumers shopped before Christmas.
"Many services have already recovered. However, we are working towards full recovery across services," Amazon said on its status dashboard.
Amazon said the service interruption was probably due to issues related to application programming interface (API), which is a set of protocols for building and integrating application software.
"We are experiencing API and console issues in the US-EAST-1 Region," Amazon said in a report on its service health dashboard. It said it had identified the cause.
Tracking website Downdetector showed more than 24,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Amazon. It tracks interruptions by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.
Other services including Amazon's Ring security cameras, mobile banking app Chime and robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot were also facing issues according to their social media pages.
Trading app Robinhood and Walt Disney's streaming service Disney+ and Netflix were also down, according to Downdetector.
"Netflix, which runs nearly all of its infrastructure on AWS, appears to have lost 26 per cent of its traffic," Doug Madory, head of internet analysis at analytics company Kentik, said to Reuters.
Ring said it was aware of the issue and working to resolve it.
Amazon has experienced 27 service interruptions over the past 12 months related to its services, according to web tool reviewing website ToolTester.
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Trans fat is typically found in fried and baked goods, but you may be consuming more than you think.
Powdered coffee creamer, microwave popcorn and virtually anything processed with a crust is likely to contain it, as this guide from Mayo Clinic outlines:
Baked goods - Most cakes, cookies, pie crusts and crackers contain shortening, which is usually made from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Ready-made frosting is another source of trans fat.
Snacks - Potato, corn and tortilla chips often contain trans fat. And while popcorn can be a healthy snack, many types of packaged or microwave popcorn use trans fat to help cook or flavour the popcorn.
Fried food - Foods that require deep frying — french fries, doughnuts and fried chicken — can contain trans fat from the oil used in the cooking process.
Refrigerator dough - Products such as canned biscuits and cinnamon rolls often contain trans fat, as do frozen pizza crusts.
Creamer and margarine - Nondairy coffee creamer and stick margarines also may contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
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Founders: co-founder and chief executive, Doaa Aref; Dr Rasha Rady, co-founder and chief operating officer.
Based: Cairo, Egypt
Sector: Health-tech
Size: 22 employees
Funding: Seed funding
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Started: 2016
Founders: Hussein Nasser Eddin, Laila Akel, Tayeb Akel
Based: Ramallah, Palestine
Sector: Technology, Security
# of staff: 13
Investment: $745,000
Investors: Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Gothams and angel investors
