1 hour ago Amazon Web Services outage: 6.5m reports of disruption as many websites and apps hit – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational i...

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5 h. ago ‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage Heads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational inno­vations (AI, Power and resources, and Longevity), and pockets with...

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6 h. ago Huge Amazon internet outage leaves Snapchat, Reddit, banks and more not working: Latest updates

DownDetector has been flooded with huge spikes for many apps people use every day

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6 h. ago Internet down: AWS issues huge update on outage after internet hit by mass disruption

AWS has offered a major update on today’s (October 20) mass internet outage 🚨🚨🚨

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6 h. ago 'Half the internet' goes down after Amazon cloud outage leaving millions unable to use Ring, Alexa, and banking apps

An outage has taken down hundreds of popular websites including Snapchat, gaming platform Fortnite and languages app Duolingo.

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7 h. ago Huge internet outage leaves Snapchat, Ring doorbell, HMRC and more not working: Latest updates

DownDetector has been flooded with huge spikes for many apps people use every day

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7 h. ago Major internet outage hits websites, apps and Lloyds Bank after issue at Amazon Web Services – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage Heads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational inno­vations (AI, Power and resources, and Longevity), and pockets with...

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7 h. ago Major banks down as thousands of customers left without access to accounts

According to Down Detector, AWS is down, as is anything using its services, from Ring Doorbells to Snapchat, Roblox, Canva, Fortnite, Duoligno and more including Lloyd and Halifax

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7 h. ago Internet outage latest LIVE: Dozens of apps including Amazon, Zoom, Snapchat, HMRC and Lloyds Bank hit by online services crash

A huge internet outage has hit dozens of websites with banks, phone companies and major retailers among those affected.

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7 h. ago Huge internet outage: HUNDREDS of popular websites including Snapchat, Fortnite, and Duolingo are offline after Amazon Web Services goes down

An outage has taken down hundreds of popular websites including Snapchat, gaming platform Fortnite and languages app Duolingo.

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8 h. ago Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite and more go down in huge internet outage: Latest updates

DownDetector has been flooded with huge spikes for many apps people use every day

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6 d. ago Vodafone confirms cause of huge internet outage amid angry demands for compensation

Customers vented their frustration on social media after Vodafone services went down for thousands yesterday

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7 d. ago Is Vodafone UK still down? Latest update as huge outage hits UK phone and internet

Vodafone customers are having issues with internet and calls this afternoon 🚨🚨

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7 d. ago Vodafone down: Phone and home internet not working in huge outage

Vodafone has gone down in a huge outage.

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