Massive tech outage brings down Amazon, Prime Video, Snapchat, Perpexity and Venmo

A major online outage on Monday disrupted several prominent platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com, Prime Video, Alexa, Snapchat, Robinhood, Perplexity and PayPal’s Venmo, according to data from outage tracker Downdetector. The widespread disruption left users unable to access key services across multiple regions, with early indications pointing to an issue originating from AWS.

Perplexity’s chief executive confirmed that the outage was caused by problems within Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. As one of the world’s largest…