Amazon Alexa, other services stop working due to AWS outage

Several high-profile websites have experienced outages in a major disruption to Amazon Web Services. One unexpected casualty of the outage was Amazon's own voice assistant, Alexa, as well as Amazon Music. In December 2021, disruptions to its cloud services led to temporary outages for streaming giants Netflix and Disney, as well as Robinhood and Amazon's own e-commerce website, creating chaos just ahead of the Christmas season. As users around the world grappled with the AWS outage and its subsequent impact on various services, Amazon worked diligently to resolve the issues. Amazon's shares remained relatively stable in after-market trading on Tuesday, with analysts keeping a close eye on the company's response to the outage and its potential impact on future cloud services.