How widespread is the internet outage on Tuesday? Even isitdownrightnow.com is down right now.
That’s just one of the huge number of online services affected a major service disruption at Amazon Web Services, the unofficial backbone of most of the internet.
An outage involving one region of the tech behemoth’s S3 scalable cloud storage service has taken major sites, including Quora and widely-used apps like Slack, offline, putting a serious wrench in the workflow — or diversions — for millions of people across the country.
Amazon’s massive and rapidly growing Web Services product (which reported $3.5 billion in fourth-quarter revenue) is used by small sites and internet giants alike to provide the storage capacity they need. Netflix relies on AWS to power its worldwide internet TV platform.
And if you’re wondering why some of your favorite websites seem to be text-heavy today, AWS is behind the image hosting capabilities of a multitude of outlets. The outage is also affecting Sailthru, a widely used email newsletter service, used by sites including TheWrap. Smart home-enabled devices are also on the fritz.
“We’re continuing to work to remediate the availability issues for Amazon S3 in US-EAST-1. AWS services and customer applications depending on S3 will continue to experience high error rates as we are actively working to remediate the errors in Amazon S3,” Amazon said on its AWS status page.
Netflix in March: What's New, What's Leaving, and What to Watch
What's Coming March 3: "Greenleaf" Season 1 Picked up from OWN, "Greenleaf" is the story of a megachurch family and the tensions that underlie their commitment to faith. Starring Lynn Whitefield and Merle Dandridge with appearances by Oprah, this show is sure to take you along on its emotional rollercoaster.
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What's Coming March 7: "Amy Schumer: The Leather Special" America’s love affair with Amy Schumer continues with her new special airing on Netflix. Using her signature unapologetic style, Schumer takes on topics such as relationships and her unusual rise to fame, from her set filmed at Denver’s Bellco Theater.
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What's Coming March 10: "Love" Season 2 One of the most highly-acclaimed Netflix originals, "Love" returns for its second season. Navigating the ins and outs of millennial dating, "Love" portrays reality in a refreshingly different way.
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What's Coming March 15: "The BFG" The movie adaptation of the beloved children’s novel makes its appearance on Netflix this month. Visually stunning and emotionally poignant, this series is sure to make you nostalgic for your childhood. Steven Spielberg directing Roald Dahl? A match made in heaven.
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What's Coming March 17: "Marvel's Iron Fist" Starring Finn Jones as Danny Rand, "Marvel’s Iron Fist" is the latest installment in Netflix’s Marvel adaptations. After being adopted by a family in the ancient Chinese city of Kun Lun, Rand returns to New York City to use his mastery of the martial arts and the mystical “Iron Fist” to fight crime.
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What's Coming March 18: "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 Arguably one of the most binge-able shows on Netflix, "Vampire Diaries" gives fans their 8th seasonal dose of blood, lust and the drama.
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What's Coming March 23: "How to Get Away With Murder" Season 3 Get ready to join Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) on her third season of legal shenanigans, scandal and crime.
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What's Coming March 24: "Grace and Frankie" Season 3 Golden-Globe nominated "Grace and Frankie" returns for its third season. Fans can look forward to more endearing humor and quirky one liners, as well as Peter Gallagher as a guest star. Fonda and Tomlin will undoubtedly continue to impress, as the show cements itself as one of Netflix’s most popular.
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What's Coming March 31: "13 Reasons Why" This adaptation of Jay Asher’s bestselling novel and Selena Gomez's "passion project" is one of the most anticipated series for this month. This story follows a group of teenagers as they try to uncover the reason their classmate committed suicide, by listening to individualized cassette tapes she left for each of them.
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What's Going March 1: "Jaws" It'll be safe to go back in the ocean next month, as all four movies in the "Jaws" film series will be leaving the streaming platform on March 1.
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What's Going March 1: "Animal House" John Belush, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Thomas Hulce and Stephen Furst star as a misfit fraternity in John Landis' 1978 "National Lampoon" spin-off.
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What's Going March 4: "The Nanny Diaries" Before they were in Marvel's "Avengers" together, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans co-starred in this 2007 romantic comedy.
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“How to Get Away with Murder,” “Grace and Frankie” and “Vampire Diaries” are just a few of the new additions to Netflix
What's Coming March 3: "Greenleaf" Season 1 Picked up from OWN, "Greenleaf" is the story of a megachurch family and the tensions that underlie their commitment to faith. Starring Lynn Whitefield and Merle Dandridge with appearances by Oprah, this show is sure to take you along on its emotional rollercoaster.
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