Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Airbnb and online services worldwide

Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption on Monday because of a problem with Amazon’s cloud computing service in the United States.

The outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) affected dozens of major online operations, including social media app Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games, but also Airbnb and several banks in the United Kingdom.

Some of Amazon’s own services were also affected, like its Ring…