"Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story."
"Concerns have been voiced by MPs regarding the reliance of critical UK IT infrastructure on overseas hosting, following widespread disruption to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The outage caused significant interruptions for numerous online platforms, including HMRC, Halifax, and Lloyds. The monitoring site Downdetector recorded a surge in reports on Monday, indicating thousands of users experienced service interruptions across AWS itself, HM Revenue & Customs, Snapchat, Starbucks, Slack, and Ring."
"Customers also reported an increase in outage reports at UK banks including Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland with 6,925 Downdetector outage reports at Lloyds at 9.31am. An error message posted on Halifax's website read: Sorry, we're unable to process your request at the moment. We're currently having some technical problems. Gaming platforms Roblox and Fortnite were also affected. A spokesperson for VodafoneThree said that although its networks were operating normally the outages had affected some of its apps and websites."
The Independent solicits donations to fund on-the-ground reporting across reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, and to keep reporting free of paywalls. It highlights investigations such as the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and its documentary 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Independent says quality journalism should be paid for by those who can afford it. Widespread disruption to Amazon Web Services caused outages affecting HMRC, Halifax, Lloyds, Snapchat, Starbucks, Slack, Ring, Roblox and Fortnite. Downdetector recorded thousands of reports, including 6,925 at Lloyds at 9.31am. MPs raised concerns about reliance on overseas cloud hosting. Halifax displayed an error reading 'Sorry, we're unable to process your request at the moment.' VodafoneThree said its networks operated normally but some apps and websites were affected.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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