Your World Tonight Thousands of websites down, crucial game for Jays, peanut allergies avoided, and more
Oct 20, 2025
A massive outage at Amazon Web Services left thousands of websites down, impacting services, including tickets for the Blue Jays' critical game. Despite this, fans remain hopeful for the team’s trip to the World Series after 32 years. Exciting research shows that feeding peanuts to infants could significantly reduce allergy risks. Additionally, there’s a growing crisis with pistachio-linked salmonella recalls and plans for a new federal agency aimed at combating online financial scams. Unexpected issues arise from a pilot pay system, leaving the Air Force with retention challenges.
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Internet Reliance On Few Cloud Giants
- The internet depends heavily on a few cloud providers, so outages at one can cascade widely.
- The AWS DNS failure knocked millions of services offline and exposed that concentration risk.
Small Business Locked Out By Cloud Failure
- Emily Smith, who runs a small renovation business, couldn't access payroll because of the AWS problem.
- The outage disrupted operations for millions of users, from businesses to everyday consumers.
Plan For DNS And Provider Redundancy
- Expect DNS to be a critical vulnerability and build redundancy for name resolution and failover.
- Monitor third-party dependencies and prepare contingency plans for provider outages.