LONDON – A problem with Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms.

The disruption and the ensuing exasperation it caused served as the latest reminder that 21st century society is increasingly dependent on technology that seems to work reliably until it suddenly breaks down like a jalopy on the side of the road.

About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to recover from the problem , although problems lingered for some users. AWS provides behind-the-scenes cloud computing infrastructure to some of the world’s biggest organizations. Its customers include government departments, univ

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