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By Yoni Heisler
May 28th, 2020 at 4:01 PM
  • Amazon.com is down for many people in the United States

Amazon has proven to be especially useful amidst the coronavirus pandemic, but we’re now seeing reports that the company’s website is unavailable for many in the United States. Twitter is currently blowing up with people lamenting the fact that the site is unaccessible. What’s more, the Downdetector website relays that the issue is currently widespread.

As it stands now, it appears that most every other major website is online, which is to say that we’re not seeing a repeat of the June 2019 event that saw a good number of the bigger sites on the web — including Google and Reddit — go offline. That particular issue was ultimately resolved and it turned out Verizon was to blame.

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A life long Mac user and Apple enthusiast, Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the tech industry at large for over 6 years. His writing has appeared in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK, and most recently, TUAW. When not writing about and analyzing the latest happenings with Apple, Yoni enjoys catching Improv shows in Chicago, playing soccer, and cultivating new TV show addictions, the most recent examples being The Walking Dead and Broad City.