Multiple outlets report a widespread service outage affecting websites hosted on or connected to Amazon Web Services (AWS). On Friday morning, dozens of major sites and services experience disruptions described as being widespread across the internet. Reported impacts include Apple Pay, Reddit, and Hulu, alongside other websites not individually specified in the provided summaries. The outages reportedly occur at the same time window, indicating a common underlying cause rather than unrelated local incidents. The reports characterize the disruption as significant, with some describing it as affecting “half the internet,” though the exact proportion is not independently quantified in the supplied text. The coverage focuses on users being unable to access affected services or experiencing performance problems while the outage is ongoing. No definitive details on the specific technical cause, the scope of recovery, or the duration are included in the summaries provided. Overall, the accounts agree that an AWS-related outage is the driver of the simultaneous disruptions to multiple high-profile online services.