How did an outage at Amazon take down so much of the Internet?

Amazon recovering after outage hits Snapchat, other major apps

Amazon’s new delivery smart display glasses were made to help drivers work more hands-free, with alerts and navigation to increase. Think of them like smart checkout scanners with a map interface. Social producer @Faith?! Chihil tried them on at Amazon’s Delivering the Future event. #amazon #smartglasses #handson #amazondelivery #wearables

Amazon says its systems are effectively back after massive outage

What we know about what caused Amazon Web Services outage

Amazon Web Services issue causes widespread internet outage