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TWiT 1055: The Garden of Thorns - AWS Outage Exposes Our Cloud Dependency

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When a major Amazon cloud outage brings everything from smart mattresses to Snapchat grinding to a halt, what does it reveal about our digital fragility—and are we trusting the cloud a little too much?

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    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Richard Campbell and Doc Rock

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