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In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon's trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business.

Amazon's cloud computing service provides back-end support to many companies that operate online. When it has problems, so do they.

The Ojai Film Society’s beloved outdoor film series is back at Libbey Bowl, running on select Fridays from July 25–October 3. This year’s theme, Imagine A World, invites audiences to gather under the stars for films that spark creativity, connection, and conversation.

All screenings are free and begin at 7:30 PM.
Walk-ups welcome; RSVPs encouraged.

Here's the line-up:

July 25: Sally

August 8: The NeverEnding Story

August 22: The Greatest Night in Pop (with director Bao Nguyen in attendance)

September 5: 9 to 5

September 18: Speak. (with director Jennifer Tiexiera in attendance)

October 3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

👉 Learn more & RSVP: ojaifilmsociety.org

A web services outage on Monday impacted everything from airlines to social media to how college students submit their assignments.

The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, Netflix, Venmo and Disney+.

Video game producer Ellen Hobbs had a problem with an amazon.com order, but could not find a customer-service phone number on the Web site. So she combed the Internet for a number and posted it on her own site. In December alone, more than 23,000 people visited her site to find the telephone number. Hobbs tells NPR's Scott Simon that sometimes customers with problems simply want to talk to a human being.

The biggest culprit was Amazon hefty investment in the electric automaker Rivian, whose value plummeted last year. Amazon also contends with the need to recalibrate after a pandemic-era upsurge.

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are competing to be the main landlords of the cloud. Their terms and prices could control who gets to build what on the Internet, and for how much.

Bezos is handing day-to-day duties to his longtime deputy Andy Jassy but will continue to hold considerable sway as executive chairman.