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Company named to The Boston Globes 2021 Top Place to Work and earns Great Place to Work certification in India both honors based on employee feedback

BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progress(NASDAQ: PRGS),the leading provider of products to develop, deploy and manage high-impact applications, today announced that it has been named to The Boston Globes annual Top Places to Work list, which identifies the most progressive companies in Massachusetts. Additionally, the company has been certified as a 2021-2022 Great Place to Work in India. These two recognitions cap off a year in which Progress has been recognized 25 times around the world, as a top employer and for itsculture, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) workandlearning and development initiatives. The full list of recognitions can be viewed here.

This has been an incredible year for Progress, as weve doubled-down on our tradition of being a people-first organization, said Yogesh Gupta, CEO, Progress. It iscrucial that no matter where in the world our people sit, theyexperience theProgressPROUDculture, steeped in our deep-set values that truly set Progress apart from the rest. Im honored to lead a company where the people care so deeply for each other, for our customers, and have kept Progress a greatemployer for 40 years.

The Boston Globe Top Places to WorkThe Boston Globes annual Top Places to Workrankingsare based on confidential employee surveys collected byEnergage, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention. The survey covered areas including company leadership, compensation and training, diversity/inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility, and values and ethics. Those selected for the ranking excelled in specific fields from offering progressive benefits, empowering employees to help drive the companys direction and to making workers feel integral to the companys successall while creating a fun, supportive work environment. Progress ranked 12th in the Large Company category.

The workplace is undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime transformation, and the companies that embraced that change, and put their employees needs first, really stood out, said Katie Johnston, the Globes Top Places to Work editor. We congratulate all of our 2021 recipients.

Great Place to Work, IndiaGreat Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation. The certification process evaluates employee opinion on equity, collaboration, camaraderie, pride, innovation, leadership effectiveness and more.To get certified, 70% or more of employee respondents must rate their organization as a great workplace.

Progress has built a culture that offers employees a positive work environment, flexibility and extensive career development opportunities. Despitetheglobal pandemic,it has continued to thrive because of the rich and diverse people that power Progress.The company and its employees are also committed to giving back to the communitysupporting STEM education, social justice and emergency relief efforts.

To explore career opportunities at Progress, visithttps://www.progress.com/company/careers.

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AboutProgressProgress (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides the best products to develop, deploy and manage high-impact business applications. Our comprehensive product stack is designed to make technology teams more productive, and we have a deep commitment to the developer community, both open source and commercial alike. With Progress, organizations can accelerate the creation and delivery of strategic business applications, automate the process by which apps are configured, deployed and scaled, and make critical data and content more accessible and secure - leading to competitive differentiation and business success. Over 1,700 independent software vendors, 100,000+ enterprise customers, and a three-million-strong developer community rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn about Progress atwww.progress.comor +1-800-477-6473.

Progress is a trademark or registered trademark ofProgress Software Corporationand/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the US and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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The widespread impact of the pandemic continues to deepen, the report warned, increasing poverty, entrenching inequality and threatening the rights of children like never before.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest threat to progress for children in our 75-year history, said Henrietta Fore, the UNICEF Executive Director.

While the number of children who are hungry, out of school, abused, living in poverty or forced into marriage is going up, the number of children with access to healthcare, vaccines, sufficient food and essential services is going down. In a year in which we should be looking forward, we are going backward.

The report, Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people, was issued ahead of UNICEFs landmark anniversary on 11 December.

COVID-19 has pushed a staggering 100 million more children into poverty:a 10 per cent increase since 2019. This corresponds to nearly two children every second since mid-March of last year, when the pandemic was declared.

UNICEF said even in a best-case scenario, recovery to pre-pandemic levels will take up to eight years.

Furthermore, some 60 million children are now living in monetary poor households, and more than 23 million have missed out on essential vaccines, the highest number in more than a decade.

Prior to the pandemic, roughly one billion children worldwide suffered at least one severe deprivation, such as lack of access to education, health, housing, nutrition, or sanitation and water. Unequal recovery is pushing the number higher.

The report details other areas where backsliding occurred, such as in education. At the peak of the pandemic, more than 1.6 billion students were shut out of school due to lockdowns. Schools were closed worldwide for almost 80 per cent of in-person instruction time during the first year of the crisis.

Worldwide, more than 13 per cent of adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by deteriorating mental health. UNICEF reported that by October 2020, critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries were disrupted or halted due to coronavirus spread.

Additionally, up to 10 million more child marriages could occur before the end of the decade as a result of the pandemic, while the number of child labourers has risen to 160 million, a nearly 8.5 million increase in the last four years.Rising poverty means an additional nine million boys and girls are also at risk.

Beyond the pandemic, the report warns of further threats to children that jeopardize their rights.

UNICEF said 426 million children globally, or nearly 1 in 5, live in conflict zones which are becoming more intense, with women and girls at the highest risk of conflict-related sexual violence.

Eighty per cent of all humanitarian needs are driven by conflict, the agency added, and nearly half the worlds children, some one billion, live in countries that are at an extremely high-risk from the impacts of climate change.

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A young girl empties water collected from the bed of a river in a flood-affected village in Pakistan. (file)

More than seven decades since its establishment, UNICEF continues to work for a better future for all children.

We are at a crossroads, said Ms. Fore. As we work with governments, donors and other organizations to begin charting our collective path for the next 75 years, we must keep children first in line for investment and last in line for cuts.

In the face of the ongoing pandemic, growing conflicts, and the worsening climate emergency, UNICEF continues to call for investment in social protection, as well as inclusive and resilient recovery.

Action is needed to end the pandemic and reverse the rollbacks in child education and nutrition, the agency said, including through leveraging its role in vaccine distribution.

Building back stronger will also mean ensuring quality education, protection and good mental health for all children. Additionally, new approaches are needed to better prevent and respond to crises, such as famines, climate change and disasters, in order to protect children.

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Much has happened since the last Data Dive, so in this COVID-19 super-update, lets do a progress check on some of the most recent and important developments in the world of variants, vaccines and boosters.

Earlier this week, healthcare reporter Will Stribling reported that the Mississippi Department of Health reported the states first case of the omicron variant on Monday, Dec. 6. Omicron is the second most notable variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 after delta, though much still remains to be known about it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC also confirmed omicron likely spreads more easily than the original strain of the virus and continues to urge the tried and true practices against transmission vaccinations, social distancing, and mask-wearing.

To date, 23 states have one or more cases of omicron, including Mississippi. The other states include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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As the virus continues to spread, more children ages five to 11 are getting vaccinated against the virus, with more than 15,000 having at least one dose so far and almost 6,000 being fully vaccinated.

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Finally, after boosters being restricted to only certain at-risk groups, the CDC now says anyone 16 or older is eligible for a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, note that only Pfizer's booster is currently approved for 16 and 17-year-olds. Adults may choose whichever booster is available regardless of their original vaccine.

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LOWELLVILLE, Ohio (WKBN) A major step to keeping progress flowing along the Mahoning River is underway.

On Friday morning, officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a nearly $3-million restoration project along the river in Lowellville.

You see our fruits of the labor here and government money thats really gonna make a big difference in the village of Lowellville and the whole Mahoning and Shenango Valley, really, said Mayor Jim Iudiciani.

For generations, the Mahoning River was tied to all of the steel mills that sat alongside it, but now, communities along the river are about to see a rebirth.

The work included removing the old concrete dams that restricted water flow for the factories that once lined this river as well as cleaning up some of the pollution that the mills left behind.

We used to come along this corridor. We smelled flue dust. We saw a river that was superheated. We saw, you know, suds. I have pictures of the river where it was, like, filled with suds and debris and just filthy, said Roslyn Torella, of Lowellville.

There is now a boat livery for canoes and kayaks something that the group Friends of the Mahoning River have been pushing for years. Eventually, there will even be a new 13-acre park at the location.

Lowellville was the first community in the area to remove its dam along the river. Eight more remain in place between the village and Leavittsburg.

One of those is in Struthers, Work there to remove the dams and clean up polluted sediment started several months ago.

Like the project in Lowellville, this one will eventually include access for recreation.

Its coming along very nicely. Were hoping to be done in the next couple months. I know the kayak ramps will be up here soon. Were hoping by the end of the year, this is all gonna play into the bigger picture, said Struthers Mayor Cat Cercone Miller.

The Struthers and Lowellville projects are being paid for, in part, through money from the state EPA and Department of Natural Resources.

The next steps in Lowellville include developing a park along the riverside and attracting new investment, something the mayor and others hope will lead to an economic rebirth for this community

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Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, the magnitude and extent of underlying health inequalities have remained poorly documented and understood.

Until those inequalities are better identified, and their consequences better understood, it will be hard for programmes to meet peoples real health needs. Now, for the first time, a new report from the World Health Organization and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, systematically assesses the global State of inequality: HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

The report represents an important step forward in understanding how inequalities are hindering the fight against the three diseases. Using the latest available global data for 32 health indicators up to 186 countries, it shows that while national averages of HIV, TB and malaria indicators have generally improved in the past decade, the poorest, least educated and rural subgroups tend to remain at a disadvantage across most HIV, TB and malaria indicators.

Although great strides have been made to expand health services and prevention efforts, we must focus more on reaching the poor, rural and least educated populations who bear the brunt of these diseases, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

The report shows, for example, that available data on HIV testing among men reveals a gap of at least 20 percentage points between the poorest and richest households in 27 out of 48 countries with the gap having increased over time. Many families affected by tuberculosis spend a substantial amount of their income on expenses related to the disease especially if the household is poor. Data from 21 countries show that 20-92% of households spend at least a fifth of their income on TB-related costs. For malaria, the poorest, the least educated and rural groups reported lower levels of timely care-seeking for children under age 5 running a fever.

High sex-related inequalities are also quantified in the report. For HIV, in more than half of the countries, males reported higher condom use than females. HIV testing was substantially higher in women than men in a fifth of countries.

Pandemics thrive on inequalities and exacerbate inequities: we have learned this with HIV, TB and malaria, and we have seen it again with COVID-19, said Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund. To tackle the inequities, we must go beyond simple notions of equal access or one-size-fits-all and deliberately create compensating inequalities in service provision to focus resources on the most vulnerable. Our new Strategy turbocharges that approach by placing people and communities front and center of the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria and by putting an even greater focus on removing human rights-related barriers to health services.

Despite the challenges, the report shows cases where inequalities are low, or where the gaps are narrowing through faster improvements in intervention coverage among disadvantaged population subgroups. Encouragingly, some countries reported higher insecticide-treated bednet ownership among the poorest households, demonstrating that malaria prevention efforts are targeting and benefiting disadvantaged groups.

The report also illustrates the impact of eliminating inequalities in improving national averages across HIV, TB and malaria. For example, if countries improved the level of HIV testing of all pregnant women to that of the richest subgroup, the overall level of testing would increase from 40% to 64%. The percentage of families facing catastrophic costs due to TB would decrease by at least 50% in half of countries (from a current weighted average of 61% to a potential average of 38%). In the case of malaria, families seeking care for children under 5 years with fever, eliminating economic-related inequalities would mean a 26% improvement in the weighted average across 28 countries.

The report calls for the compilation of more and better data on inequalities. The WHO 2020 global assessment of country data and health information systems found that only half of the 133 study countries included data disaggregation in their published national health statistical reports.

It also calls for regular and dedicated monitoring of inequalities in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria, which should be complemented by other quantitative and qualitative studies. WHO has developed a package of tools and resources on inequality monitoring and continues to support countries to develop their capacities in this area.

Since 2002, the Global Fund has disbursed more than US$50 billion across more than 155 countries to help communities most in need. Through its Breaking Down Barriers initiative, the Global Fund has over the last years scaled up programs that remove human-rights related barriers to services discrimination, gender inequality and violence, criminalization and socioeconomic marginalization. This work, coupled with increased investments in health services for the most under-served, will benefit the national average, bringing countries closer to achieving goals and targets.

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The Lancet has published a Commentary on the report which can be found at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02756-2/fulltext

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WWE Hall of Famer Madusa recently appeared on the Wrestling Inc. Daily to discuss a wide range of topics, including how female legends dont get brought back as often as male legends, and how each era had its own revolution. Highlights are below.

How each era has helped womens wrestling progress to where it is:

I think its spectacular. It circles back to what I was saying, we are where we are at because everybody before that did their job. Every era is an evolution, every era is a revolution, you know? Every era is a learning situation. Either you liked it or you didnt, it was good or it wasnt. But it brought us to this point and its still going to elevate, and it needs to. It needs to elevate or change or the product is just going to stink.

Says legendary women wrestlers dont get brought back as often as men do:

Heres my theory on that. We have men in their 60s out there, signing contracts, still making money, making debuts once every quarter. Why cant a legend woman? We havent changed, she stated. Heres the criteria, every guy, or man, not every, but men would like to say, womens wrestling is better, its gotten better, theyre getting paid, theyre just as equal now, theres intergender wrestling, No. Its still not, it still hasnt changed. Youve got one or two women making a million dollars and the rest arent. When youve got hands and hands and handfuls of men making it.

How society has told women that they are not as worthy when they are old:

When we get a certain age, women all of a sudden just became ugly. Men, bless their heart, they seem to get better looking, right? Thats what society says. But women, people feel that when women get older, they dont need to be seen. Were getting older, we dont look good, whatever the case is. So we dont belong. This is a younger sport; this is a younger persons job. Thats the mentality. Except for, its okay for men to still have the legends work, so our system is still busted.

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With Trimble Catalyst, Cooper says surveying out in the field, such as at Australias Lake Tyrell, is really easy.

From farm fields to subdivisions, cultural heritage sites tend to turn up in the most unexpected of places. And when they do, these artifacts can bring development and construction to a screeching halt.

Helping balance the sometimes-competing needs of developing the future and preserving the past are archaeologists like those with Cooper Heritage Management.

If a planned road or building project could put Aboriginal cultural heritage at risk, they call us, says Abby Cooper, a director, principal heritage advisor and historian at Cooper Heritage Management.

An archaeological management consultancy company based in Western Victoria, Australia, Cooper Heritage Management specializes in Aboriginal cultural heritage. This includes preserving such tangible assets as scarred trees (a tree that has had its bark removed to make, for example, a canoe, shield, or dish), stone artifacts, and quarry and meeting sites, along with such intangibles as songs, dances and stories.

The company tends to work for local and state governments, private developers, extraction companies, and Aboriginal traditional owner groups. A typical project involves ensuring that a new development complies with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act and Regulations. Our job isnt to stop a development, explains Cooper. We want to ensure that a project can move forward in a way that maintains the integrity of the cultural heritage.

For this, she depends on Trimble Catalyst.

An example of a stone artifact recovered from an excavation site.

Trimble Catalyst is a subscription-based GNSS solution offering precise (12 cm) positioning for the location-enabled workforce. With Catalyst, Trimble delivers professional-grade positioning as an on-demand, easy-to-use service. Its simple, lightweight, plug-and-play USB antennawith a simplified set-up when compared to more traditional hardware receiversmakes it convenient for the in-the-field work that Cooper Heritage Management does.

For Cooper, one of the key benefits of Catalyst is that it is quick and easy to use. Before going out on a job, she simply uploads the project area and any previously registered Aboriginal sites onto the Trimble Connect collaboration platform, and syncs the data to Trimble TerraFlex, Trimbles GIS data collection software.

Out in the field its really easy, she says. I just connect up to Catalyst via the Trimble Mobile Manager app on my phone and attach the Catalyst DA antenna to either a 2-meter rover rod or Trimble backpack, depending on the terrain Im working in.

Prior to using Catalyst, Cooper did much of her field work using Trimbles Juno handheld system. But once she had the opportunity to try Catalyst, there was simply no turning back. I was immediately drawn to the color graphics and its simplicity, especially how it lets you upload an entire activity area directly, she adds.

Catalyst also provides Cooper with the right amount of accuracy. While the Victorian archaeological standards require 1 meter accuracy, for most jobs I use the 2-cm level, says Cooper.

However, some jobs dont require such precise accuracy. For example, when working under a dense tree canopy, Cooper tends to use decimeter accuracy as this allows her to conduct the survey faster, which saves money.

I like the flexibility that Catalyst offers, giving one the option to have centimeter-, decimeter-, or meter-level accuracy depending on need, says Cooper. This is a great feature.

Cultural heritage sites tend to turn up in the most unexpected of places, including here, where artifacts indicate human occupation as early as 32,000 cal BP.

Cooper recently used Catalyst to record a stone hut, part of a World Heritage Site, made from basalt lava that dates back 6,600 years. The remnants, which are laid out in a C shape, were recorded at 1- and 2-cm level accuracy.

Using Catalyst, my phone, and a rover rod, I could go around and record the inner and outer circumference, which gave us a very good indication of the shape and size of the hut, explains Cooper. Without Catalyst, we wouldnt have had the accuracy needed to do this.

The company is currently working with a local council on a tourism trail that will run along a local river. Using Catalyst, the Cooper Heritage Management team has recorded 16 scarred trees, one shell middena heap predominantly composed of Mollusk shellsand an artefact scatter, a place that holds material remains of past Aboriginal peoples activities. At the time of writing, the team was heading into the field to undertake excavations to determine whether any sub-surface artefact or shell midden deposits exist along the river.

Its 1-to-2-cm accuracy makes Catalyst particularly ideal for recording these types of in-situ archaeological deposits, adds Cooper.

Cooper in the field, excavating a site in Western Victoria, Australia.

Prior to using Catalyst, these types of projects would require Cooper to record every site on an individual recording form. These forms could range anywhere from three to five pages in length, she says. When youre in the field for days or even weeks on end and finding many sites, this can quickly add up to a lot of paperwork to carry around and keep track of.

To save time on projects like these, Cooper created different templates within TerraFlex that she can use with specific site types, such as scarred trees, artefact scatters and shell middens. This allows her to easily record all the relevant elements for a given site and enter the data directly into Catalystno paperwork needed. The feature also allows her to attach photos to the data, which helps with identifying sites when collating data.

Being able to tailor how we use Catalyst to our needs allows us to streamline the entire operationand even go completely paperless, says Cooper. We dont need to have multiple maps in the field or shuffle through papers, everything is there on one device.

According to Cooper, although development is essential to society, its equally as important to take steps to preserve our pastour cultural heritage. After all, this heritage is what forms our identity as individuals, as communities, and as nations. By giving us a glimpse into where we come from and who we are, it also helps us learn from the past and shape our future.

Catalyst makes striking this balance between progress and preservation so easy I dont understand why every archeology company isnt using it, notes Cooper.

Thanks to its ease-of-use, the right amount of accuracy and ability to customize, Catalyst gives Cooper Heritage Management a distinct competitive advantageone they continually use to protect Australias rich cultural heritagefor generations to come.

Nick Klenske, based in Chicago, USA, is a freelance writer and editor specializing in science, technology and innovation.

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2. What was the goal, promise or prediction explored in the article? Who made it and why?

3. What actually happened? In what ways were the goals or promises met? In what ways did they fall short?

4. What obstacles or challenges were met in trying to reach the goals?

5. What quote, image or detail from the article did you find most surprising, provocative or memorable?

6. Return to the warm-up activity: How does reading the article add to or change your perspective on the idea of progress? In what ways does the case study support the idea that we are making progress as a society? What questions do you still have about our abilities to solve urgent problems?

7. Why do you think The Times created the Hindsight series? In general, do you think that journalism focuses too much on problems rather than progress? What issue or problem would you like to see The Times explore in future installments of the series?

Option 1: Create a one-pager

Especially if members of your class all read about different issues, it might be helpful to synthesize and share what you have learned by creating a one-pager. You can start with a blank sheet of paper or use a template.

Your one-pager should include:

The goal, promise or prediction explored in your article.

At least one quote, statistic or detail from the article about what actually happened and why.

A drawing or other visual element that illustrates something important about the headway made on this problem.

But it might also include:

One word to capture the feeling or emotions that you are left with after reading the article.

One question you still have about promises, predictions and progress.

One quote, statistic or detail from the article about the obstacles or challenges to that original goal.

A prediction about the future of this issue

More images, colors, information and words as needed to help make sense of what you have read for an audience of your classmates.

Option 2: Share the lessons you learned with the Times Headway team

Matthew Thompson, the Hindsight series editor, writes in an introductory letter to readers:

What on earth is progress? The Headway team and I would like you to help us define progress: how we measure it, and how we make it. We dont expect to find simple answers. But the pursuit itself may light the paths to our best futures.

The Headway team invites readers to offer their feedback about progress via a series of prompts at the end of each article. They welcome students 13 and over to post ideas to prompts like these:

What, if anything, surprised you about this story?

What would it mean to make more progress on this issue?

What lessons do you take from it?

Or, share your thoughts by writing to The Times at DearHeadway@nytimes.com. Be sure to include your name and your school.

Option 3: Share your thoughts and opinions about the future with other teenagers.

In a related Student Opinion question based on the article Where Are Young People Most Optimistic? In Poorer Nations, we ask, Are You Optimistic About the Future?

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CLEVELAND (WJW) FirstEnergy reports that Saturdays strong winds caused power outages for thousands of customers in all of Ohio.

Crews are making significant progress on Sunday as they continue to work through many downed wires and broken poles. FirstEnergy says the majority of customers should be back in service by 11:30 tonight.

Crews made significant progress restoring power to more than 55,000 customers impacted by yesterday's severe weather. They continue working 24/7 to restore service to about 7,300 customers who remain without power. Contractor crews are assisting with restoration efforts. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/LvtUXIHTm9

Nearly every county in Northeast Ohio saw at least some power outages.

As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, around 500 homes are still impacted in Cuyahoga County and a little over 700 in Summit County. Ashtabula County has just under 1,000 without power and Lake County has over 1,000. Find out more on your county right here.

Most Northeast Ohio counties were part of a wind advisory into the evening, but that has been lifted by the national weather service.

FirstEnergy says not to call 911 for updates but go to their website for additional information.

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Amazon drivers cheer as they go back to their delivery vans, with systems back online at the Amazon Delivery Station in Rosemead, Calif. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

Amazon drivers cheer as they go back to their delivery vans, with systems back online at the Amazon Delivery Station in Rosemead, Calif. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies.

Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon, reports its "network device issues [are]resolved" after suffering a major outage on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users unable to access huge portions of the internet, including a broad range of apps.

The outage, which caused slow loading or access failures, began at around 11 a.m. ET and was largely concentrated along the East Coast, according to the company.

It explained, "We are seeing impact to multiple [Amazon Web Services] APIs [application programming interfaces] in the US-EAST-1 Region."

"We are now working towards recovery of any impaired services," an Amazon update said later.

AWS is a cloud computing service that allows companies to rent computing, storage and network capabilities, which is why the outage has shut down or slowed access to such a wide variety of sites and apps across the internet.

Users reported problems logging on to not just Amazon's products Amazon.com, Prime Video, Alexa AI and Kindle but also Netflix, Venmo, Disney+, Ring, Roku, Duolingo, Chime, Fidelity Investments and NPR's own news apps.

Editor's note: Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters.

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