Google Cloud named cause of internet outage by Cloudflare rep
Google Cloud was identified by a Cloudflare representative as the cause of a massive outage that disrupted services across the internet Thursday. The widespread internet outage affected a variety of popular platforms, with users reporting problems accessing Google services, Cloudflare, Spotify, Twitch, and Discord. The outage also included popular cloud hosting services such as Cloudflare, […]
Meta sues nudify app Crush AI
Meta has struck out against a popular app used to produce AI-generated nonconsensual intimate images — commonly referred to as “nudify” or “undress” apps — as the company selectively cracks down on advertisers. In a new lawsuit filed in Hong Kong against the makers behind a commonly-used app known as Crush AI, the tech giant […]
Google Cloud down: GCP outage explained
UPDATE: Jun. 12, 2025, 5:33 p.m. EDT The Google Cloud service page has posted another update saying, “most of the Google Cloud products have confirmed full service recovery.” UPDATE: Jun. 12, 2025, 5:12 p.m. EDT The Google Cloud service page says engineers “have implemented mitigation for the issue” and are “seeing signs of recovery” in […]
Cloudflare outage: What to know, latest updates
Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday afternoon, affecting a wide variety of services, including Cloudflare. Down Detector showed a spike of user-reported issues for the popular IT tool, but it was far from alone. User-reported issues for major sites and services flooded in. Sites like Spotify, Google, Snapchat, Discord, Nintendo, Character.ai, and […]
Amazon, other major online retailers still working amid major internet outage
Amazon and other major online retailers’ websites are still working amid this afternoon’s massive internet outage, but they’re taking their time to load. The outage appears to be affecting dozens of online services, including the ecommerce platform Shopify. Walmart and Target rely on Shopify to support their third-party marketplace sellers. SEE ALSO: Massive internet outage: […]
Massive June 12, 2025 internet outage: What we know so far
On Thursday afternoon, a massive list of popular internet services all started experiencing outages at the same time. Thousands of confused internet users took to Google and social media to ask why they couldn’t log into their favorite websites and apps. The front page of Down Detector was a menagerie of spiking orange line graphs, […]
Is Google down? Users report issues with Google Meet, Nest, and more
If you’re having trouble with Google right now, you’re not alone. On Downdetector, users started reporting outages with Google around 1:30 p.m. EST — so you’re not the only person experiencing tech issues today. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Downdetector.) SEE ALSO: Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI are all down […]
Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI are all down
As of 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12, users are reporting widespread service disruptions at popular websites and apps, including Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo, and dozens of other platforms. The service Down Detector showed a spike in error messages across the internet, and users are taking to social media to complain of problems using […]
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All colorways of the 13-inch Macbook Air M4 are on sale for $849 at Amazon
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