Any major problems with providers like this will result in lots of your favorite online sites and apps going down. Down Detector on Thursday saw user-reported issues at Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens more platforms. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.)

Some notable web services that experienced disruptions included: Spotify, Discord, Google and its related services, Cloudflare, Snapchat, YouTube, OpenAI, Character AI, Fubo, Etsy, Vimeo, UPS, Shopify, Microsoft Azure, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google Gemini, DoorDash, Calendly, Paramount+, IKEA, Twitch, and Microsoft 365.

Google Cloud seems to be at the core of a major outage affecting popular internet apps and services on Thursday.

The massive internet outage on Wednesday where Google Cloud Platforms, Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare saw significant downtime was linked to a cyberattack by social media. , US Buzz News - Times N

Internet is back up in the war-battered Gaza Strip, the head of the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority told AFP on Saturday, after a three-day blackout blamed on Israel's military. "The network is up now in all of the Gaza Strip,

Countless sites and services — stalwarts like Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo, and more — went down on Thursday afternoon, eastern time. The internet, even as large swaths of it went down, was quick to react on social media. And, in short, people were freaking out.