A Google Cloud outage took down half internet
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Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.
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.