Hey everyone, Nuked here! Today, I’ve got some tech news that’s both serious and surprisingly amusing. Large parts of the internet went down yesterday, and guess what? It was all thanks to a Google Cloud hiccup. Let’s dive into what happened with a little bit of flair!

Early Thursday morning, services like Cloudflare faced issues that affected many popular apps. It turns out that a problem at Google Cloud was the root cause, sparking a chain reaction across the web. Google started investigating the issue around 11:46 a.m. PT, and by early afternoon, they were working to fix it, expecting services to return shortly.

Cloudflare also joined the investigation, reporting its own troubles but also seeing signs of recovery by noon. They clarified that only some of their services linked to Google Cloud experienced outages, leaving the core services untouched. Meanwhile, users experienced disruptions with apps like Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and Character.AI. Even AI coding platforms Replit and Cursor couldn’t escape the chaos.

Social media lit up with complaints, and some tech companies assured users that their systems were fine—AWS said everything was smooth, and Microsoft Azure remained unaffected during this incident. The outage illustrates how interconnected our digital world is, yet also how fragile it can be when big players like Google Cloud have issues.

This event is a stark reminder that even the giants of cloud computing aren’t immune to glitches. So next time your favorite app is down, you might just thank Google Cloud for keeping us all on our toes or… temporarily offline!