The Internet Crashed For Some Minutes...

Large swathes of the internet broke after an apparent problem with the infrastructure underpinning many of the world’s biggest websites. Everything from Reddit to the New York Times and the UK government’s website stopped loading, with users seeing a range of error messages. The Independent’s website was also hit by the issues. The issues appeared to be the result of a problem with Fastly, a cloud computing company that provides key services to many websites. Visitors to affected websites saw a message reading “Fastly error: unknown domain”.Outages of various sizes were reported at Reddit, Twitch, Amazon, HBO Max, CNN, Etsy, and Paypal, according to tracking website Down Detector...

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