Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo and Canva were all suffering problems, according to tracking website Down Detector.
The problems appear to be related to an issue at Amazon Web Services, which offers infrastructure that underpins much of the modern internet.
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The company was seeing “increased error rates” and delays with “multiple AWS services”, it said on its service status page.
The issues began around 8am this morning, or midnight pacific time.
An update has been posted on Amazon’s service status website, which makes clear that it is experiencing problems at its facilities in north Virginia.
The issues are affecting Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud, both of which allow companies to rent storage and computers to run their services.
Down Detector is reporting issues with the following apps and sites, Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Clash Royale, Life360, My Fitness Pal, Xero, Canva, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Music, Prime Video, Clash of Clans, Fortnite, Wordle, Duolingo, Coinbase, HMRC, Vodafone, Playstation, Pokémon Go.
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