The news site New York Times reports that dozens of major websites, including financial giants like American Express, HSBC and Chase, retail platforms like Amazon and Home Depot, and travel sites like Delta Air Lines, British Airways and Expedia went offline (or were slow to load) on Thursday afternoon.

The news site Newsweek reports that Amazon, the world’s biggest online retail platform, experienced outages from the 11th of July to the 12th of July which barred 38,000 users from completing their purchases.

The recent thunderstorms and floods in Europe led to massive power and telecommunications outages, which meant that many people had no chance to call for help or to check on their loved ones.

The news site markets.businessinsider.com reports that leading crypto exchange platform Binance experienced an hour-long service outage which left hundreds of retail traders unable to dump their tokens during a sell-off in mid-May.

The news site NewsComAu reports that on July 6th, the Commonwealth Bank experienced a nationwide outage across Australia – the third such incident in the space of three weeks.

The news site The Sun reports that Virgin Media suffered a broadband outage on July 7th which left hundreds of customers across the UK unable to work from home.

Multiple users experienced a brief outage at Amazon.com Inc’s platforms including Alexa and Prime Vi…

The news site Yahoo! News reports that the second global internet outage in a matter of weeks disrupted operations across multiple governments, banks and airlines including Southwest Airlines Co.

On June 8th, 2021 a huge number of websites and online services, including well-known businesses like Amazon couldn’t be reached and were rendered useless.

Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40C (104F) as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fueling a spate of fires across London.