Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
3 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
It said this was causing multiple cloud services to experience errors and intermittent network failures.
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services → say → errors
The London-based region appeared to be Google Cloud’s only UK location and the only area to be experiencing disruption.
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region → base → disruption
This has a knock-on effect on businesses that rely on the infrastructure for services such as computing, data management and services, and to power everyday systems.
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that → have → systems
By early afternoon on Tuesday, Google said it was seeing the “recovery of services for most workloads” in the region.
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it → say → region
“We apologise to all who are affected by the disruption.”
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who → apologise → disruption
It said a possible workaround for affected customers is to “try to migrate their workload impacted to another available location (zone or region)”.
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workaround → say → location
The tech giant is expected to provide another update on the situation on Tuesday afternoon.
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giant → expect → afternoon
Revolut said multiple systems were down or partially unavailable including card payments, transfers, cash withdrawals and signing into accounts.
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systems → say → accounts
More than 1,500 people reported problems with Revolut earlier on Tuesday, according to to the Downdetector platform.
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people → report → platform
A spokesperson said: “We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting multiple services.
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We → say → services
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“We can confirm that all our customers’ money and data are safe.
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money → read → ?
“We’ve been working to fix the issue since it was identified this morning and apologise to anyone affected and for any inconvenience caused.”
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it → work → inconvenience
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) was experiencing issues with its cloud video platform which it uses for secure video-links to court hearings in England and Wales.
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it → experience → England
Mr Justice Bennathan, the judge for the rape and sexual assault trial of Russell Brand at Southwark Crown Court in London, said there had been “problems with Google” but that it was back up and running.
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it → say → Google
Journalists using the platform to observe cases reported it had begun working shortly after Google’s noon update.
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it → use → update
Hundreds of Lloyds Bank and HSBC users were also reporting issues to Downdetector, as well as platforms like Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove.
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Hundreds → report → Mail
Budgeting app Emma told customers it was down because of the Google Cloud outage.
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it → tell → outage
By around 2pm on Tuesday, the company told customers on X: “Emma is up and running again after this morning’s Google Cloud power outage in London.
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Emma → tell → London
“Some balances may take a little while to refresh.
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balances → take → while
Halifax, which is owned by Lloyds Banking Group, responded to a user on X to say it was “aware some customers are having issues with our app and online”, adding: “We’re sorry about this and are working hard to fix it.”
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We → own → it
Sam Richardson, editor of Which? Money, said people will be “rightly concerned” about the outages which could “prevent people making essential purchases or even paying their bills”.
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people → say → bills
He added: “Tech and banking outages have become increasingly frequent in recent years, and the impact can be widespread when they happen.
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they → add → years
“It’s worth considering having back-ups in place in the event your main provider goes down – for example a card with a different bank, and a small amount of emergency cash to tide you over should you be unable to make card payments.”
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you → ’ → payments
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