Some of the world's biggest gaming platforms, banks and apps have been affected by a big internet services outage. Find out more here.

: Hundreds of websites and apps which went offline temporarily in North America and Europe on Monday morning following an outage at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in North Virginia appeared to be functioning as normal as the U.

Loom is one such app. And it’s got some impressive credentials: since launching in February, Loom has onboarded over 150 designers, including alumni from Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and other fashion houses. Among them are creatives who have designed for celebrities like Maya Jama, Nicola Coughlan, and Maisie Williams.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has had a bad day. That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that today's outage, hitting over 1,000 companies and affecting millions of internet users, had nothing to do with him.

Concerns have been voiced by MPs regarding the reliance of critical UK IT infrastructure on overseas hosting following widespread disruption to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The outage caused significant interruptions for numerous online platforms, including HMRC, Halifax, and Lloyds.

Amazon Web Services is working again, after breaking half the internet and taking many prominent video games and services with it.

Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday evening, after a problem disrupted internet use around the world, taking down a broad range of online services,