Half the internet' goes down after Amazon cloud outage leaving millions unable to use Ring, Alexa, and banking apps

A major outage has affected 'half the internet', with millions of people left unable to access sites including Snapchat, Fortnite, and Duolingo, as well as several banking apps.

At 11:35 BST (6:35am ET), Amazon said the underlying issue has been 'fully mitigated', adding that 'most operations are succeeding normally now'.

However, the outage continues to wreak havoc around the globe, with millions of customers still experiencing issues accessing their favorite sites.