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Google Cloud outage knocks out major banks and apps
A Tuesday failure in Google Cloud’s load balancers halted services for HSBC, Revolut, Snapchat and others, raising reliability concerns for cloud‑reliant finance.
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A Tuesday failure in Google Cloud’s load balancers halted services for HSBC, Revolut, Snapchat and others, raising reliability concerns for cloud‑reliant finance.
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