Google is DOWN! World's biggest search engine hit by outage plaguing thousands of users across the globe

Google has been hit with a worldwide outage that is impacting thousands of users. DownDetector shows issues appeared around 11am ET, plaguing search, the website and Google Drive. Users in the US, the UK, Australia, parts of Europe, South America and Asia have reported problems with the tech giant's services. It is unclear how many users have been impacted and what caused the glitch. DownDetector's outage map for the US shows users have reported problems in New York City, San Francisco and parts of the Midwest.