NEWS ALERT | Google Restore Gmail Services For Some Users

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Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday services for some Gmail users facing errors on the emailing platform were restore, in a second incident of an outage a day after YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive were affected.

Downdetector.com, a website that tracks outages, showed there were more than 13,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Gmail.

‘Gmail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future’, Google said.

‘Please note that this time frame is an estimate and may change’.

Many of Google’s services were hit by outages for nearly an hour on Monday.

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Pele, Who Died At 82, Was A Sports Star And Cultural Icon

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Unemployment Among Saudi Citizens Increase To 9.9 In Q3/22

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