Google, OpenAI and Spotify were down on Thursday after a widespread technology outage.

A series of outages plagued various websites, services, and platforms throughout the week, ultimately affecting productivity for users around the globe.

Spotify, in particular, has seen over 40,000 user-submitted outage reports, highlighting the scale of the issue. Many users say they cannot access playlists, stream music, or even open the app. Other affected services,