Hundreds of major websites returned ‘404: not found’ errors after an apparent problem with Google Cloud. Alphabet said the problem was “partially resolved” after about ten minutes, but it will take time for everything to update. The site Downdetector began showing a spike in reports of outages starting at 12:40pm Eastern time on Tuesday, affecting […]
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Power outage across Afghan capital Kabul after reports of explosions
Power has been cut off in the city of Kabul, according to Afghanistan’s national electricity service, after reports of explosions destroying a pylon and connected power lines. Some areas outside the capital are also impacted. “An explosion blew up a power pylon in Qala Murad Beg area of Kabul province, cutting off a 220 kV […]
Never down: Pornhub says traffic surged by millions of active users during Facebook outage
One of the world’s most visited websites, Pornhub, became even more popular this week, its data analysis shows. With Instagram and FB inaccessible, Internet users entertained themselves online with “adults only” content. Pornhub detected an increase in its traffic on Monday, when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were all down for some six hours in a […]
Telegram’s popularity surges amid Facebook outage as 70mn new users flock to messaging app
Encrypted messenger platform Telegram gained more than 70 million new sign-ups in a single day as Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for six hours, plunging users into existential crisis. Telegram founder Pavel Durov took to the platform on Tuesday to congratulate his employees on a job well done, noting […]
Facebook blames ‘faulty configuration change’ for massive outage amid calls to ‘break up’ tech giant
Facebook has issued a mea culpa after disrupting the business and social interactions of millions of users as a Facebook-owned social media trio lagged for over six hours, while blaming an engineering error for the web apocalypse. Facebook has confirmed that a routing problem throttled its services, bringing operations at its site, as well as […]
Golden age or collapse? Snowden teases future without Big Tech after trolling Facebook throughout disastrous six-hour-long outage
While millions were wailing and gnashing their teeth over the outage affecting Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was having a bit of fun – daring to suggest the world would be better without them. “The internet giants go offline today and never return. What happens tomorrow?” Snowden tweeted on Monday afternoon, five […]
Facebook, WhatsApp & Instagram ALL down in major worldwide outage
Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are down, according to tracker DownDetector, frustrating social media users worldwide. Facebook says it is working to solve the issue. Users began reporting problems accessing servers to the major social media sites on Monday morning and afternoon, according to DownDetector, which logs user issues with popular […]