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☆ T-Mobile down for thousands of users in U.S. - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 13 (Reuters) - T-Mobile (TMUS.O) users across the United States reported network outages that prevented several customers from making phone calls or using other cellular services late on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The website, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, showed there were more than 60,000 incidents reported. Many customers took to Twitter to share updates about the service disruption, with several users saying they saw 'SOS' notifications on their phones. The U.S. wireless carrier has been adding thousands of wireless subscribers lately, thanks to discounts on smartphones, bundled offerings, industry-low plan prices and an edge in 5G. The carrier added 927,000 postpaid phone subscribers in the fourth quarter, the highest among its peers.

☆ T-Mobile outage hits users across the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 13 (Reuters) - T-Mobile (TMUS.O) users across the United States reported network outages late on Monday, according to an outage tracking website, as the company said it was quickly addressing a disruption that had affected some cellular services. The number of reports of T-mobile outages over the preceding 24 hours had peaked at more than 83,000 at around 10:20 p.m. T-Mobile's help page responded to Twitter messages from users experiencing problems, saying it would review the complaints. Downdetector also reported thousands of reports of services of other U.S. wireless carriers Verizon Inc (VZ.N) and AT&T Inc (T.N) being down. The website showed more than 2,000 unresolved incident reports for Verizon and more than 1,200 for AT&T at the peaks.

☆ Twitter suffered an outage during Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show — its 2nd in a week — despite Elon Musk's directive to maximize stability
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance coincided with nearly 1,000 reports of a Twitter outage. It came just four days after "a massive outage" saw users left unable to tweet. Nearly 1,000 users reported on Downdetector that they were having problems with Twitter, peaking as the Super Bowl halftime show started around 8:30 p.m. The apparent outage came just four days after Wednesday's "massive" one left users unable to tweet. The platform did not suffer any outages then, despite a larger viewership and Musk's similar emphasis on keeping Twitter running.

☆ YouTube says homepage back up after brief outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Wednesday its homepage was back up, after saying earlier that it was down for some users. The company did not disclose the number of users affected from the outage. "The YouTube Homepage should be back for all of your video needs", YouTube said. loadingData on Downdetector showed that at the peak of the outage, more than 60,000 user reports had indicated issues with the video sharing app in the United States alone by 07:20 PM ET. Meta's Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users in the United States, while some Twitter users were unable to tweet.

☆ Meta's Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of U.S. users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users in the United States on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 12,000 Facebook users reported errors and about 7,000 incidents were reported for Instagram, according to Downdetector.com. Users also reported issues with Facebook's online messaging service Messenger. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter outage leaves some users unable to tweet
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday, prematurely encountering a message that said "You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets." Twitter was down for about 9,000 users in the United States at 5 p.m. Eastern time, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. "Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. read moreThe Information reported Musk told Twitter employees on Wednesday to pause on new feature development "in favor of maximizing system stability and robustness, especially with the Super Bowl coming up." Reporting by Khushi Mandowara in Bengaluru and Sheila Dang in Dallas; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter was down for about 90 minutes Wednesday, telling users they'd hit their daily limit on posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A message pops up saying, "Tweet not sent" followed by, "We're sorry we weren't able to send your tweet. Users also weren't able to send or load direct messages. The internet-tracking service Downdetector showed that the number of users submitting Twitter problem reports skyrocketed starting around 4:30 p.m. While the site was down, users were able to tweet by scheduling their posts using the calendar icon at the bottom of the message box. "Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you," the company wrote from the Twitter Support account.

☆ Microsoft investigates Outlook outage as users face issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said it was investigating issues with email service Outlook as users in North America faced problems with accessing, sending or searching emails on the platform. There were more than 2,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Outlook late Tuesday at about 23:10 ET, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by collating status reports from sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. "Users primarily hosted in the North American region attempting to access Outlook.com may be unable to send, receive, or search email. Additional functionality such as Calendar consumed by other services such as Microsoft Teams would also be affected," Microsoft said in an update on its status page. A "recent change" led to the issue and the company was working to restart portions of the affected infrastructure in order to restore service, Microsoft said in a tweet.

☆ Microsoft Outage Hits Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live Users
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Microsoft Corp.’s popular Teams and Outlook software were hit by a global outage, with thousands of users reporting that the products were down early Wednesday, before the service was restored. Users said they were unable to access Microsoft’s collaboration software Teams, as well as Outlook and Xbox Live services and its 365 products, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions on the internet. Many companies across the globe depend on Teams and Outlook for their daily operations.

☆ Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage, Downdetector says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) social media apps appeared to be back up after facing a brief disruption in the United States on Wednesday, data on outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed. At the peak of the outage, more than 17,000 user reports had indicated issues with Instagram in the United States, as of 2352 GMT. Over 13,000 incidents were reported for the Facebook app and outage reports also briefly spiked for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger around the same time. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Spotify down for thousands of users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA's (SPOT.N) music streaming platform was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. In the second such outage within two weeks, nearly 35,000 Spotify users reported on Downdetector.com they were having issues with the streaming platform. "Something's not quite right, and we’re looking into it," Spotify Status, an account that provides updates about the platform's status, said in a tweet on Thursday. Spotify suffered a brief outage earlier this month, with more than 45,000 affected users from the United States at the peak of the disruption. Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Akriti Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Microsoft Teams app is seen on the smartphone placed on the keyboard in this illustration taken, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationJan 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Wednesday was hit with a networking outage that took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook, potentially affecting millions of users globally. "We've determined the network connectivity issue is occurring with devices across the Microsoft Wide Area Network (WAN)," Microsoft said. During the outage, users faced problems in exchanging messages, join calls or use any features of Teams application. Among the other services affected were Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, according to the company's status page.

☆ Microsoft probes outage issues into Teams, Outlook services
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo/File PhotoJan 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday it was investigating an outage, which left thousands of users in India unable to access the website's multiple services including Teams and Outlook. Downdetector.com, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, showed there were more than 3,700 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft Teams in India. Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Microsoft investigating Teams and Outlook outages as thousands of users report issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Microsoft logo is seen at the Microsoft store in New York City. Microsoft said it is investigating issues with several of its products, including Teams and Outlook. The U.S. technology giant said that users may not be able to access multiple Microsoft 365 services. Downdetector, a service where people can log problems and outages with websites and apps, saw a spike in users reporting issues with Microsoft products, including Outlook, Teams and the company's cloud product Azure, at around 3 a.m. But the company saw a slowdown in revenue from cloud computing products, including Azure, and gave gloomy guidance for the current quarter.

☆ Spotify down for thousands of users -Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Audio streaming platform Spotify (SPOT.N) was down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, showed more than 38,000 affected users from the United States at the peak of the disruption. Thanks for your reports!" Spotify Status, an account that provides updates about the audio platforms's current status, said on Twitter. Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter back online after global outage hits thousands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Reports of Twitter outages fell sharply by Wednesday evening, according to the website, with some users later commenting service had returned to normal. loadingDuring the outage, some users said they were unable to log in to their Twitter account via desktops or laptops. Hundreds of Twitter employees quit the social media company in November, by some estimates, including engineers responsible for fixing bugs and preventing service outages. Thousands of Twitter users were also hit by a global outages in February and July, before Musk's takeover. In July, a near 19-hour service outage at Canada's biggest telecom operator Rogers Telecommunications shut banking, transport and government access for millions.

☆ Elon Musk responds to Twitter's first widespread outage under his leadership by saying the platform is working for him
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter faced its first widespread outage under Elon Musk's leadership on Wednesday evening. Musk responded to the reports by tweeting: "Works for me." Twitter staff previously raised concerns about outages after Musk laid-off half the company's staff. Musk responded to some unaffected users discussing the reports, saying: "Works for me." Fears about such an outage began after Musk laid off around half of Twitter's 7,500 staff soon after he purchased the company.

☆ Twitter down for thousands of users - Downdetector.com
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Over 10,000 users reported issues with accessing the social media website in the United States as of 7:40 pm ET. Some users also complained that their Twitter notifications were not working. Reporting by Shubhendu Deshmukh in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter down: Thousands of global users struggle to login but Elon Musk says it ‘works for me’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“User reports indicate Twitter is having problems since 7:13 pm EST,” according to outage detection site Downdetector, where many of the issues were reported. Over 10,000 users had reported trouble with accessing the platform on Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector data. Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but its new owner Elon Musk tweeted on the platform that it “works for me,” in response to a user query. Meanwhile, some users, including CNN journalists, were met with an error message that read “Something went wrong, but don’t fret – it’s not your fault. Let’s try again.”According to Downdetector, it was desktop users of the platform, rather than those accessing it on mobile, who were most likely to be affected.

☆ Amazon down for thousands of users - Downdetector.com
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Dec 7 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The outage may be affecting a larger number of users. Users also reported outage at Amazon's cloud services unit Amazon Web Services but the reports were fewer than 300, according to Downdetector. Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ YouTube says fixing issues after reported outages
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said it is working to fix an issue after the platform was down for thousands of users on Wednesday. "We're aware that many of you using the YouTube app on iOS devices may be experiencing crashes," tweeted YouTube, adding that updates will come soon. Downdetector, which showed there were more than 6,000 incidents of people reporting issues with YouTube, tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage may be affecting a larger number of users. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ticketmaster was 'experiencing technical difficulties' and outage reports surged as presale started for Taylor Swift's Eras tour
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ticketmaster was experiencing technical difficulties on Tuesday as presale started for Taylor Swift's new tour. Swift's Eras tour, her first in five years, kicks off in 2023. Ticketmaster appeared to be crashing for some people hoping to snag tickets for Swift's upcoming Eras Tour, her first tour in five years. The presale kicked off Tuesday at 10 am EST, and outage reports surged at Downdetector.com leading up to the presale, and continued after. Needless to say, demand is high for Swift's tour.

☆ The White House piles on to the Taylor Swift presale controversy, saying its student-debt relief website processed 8 million applications in 30 hours without crashing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain compared it to the success of the student-debt relief website. He said it supported 8 million borrowers who applied for relief in the first 30 hours. Since then, 26 million borrowers have applied through the online form. Two federal courts have blocked the debt relief in the past week. The Education Department is also not accepting any new applications for debt relief as these court battles play out.

☆ Zoom says it has fixed issue preventing access to platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) said on Thursday it has resolved an issue that was preventing some users from accessing its platform. The company's status page showed at 1833 GMT that all its services were operational. There were more than 15,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the audio-streaming platform earlier on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Chavi Mehta; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Instagram fixes bug that triggered hours-long outage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Instagram said on Monday it had fixed a software bug that prevented thousands of users from accessing the photo-sharing platform for about eight hours and led to complaints of accounts being suspended. A spokesperson for Instagram did not comment on suspension of accounts. Several Instagram users had tweeted that they were asked for email IDs and phone numbers to access their suspended account. Downdetector collates status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage may be affecting a much larger number of users.

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