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SUMMARY  GitHub users worldwide faced significant service interruptions on February 9, 2026, as notifications were delayed and Copilot policy updates failed to propagate, affecting both individual developers and enterprise clients. The downtime impacted developers relying on real time alerts for code changes, security patches, and collaboration. Microsoft-owned GitHub confirmed active mitigation measures to address the … Read more

SUMMARY  Russia’s military is scrambling to replace Starlink satellite internet on the battlefield after access to the SpaceX network was curtailed, disrupting a communications system Russian forces had been using illicitly during the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. The curtailment of Russia Starlink access marks a rare instance in which a private commercial technology … Read more

SUMMARY  Peacock appeared to experience a service disruption Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, as thousands of users worldwide reported problems accessing the NBC Universal owned streaming platform, according to outage tracking data and social media posts. The Peacock outage disrupted on-demand viewing for some subscribers during peak daytime hours, raising concerns about platform reliability as streaming … Read more

SUMMARY  Minecraft Realms, the subscription based service that allows players to create private online worlds, experienced widespread outages across the United States on Saturday, Feb. 7, leaving thousands of users unable to access their games.  Error messages including “Error 502” and “Error 504” were widely reported, according to Downdetector and other service monitoring platforms. The … Read more

SUMMARY  A widespread Tumblr outage disrupted service for thousands of users Friday, with reports concentrated in North America and Europe, according to Downdetector, which monitors digital service disruptions. The Tumblr outage emerged midafternoon Friday when users reported failures loading dashboards, messages and posts, underscoring the platform’s reliance on mobile access for daily engagement. Downdetector data … Read more

KEY POINTS  Instagram was down for more than 10,000 users in the United States late Wednesday, disrupting access to the Meta Platforms owned social media service, according to Downdetector. The Instagram down outage emerged around 8:30 PM Eastern, when Downdetector recorded 10,108 incident reports from US users.  The service aggregates real time reports from consumers … Read more

KEY POINTS  OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a major service disruption Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of users worldwide asking, “is ChatGPT down,” according to Downdetector.com.  The outage, reported in the morning Pacific Time, disrupted both professional and personal use of the AI platform. The disruption underscores global dependence on generative AI tools for work, education, and … Read more

KEY POINTS  OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform experienced a widespread outage Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to access the AI chatbot and related services for several hours.  The disruption affected both individual users and organizations relying on the platform for professional and academic work. The interruption occurred during peak hours, preventing users from completing … Read more

KEY POINTS  French investigators searched the Paris offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a judicial investigation into the platform’s content moderation and use of artificial intelligence, expanding scrutiny of Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, French prosecutors said. The search at X’s French headquarters underscores growing … Read more

KEY POINTS  ​SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI confirmed early Wednesday it is investigating reports of service disruptions affecting ChatGPT, as thousands of users worldwide reported issues accessing the artificial intelligence platform. ​The disruption was first noted by independent monitoring services, which recorded a surge in incident reports within a two hour window.  While OpenAI’s official status … Read more