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KEY POINTS  DENVER — On Sunday afternoon, tens of thousands of residents across the southeast Denver metro area experienced widespread power outages, officials said.  Xcel Energy confirmed that multiple substations were involved, making the disruption one of the largest in recent local history. The outage, first reported around 1:00 p.m, affected homes, businesses, and critical … Read more

KEY POINTS  Russian airlines canceled and delayed flights Monday after a nationwide outage of the Leonardo booking system disrupted reservations and departures across the country, prompting an investigation by transport authorities, officials said. The Leonardo booking system outage briefly paralyzed core airline operations in Russia, affecting ticketing, check in and flight scheduling for multiple carriers.  … Read more

KEY POINTS  SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of subscribers experienced streaming interruptions on anime platform Crunchyroll Monday, according to real time outage monitoring site Downdetector.  Users worldwide reported difficulty connecting to servers and accessing content. Crunchyroll, a US based streaming service specializing in Japanese anime and other East Asian media, faced a large scale … Read more

KEY POINTS  ​NEW YORK — The social media platform Bluesky experienced a significant service disruption Monday, leaving thousands of users unable to access their feeds or log into the network.  The bluesky down reports began surging in the early hours of Jan. 26, 2026, primarily affecting mobile application users across North America, Europe, and parts … Read more

KEY POINTS  TikTok users in several countries reported intermittent access problems on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25, though the company and independent monitoring platforms said data did not indicate a global outage. The reports, which emerged late Jan. 24 and extended into early Jan. 25, included complaints about videos failing to load and delayed logins, … Read more

KEY POINTS  NEW YORK — Gmail users worldwide experienced disruptions Saturday as Google’s email filtering system failed, sending promotional, social and update messages to Primary inboxes.  Some emails displayed warnings indicating they had not been scanned for spam or harmful content. Google confirmed the issue and said engineers were working to restore normal service. Starting … Read more

KEY POINTS  A database containing 149 million compromised login credentials, including an estimated 48 million Gmail accounts, was publicly exposed online before being removed, cybersecurity experts confirmed Friday.  The unprotected database, spanning 96 gigabytes, included usernames, passwords, and associated service URLs, raising alarms about ongoing password security vulnerabilities. The exposure of nearly 150 million credentials … Read more

KEY POINTS  ARC Raiders servers down amid widespread matchmaking and connection issues, disrupting gameplay for the online community. ARC Raiders, the cooperative multiplayer shooter developed by Embark Studios, is currently experiencing a major online outage, leaving players worldwide unable to access matches or maintain stable connections.  Data from real time trackers shows a significant spike … Read more

KEY POINTS  Microsoft Outlook outages on Thursday affected users worldwide, disrupting email communication and access to Microsoft 365 applications, including Teams and OneDrive.  The outages began in the early afternoon US Eastern Time and lasted several hours, highlighting the dependence of businesses on cloud productivity tools for daily operations. Reports from Downdetector showed complaints peaking … Read more

KEY POINTS  A widespread Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and other core workplace tools across multiple regions Thursday, leaving businesses, schools and government offices struggling to access email and collaboration services, according to Microsoft service alerts and enterprise administrators. The Microsoft 365 outage emerged during peak business hours in North America and extended into … Read more