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KEY POINTS Millions of Verizon Wireless customers across the United States experienced widespread mobile service interruptions on Wednesday, with devices showing “SOS” instead of the usual signal indicators. Users reported being unable to make calls, send text messages, or access mobile data in several major cities, including New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC. Verizon acknowledged … Read more
KEY POINTS Reddit, social media platform X and UK based banking app Monzo were hit by separate outages within hours of each other on Tuesday, disrupting services across multiple countries and intensifying global app outage fears as users questioned whether the disruptions were linked. A wave of high profile outages across three widely used digital … Read more
KEY POINTS X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, recovered on Tuesday after thousands of users worldwide reported problems accessing the service, according to Downdetector.com. The outage, which began around 9 am Eastern Time, disrupted activity in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada before gradually subsiding. The temporary interruption highlighted X’s … Read more
KEY POINTS GENEVA — Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, experienced a widespread service disruption Tuesday, affecting thousands of users across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. According to real time outage data from Downdetector. Users reported difficulties accessing timelines, posting content, and using direct messaging features. Downdetector logged over 22,900 user reports from … Read more
KEY POINTS Thousands of users experienced a brief X Twitter outage on Tuesday, Jan. 13, preventing timelines and home feeds from loading properly. The disruption, reported primarily in the United States and parts of Europe, lasted roughly 40 minutes before normal service resumed, according to real time monitoring platforms. Early on Jan. 13, social media … Read more
KEY POINTS President Donald Trump said he plans to consult with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk about using Starlink satellite internet services to bypass Iran’s government imposed internet blackout. A move that would place a private US technology company at the center of a major international standoff over information control, civil unrest and digital sovereignty. Trump’s … Read more
KEY POINTS Apple Inc. is partnering with Google to integrate the search giant’s Gemini models into future iterations of Siri, marking a major step in the tech giant’s AI strategy. The multi year collaboration, confirmed by Apple in a statement obtained by CNBC, aims to leverage Google’s cloud technology and foundational AI models to enhance … Read more
KEY POINTS Walmart and Google announced Sunday a new partnership that will allow shoppers to use Google’s artificial intelligence assistant. Gemini, to discover and purchase products from Walmart and its warehouse club, Sam’s Club, marking a significant shift in how one of the world’s largest retailers is adapting to AI driven commerce. The announcement was … Read more
KEY POINTS LONDON — Elon Musk has accused the United Kingdom government of attempting to suppress free speech after ministers threatened fines and a potential ban on his social media platform X. The warning follows the platform’s AI tool, Grok, being used to produce sexually explicit images of women and children without their consent. The … Read more
KEY POINTS A surge in unsolicited Instagram password reset notifications has raised alarms among cybersecurity analysts after a threat actor claimed to have published data tied to 17.5 million accounts on an underground forum. The timing of the two events has intensified scrutiny over whether a coordinated account takeover campaign is underway, even as Instagram … Read more
