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Steam is down — live updates on major outage
2024-12-19T19:01:34.719Z Downdetector reports rolling in (Image credit: Downdetector) As is usually the case with these kinds of outages, we spotted it by going to Downdetector and seeing a massive spike in user reports — and this one is particularly massive, with more than 6,000 user reports pouring in over half an hour. Anytime we see reports jump from the baseline…
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IT leaders fear a repeat of the CrowdStrike outage in 2025
Almost nine-in-ten (88%) executives predict a major IT outage on the scale of the CrowdStrike incident within the next 12 months, according to research from PagerDuty. A majority in the UK. (91%), US (89%), Australia (88%), and Japan (78%) believe an outage is a foregone conclusion and not a matter of “if” but “when.” The CrowdStrike outage caused chaos when…
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user’s region. According to DownDetector, the outage occurred at approximately 12:40 PM ET, with many users unable to access the services through the websites and apps or send messages through WhatsApp. When users attempted to access Facebook, they were greeted with errors stating,…
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Microsoft 365 outage takes down Office web apps, admin center
Microsoft is investigating a widespread and ongoing Microsoft 365 outage impacting Office web apps and the Microsoft 365 admin center. Since this incident started hours ago, Downdetector has received user reports complaining about problems connecting to Outlook, OneDrive, and other Office 365 apps and services. Affected customers see “We’re experiencing a service outage. All of your open files have been…
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Everything you need to know about the Microsoft outage, including fixes, updates, and lingering issues
Life is getting back to normal for users of Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams after significant outages yesterday that affected users worldwide. Earlier this morning, Microsoft said it had restored functionality for all impacted services except Outlook on the web, and that it was monitoring and troubleshooting to fully recover. “We’re still addressing lingering issues with Outlook on the…
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Grammarly outage — here’s the latest on it being down
2024-11-08T19:28:01.131Z And so it began (Image credit: Grammarly) The first reports of Grammarly going down came in around 11:30 PM eastern. We saw a sudden rise in user reports on Down Detector, with the number jumping for the baseline of zero all the way to around 150. For a smaller service, this is a huge jump. When anyone tries to…
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Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages, claims “cutting corners” caused infamous July outage
Delta has made good on its promise to sue CrowdStrike after an update knocked the American airline’s systems offline, costing as much as $500 million. On July 19 2024, security company CrowdStrike rolled out an update to its Falcon detection system, but a flaw in the code crashed 8.5 million computers running Microsoft Windows, knocking banks, retailers, and airlines offline.…
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Tropical Storm Oscar is making Cuba’s nationwide power outage even worse
Tropical Storm Oscar is making it harder to restore power in Cuba after a massive, prolonged power outage that preceded the storm. The nation’s power grid failed on Friday after Cuba’s largest power plant went offline, leaving more than 10 million people without electricity. The grid reportedly collapsed four more times before Oscar made landfall as a Category 1 storm…
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What to Eat During a Power Outage
Check out CR’s no-cook meal ideas and food safety advice Canned beans and vegetables are cooked, so you can eat them straight out of the can. By Trisha Calvo When a storm causes an extended power outage, putting together satisfying meals can be a challenge. (PB&J gets old after a while.) And there’s the question of how long the food…
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A Bank of America outage showed customers blanked-out account balances
First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there. “Some mobile and online banking clients experienced an issue accessing their accounts and balance information…
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