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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging services to banking were offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network, illustrating the extent to which internet life depends on the tech titan.
Musk says X hit by major cyberattack
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk said X was hit Monday by a major cyberattack, raising questions as to whether the politically divisive billionaire is being targeted or his decision to gut staff at what was once Twitter is haunting the social network.
Twitter service stumbles as paying users get more room
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters.
Microsoft users kicked out of apps during global outage
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» PARIS - US tech giant Microsoft said on Wednesday it had suffered a global outage that limited access to software including Outlook and Teams for several hours.
Twitter outages hit users worldwide
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» Twitter users around the world reported errors accessing it for several hours, web monitors said Wednesday, in one of the biggest outages since Elon Musk bought the platform.
Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PARIS: US tech giant Meta confirmed a global outage was affecting its messaging service WhatsApp on Tuesday and said it was working to restore the app "as quickly as possible".
Facebook grapples with another global outage
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday said users around the world again had problems accessing its services for hours due to a tweak of its system, just days after a massive outage caused in a similar fashion.
Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» PARIS: Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant.
Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - Facebook battled dueling crises on Monday as it tried to fix a large-scale outage of its dominant social network and fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by widespread outage
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were hit by a massive outage Monday, impacting potentially tens of millions of people as users flocked to other networks to sound off.