Global Outage

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  X Back Online: Social Media Platform Restored After Global Outage

  A major outage on X caused widespread problems for users, including login issues and inability to post or receive messages.

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  Apple Pay Down: Global Outage Causes Payment Chaos For Millions

  Apple Pay experienced a significant global outage on May 16, 2025, affecting over 745 million users worldwide and causing payment failures and difficulties transferring funds.

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  Company Responsible For Global IT Outage Last Year To Cut Jobs For AI Use

  CrowdStrike became a publicly traded company in 2019 and had a revenue of $1 billion in March for the fourth financial quarter of 2025.

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  Reddit Down For Thousands Of Users Worldwide: Report

  Social media platform Reddit was down for thousands of users globally on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

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  Ghibli Effect: ChatGPT Usage Hits Record After Rollout of Viral Feature

  OpenAI image-generation tool led to a record surge in ChatGPT users owing to the frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art. Global app downloads and weekly active users on the ChatGPT app grew 11 percent and five percent, respectively.

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  Elon Musk's X Down For Thousands Of Users, Including In India

  Elon Musk-run X went down on Monday in a massive global outage, including in India, as users were unable to access the micro-blogging platform.

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  Sony to Offer PlayStation Plus Users Five-Day Extension After Global Outage

  Sony said on Sunday that all PlayStation Plus members would automatically receive an additional five days of service. The development comes after a PlayStation Network (PSN) outage, which began late Friday, left users unable to sign in, play online games or access its online store.

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  PlayStation Plus Users To Get 5-Day Extension After Global Outage

  After an almost 24-hour outage that left gamers around the globe frustrated, PlayStation has officially announced that all PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional five days of service.

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  ChatGPT Faces Global Outage, Users Flood Social Media With Complaints

  ChatGPT, one of OpenAI's most popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday faced a global outage as millions of users were unable to access the service.

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  Global Internet Outage On Jan 16? The Viral Claim And Its Simpsons Connection

  The video showing an alleged episode suggests that the global internet shutdown will be caused due to sharks chewing through the undersea cables.

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  ChatGPT Sees Global Outage, OpenAI Says It Has Identified The Issue

  Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT has been experiencing global outage, preventing millions of users from accessing its services.

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  Instagram Says Services Back Up After Outage Hits Thousands Globally

  Meta-owned Instagram said its services were back online after thousands of users experienced technical issues accessing its platform on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

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  WhatsApp, Instagram And Facebook Down For Thousands Globally

  Thousands of users across Meta Platforms's social media offerings Instagram, Threads and Facebook, and messaging app WhatsApp reported outages on Wednesday

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  CrowdStrike, Delta Sue Each Other Over Flight Disruptions Due To July Crash

  Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said on Monday it sued Delta Air Lines in US District Court in Georgia after a faulty software update prompted a global outage in July.

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  Delta Sues CrowdStrike Over July's Global Outage That Caused Flight Cancellations

  Delta Air Lines on Friday sued CrowdStrike in a Georgia state court after a global outage in July caused mass flight cancellations.