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outage

man in network server room with hands on head

What is Fastly, and how did it break the internet this morning?

A number of large popular websites were impacted by the outage.

On Jun 8, 2021 by Andrew Wyrich

Tech
A magnifying glass over the Google search engine

Google’s services are experiencing widespread issues

Users reported issues with everything from Gmail and YouTube to Google Drive and Google Docs.

On Mar 26, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
spotify-outage-update

Spotify denies its new update was to blame for massive outage

Users in numerous countries reported issues amid the company's rollout of its redesigned app.

On Jun 13, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Streaming Tech

A WordPress bug is making this succulent appear on a bunch of sites

A major issue involving the Wordpress VIP Go platform also sees sites crash.

On Jun 11, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
amazon echo

Amazon’s Alexa crashed on Christmas

Outage follows record-breaking sales for smart home assistants

On Dec 26, 2018 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
hulu outage

Hulu confirms ‘technical issue’ has led to a widespread outage (updated)

The streaming service is investigating.

On May 11, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Streaming Tech
facebook down not working

A Facebook outage appears to be growing across the U.S. and Europe

The social network has been down for some since early morning Friday.

On Jun 23, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

Tech
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Facebook outage causes world-wide freakout

The social media giant confirmed all versions were back up and running after a few hours of panic.

On May 9, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

Tech

Widespread YouTube outages reported, chiefly in Europe

It's not just you.

On Feb 21, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

Tech

YouTube knocked offline, humanity forced to be productive

I guess we'll just actually work now.

On Jun 22, 2016 by AJ Dellinger

Tech

New Zealanders plunged into nightmare of two days without Internet

Two. Whole. Days.

On Jun 22, 2015 by Gabe Bergado

Internet Culture

Dogecoin wallet service Dogevault goes down after hack

Wow. Such bummer.

On May 12, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Crime Internet Culture

Did Justin Bieber almost break Instagram?

Justin Bieber posts a photo of his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez to Instagram and people lost it. Then Instagram went down for some users. Coincidence?  

On Mar 3, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

Tech

WhatsApp, Facebook’s new $19 billion app, goes down

Hubris, thy name is WhatsApp. 

On Feb 22, 2014 by Molly McHugh

Tech

New York deserves better than Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable customers woke up Saturday morning feeling like Mom had just installed arbitrary parental controls. No one knew why.

On Oct 19, 2013 by Cooper Fleishman

Business Tech

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