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technology2 years ago

Global Outage: X Social Media Platform Restored, Users Relieved

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a global outage, affecting over 77,000 U.S. users and users in Canada, Britain, France, and other countries. The cause of the outage is unknown, and emails to X's communications and support teams bounced back. Users faced issues accessing posts and profiles, with X Pro users receiving a "Waiting for posts" message. The outage comes after billionaire Elon Musk's acquisition of X, which led to layoffs, including engineers responsible for preventing service outages. Users turned to rival Meta's app, Threads, to discuss the outage.

technology2 years ago

Google Play Movies & TV to Shut Down in January 2024, Users Urged to Retrieve Purchases

Google has started transitioning users away from its Play Movies & TV app as it prepares to shut down the service in January. The company is encouraging users to migrate their content to YouTube, where they can access their purchased and rented movies and TV shows. This move is part of Google's broader strategy to focus on its YouTube platform for streaming content.

technology2 years ago

Apple Weather App Faces Third Outage in a Month, Resolved Quickly

Apple Weather app is down for some users again, with reports of the issue popping up on Twitter. This is the third time in a month that the app has experienced major outages. Apple has acknowledged the downtime on its System Status page, stating that "Weather may be slow or unavailable" for "some users." However, the issue has now been fixed according to Apple. Some users have reported that the app is working but not showing accurate data.

technology2 years ago

Google Pay glitch sends unexpected cashback rewards to confused users.

A bug in Google Pay's reward program accidentally deposited cash in users' accounts, ranging from $10 to $1,000. The error was caused by a message meant for internal beta testing being sent to regular users. Google tried to take the money back but won't chase down users who spent or transferred it. If the credit couldn't be reversed, the money is theirs to keep.