Category: outage

Instagram Back Up After Global Outage Affecting Thousands of Users

Meta Platform Inc.’s Instagram was back up for most users, the company said on Sunday, after a technical issue that disrupted services to thousands of people had been resolved. “Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted,”…


Vodafone Resolves Broadband Outage That Impacted Thousands of UK Users

Vodafone on Monday said it resolved an outage that impacted thousands of its home broadband service users in the United Kingdom, after hours of downtime. “We have now fixed the issue impacting just over 1 percent of our home broadband customers today. Customers should already be seeing their connectivity return,” the company told Reuters in…


Kennedy Airport Fixes Power Outage That Canceled Flights

NEW YORK—Work crews have fixed a power outage at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport that forced some flights to be canceled or diverted, officials said Saturday. Repairs were made overnight and full power was restored in Terminal 1, which handles some of the airport’s international flights, said the airport’s operator, The Port Authority…


T-Mobile Outage Hits Users Across the US

T-Mobile users across the United States reported network outages late on Monday, according to an outage tracking website, as the company said it was quickly addressing a disruption that had affected some cellular services. The U.S. wireless carrier said it was working on resolving a problem that had caused intermittent issues with voice, messaging, and…


Musk Says Twitter Will Be Back Up on Thursday After Outage

Twitter owner Elon Musk said the social media app should be back up later in the day after some users were unable to tweet on Wednesday, prematurely encountering a message that said “You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.” Musk wrote on Twitter early on Thursday that there were multiple “internal and external…


Pakistan Says Power Restored After 2nd Major Breakdown in Months

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s energy minister on Tuesday blamed the worst power outage in months on a lack of investment in the network, saying the aid-dependant nation had “learned lessons” from the breakdown that left millions of people without electricity. Like much of the national infrastructure, the power network desperately needs an upgrade, but funding has been patchy…



WhatsApp Back Online After Global Outage Hits Users

BENGALURU/STOCKHOLM—Messaging app WhatsApp was starting to come back online at 0900 GMT and the company said the issue has been fixed after users across the world reported problems earlier on Tuesday. At around 0750 GMT, outage reporting site Downdetector had shown over 68,000 users had reported problems with the app in the United Kingdom. Problems…


Two People Reported Dead, as Atlantic Canada and Quebec Assess the Damage Wrought by Fiona

Atlantic Canada is assessing the trail of destruction left by the historic post-tropical storm Fiona, as it moved inland from southeastern Quebec early on Sept. 25. Search and rescue operations have resumed, and at least one death has been reported in Prince Edward Island. P.E.I. officials said at a press conference on Sept. 25 that…


‘Destructive Storm Surge’: Fiona Makes Landfall in Southeastern Quebec, After Wreaking Havoc in Atlantic Canada

After leaving a trail of destruction in Atlantic Canada, post-tropical storm Fiona is moving inland in southeastern Quebec. The storm will continue to weaken as it pushes north across Labrador and into the Labrador Sea, Environment Canada says. Fiona, one of the strongest storms yet seen in eastern Canada, reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence…