The Web Industry This is how much each minute of internet downtime would cost tech giants and different countries Illustrating our reliance on the internet By Rob Thubron, January 16, 2024, 6:55 AM
Tech Culture The Web Two Singapore banks were unable to process transactions because of an overheating data center Backup plans were moot -- is a digital-only approach to banking dangerous? By Alfonso Maruccia, November 8, 2023, 8:50 AM 9 comments
The Web Numerous Instagram users report account suspensions after morning outage Others say their accounts appear to be deleted completely or their follower numbers are wrong By Cal Jeffrey, October 31, 2022, 5:04 PM
Car Tech Software App outage leaves Tesla owners stranded, unable to start their vehicles Tesla software failure reminds customers not to rely solely on the mobile app By Jimmy Pezzone, November 20, 2021, 1:06 PM 41 comments
Gaming The Web Roblox returns following 3-day outage, says problem had nothing to do with Chipotle giveaway Rejoice, parents By Rob Thubron, November 1, 2021, 8:31 AM
The Web Facebook back online after more than 6 hours, Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion as result of outage A meme-heavy day By Rob Thubron, October 5, 2021, 5:18 AM 19 comments
The Web Major internet connectivity issues hit regions in northeastern US A fiber main was severed in New York By Cal Jeffrey, January 26, 2021, 3:13 PM 7 comments
The Web A bug in firewall systems took Cloudflare customers offline The company is 'confident this wasn't an attack' By Cal Jeffrey, July 2, 2019, 5:25 PM
Mobile AT&T customers across the US lost 911 services for several hours Service has since been restored By Cal Jeffrey, July 2, 2019, 3:58 PM
Gaming Xbox One users found their consoles temporarily bricked this morning It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror By Cal Jeffrey, January 30, 2019, 4:15 PM 11 comments
Google The Web Google Docs is accidentally blocking access to documents Users prevented from accessing own files By Greg Synek, October 31, 2017, 2:26 PM 7 comments
Microsoft Software Skype experiencing major outage worldwide By Shawn Knight, September 21, 2015, 1:45 PM
The Web New York governor orders probe of TWC over massive nationwide outage By Himanshu Arora, August 28, 2014, 11:00 AM 8 comments
The Web Google apologizes for Friday's outage, Yahoo apologizes for poking fun at it By Himanshu Arora, January 27, 2014, 12:30 PM
The Web Five-minute Google outage reportedly caused 40% drop in global traffic By Matthew DeCarlo, August 19, 2013, 2:30 PM
The Web Syria back online after 20-hour outage, 'cable malfunction' to blame? By Jose Vilches, May 8, 2013, 1:00 PM
The Web Google Drive, Gmail and Docs hit by service disruptions By Jose Vilches, April 17, 2013, 10:30 AM
Microsoft The Web Outlook.com suffers 16-hour outage due to overheating datacenter By Jose Vilches, March 14, 2013, 10:46 AM
Security The Web Facebook: Outage caused by internal DNS tinkering, not Anonymous By Matthew DeCarlo, December 10, 2012, 6:12 PM
The Web Wikipedia suffers 2-hour downtime due to cut fiber cables By Lee Kaelin, August 7, 2012, 9:30 AM
The Web Industry Google Talk and Twitter suffer service outages By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
The Web Twitter suffers ongoing outages, UGNazi hackers take credit By Matthew DeCarlo, June 21, 2012, 4:39 PM 22 comments
The Web National broadband outage caused by router bug By Rick Burgess, November 7, 2011, 6:30 PM 11 comments
Apple Software Apple's Siri voice assistant hit by another outage By Lee Kaelin, November 7, 2011, 8:30 AM 10 comments
Industry RIM faces lawsuits in U.S. and Canada over service outage By Lee Kaelin, October 27, 2011, 12:00 PM 15 comments