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East Bay (California)
fromSFGATE
13 hours ago

Copper theft is now killing internet across Oakland neighborhoods

Copper theft in the Bay Area disrupts internet service and emergency communications, prompting AT&T to offer a reward for information on the thieves.
#bluesky
Digital life
fromThe Village Voice
1 week ago

What's Slowing Your Internet? Compare Providers, Spot the Problem, and Take Back Control - The Village Voice

Home Wi-Fi issues often stem from internal factors rather than service provider flaws, necessitating proper diagnosis before considering a plan change.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

How much compensation you'll get if your broadband goes down under new rules

Customers of the UK's major broadband providers must receive payments when their connection stops working and is not fixed after two working days, under a voluntary scheme organised by communications regulator Ofcom.
London startup
Information security
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations | TechCrunch

Hackers exploited Windows vulnerabilities published by a researcher, affecting Windows Defender and allowing high-level access.
#cloudflare
Artificial intelligence
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

The Real Reason Cloudflare Is Down 11% Today Has Nothing to Do With Insider Selling

Insider selling at Cloudflare is routine and does not indicate trouble; the real concern is competition from Anthropic's new AI offerings.
#san-francisco
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago
San Francisco

Cell outage blocks San Francisco 911 calls

A cell outage may disrupt 911 calls in San Francisco, prompting residents to use Wi-Fi calling or text 911 for assistance.
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago
San Francisco

Day Around the Bay: SF's 911 System Briefly Has Difficulty With Cellphone Calls

San Francisco's 911 system faced issues with cellphone calls, which were resolved by 4 pm on Monday.
San Francisco
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Cell outage blocks San Francisco 911 calls

A cell outage may disrupt 911 calls in San Francisco, prompting residents to use Wi-Fi calling or text 911 for assistance.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Day Around the Bay: SF's 911 System Briefly Has Difficulty With Cellphone Calls

San Francisco's 911 system faced issues with cellphone calls, which were resolved by 4 pm on Monday.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
4 weeks ago

Enterprise PCs are unreliable, unpatched, and unloved

Apple and Google devices show superior software update rates and reliability compared to Microsoft devices, according to Omnissa's findings.
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Bay Area city government without working phones, email after cyberattack

City officials stated that they are uncertain if sensitive personal data was compromised in the attack, urging individuals who have done business with the city to take steps to protect their data.
SF politics
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

BT boosts connectivity, security for Northern Ireland Electricity Networks | Computer Weekly

BT has secured a 10-year contract worth up to £200m with NIE Networks to enhance connectivity and cyber security for critical services in Northern Ireland.
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 weeks ago

Banning routers won't fix what's already broken | Computer Weekly

The FCC's ban on foreign-made routers addresses future procurement, not current security risks, as routers are already vulnerable and widely deployed.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Exchange Online down again: Outlook mobile and Mac users affected

Microsoft is addressing an Exchange Online outage affecting Outlook for mobile and Mac due to a new virtual account change.
#internet-outages
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Tech industry

Why the internet kept breaking and taking down your favorite sites in 2025

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Tech industry

Why the internet kept breaking and taking down your favorite sites in 2025

East Bay (California)
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Widespread Xfinity outage reported across Bay Area on Monday morning

A major Xfinity outage affected the Bay Area on Monday morning, peaking at over 7,000 reports at 9:14 a.m., with service disruptions continuing through 10 a.m.
Tech industry
fromMashable
1 month ago

Is X down? Thousands of users report outage.

X experienced a widespread outage on Wednesday morning affecting thousands of users, with over 33,000 error reports recorded on DownDetector by mid-morning.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A massive headache': Russians move to walkie-talkies as internet blackouts hit Moscow

Moscow residents face unexplained internet disruptions as the Kremlin implements security measures, with authorities testing a whitelist system that would restrict access to only government-approved websites.
fromThedrum
1 month ago

How to react if a client pauses your marketing services

If your client pauses your services, it could mean that they're facing financial difficulty and by offering further collaboration, could potentially help the business - in the end, we're all going through this together. In terms of maintaining your relationship your team could offer consultancy at no extra cost.
London startup
fromTheregister
1 month ago

UK broadband outage data shows Scotland suffers the most

Scottish broadband subscribers experience the most service outages in the UK, while BT customers suffer the fewest disruptions across all providers.
World news
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

X suffers major outage weeks after similar collapse

X (formerly Twitter) experienced a global outage that prevented loading of the app and website, showing only the X logo and no posts.
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Power restored after thousands in Toronto affected by outages overnight | CBC News

Just after 8 p.m. Saturday, approximately 13,000 customers were impacted by a large power outage in the city's east end and Beaches neighbourhood, according to Toronto Hydro's map. Videos on social media showed people and cars slowly moving down a blacked out road on the usually bustling and brightly lit Queen St. E.
Canada news
fromZDNET
2 months ago

The Verizon outage fallout continues: FCC opens direct line for your complaints

If you were affected by the Verizon outage earlier this month that took down the company's network for most of a day, the Federal Communications Commission wants to hear from you. In a document released earlier this week, the FCC explained that its Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau was officially investigating the outage and was seeking information from frustrated customers, particularly those who tried to call 911 or other public safety numbers but couldn't.
US news
World politics
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I mapped who profits when a country's internet gets shut down - it's never who you think - Silicon Canals

Internet shutdowns generate profit for corporate intermediaries, surveillance vendors, and geopolitical actors beyond the governments implementing them, creating a hidden political economy of disconnection.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Techie touched one box and the lights went out

A technician upgrading exam center infrastructure was blamed for a building-wide power outage that was actually caused by a grid failure coinciding with his UPS installation.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Facebook and some Meta business tools go down without reason

At the time of writing, UTC 21:40 on March 4th, The Register is unable to reach Facebook, which produces an error - "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly." - when we attempt to log in.
Social media marketing
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices

SAP released security updates for two critical vulnerabilities enabling arbitrary code execution: CVE-2019-17571 in Quotation Management Insurance and CVE-2026-27685 in NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Administration.
Software development
fromTheregister
2 months ago

GitHub appears to be struggling with one nine availability

GitHub experienced repeated outages and severe instability, including notification delays and Copilot failures, with uptime falling below 90% at one point in 2025.
#azure-outage
Miscellaneous
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Why you can't get a signal at festivals and sports matches

Modern sports stadiums require robust connectivity infrastructure to support fans, broadcasters, emergency services, and operational needs simultaneously.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

When Cloud Outages Ripple Across the Internet

Cloud infrastructure outages can disable identity authentication and authorization, creating hidden single points of failure that cause broad operational and security impacts.
Miscellaneous
fromTheregister
2 months ago

UK users say Oracle Cloud Infrastructure wobbled last week

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure experienced a London-region outage; users reported Fusion application disruptions while Oracle provided no public comment.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction

It was the time of Novell networks, RG58 cables, and bulky tower PCs. It was also a time before the telemarketer's IT department employed specialists. Carter and his two colleagues - boss Mike and part-time student Stefan - therefore handled tasks ranging from programming to support, and everything in between.
Software development
Tech industry
fromTheregister
2 months ago

X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load

Major outage on X is preventing user timelines from loading worldwide despite status page reporting all systems operational.
Information security
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server

A technician wearing a wedding ring shorted a server board, causing an outage, briefly concealed the failure, and service resumed after an unexpected reboot.
fromTESLARATI
2 months ago

Elon Musk's X sees outage on Monday as users report issues

X experienced an outage on Monday morning, with tens of thousands of users reporting that the platform failed to load across both desktop and mobile. The disruption began around 8:02 a.m. ET, as per Downdetector data, and quickly escalated in the U.S. and U.K. Monday's outage follows a similar issue that befell the social media platform in mid-January. Shortly after 8 a.m. ET, Downdetector showed a sharp rise in incident reports.
Tech industry
Tech industry
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems

Amazon experienced a significant outage affecting over 20,000 users, with primary issues at checkout, on mobile apps, and product pages.
#cyberwarfare
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Musk's social media platform suffers worldwide outage - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Elon Musk's social media platform experienced a global outage today, leaving millions of users unable to access the service for several hours. The disruption affected users across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions, prompting widespread frustration and speculation about the cause. According to reports from users on other platforms, attempts to log in or refresh feeds resulted in error messages or blank screens.
Tech industry
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

Organizations Urged to Replace Discontinued Edge Devices

End-of-support edge devices create major security risks and must be identified and replaced promptly to prevent exploitation by state-sponsored threat actors.
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