Tag Archives: Outage

Reddit, a popular social news aggregation and discussion platform, has suffered a second significant outage within 24 hours, impacting thousands of users across the United States. The issue was tracked by Downdetector, which reported over 70,000 outage reports, primarily from Reddit users in the US. The outage left many unable to access both the website and mobile app, disrupting the usual activity on the platform.

Microsoft is grappling with another significant outage just weeks after a global IT meltdown caused by a problematic update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. On Tuesday, the tech giant reported widespread disruptions affecting several Microsoft 365 services, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This comes less than two weeks after a prior global outage, highlighting ongoing challenges in Microsoft's network infrastructure.

Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms Inc., faced a widespread outage affecting thousands of users globally. According to reports from the outage tracking website Downdetector, over 18,000 users reported issues accessing Instagram during the outage period.

Instagram, owned by Meta, experienced a significant outage with several users reporting problems accessing the app, feeds, and direct messages. As the outage continued for some users, neither Instagram nor its parent company Meta has released an official statement addressing the issue.