Meta and other sites down across North America this morning
Meta and its associated sites were reportedly taken down this morning. Cyberint (Cyberint.com) reported that three threat actor groups – Skynet, Godzilla, and Anonymous Sudan – claimed that they had shut down Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Although reports surfaced as early as 10 am Eastern Time, Ookla’s Downdector site showed
Read moreHamilton confirms ransomware is behind cyber attack
Ransomware is behind the cyber attack on the city of Hamilton, Ont., the municipality’s city manager says. Marnie Cluckie told reporters Monday afternoon that the attack, which was detected the evening of Sunday, Feb. 25, was the result of ransomware. She wouldn’t say what strain of the malware the city
Read moreYouTube is experiencing outages too, site confirms
Several social media websites are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube confirmed that some users are having trouble loading videos on the platform; meanwhile, platforms like Discord and Meta’s Threads, Facebook and Instagram are down as well. According to a post on Google’s support page, users may be experiencing an
Read moreDiscord comes back online after widespread outage
Discord is back online after an outage this morning, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The outage came as Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads all went down this morning. YouTube has also confirmed that its service is having issues this morning too, and that it’s working on a fix. “This incident
Read moreTesla’s Berlin factory to shut down for days after suspected arson attack cuts power
Tesla’s factory outside Berlin, Germany will likely be shut down for days and cost the automaker more than $100 million, after a suspected arson attack on the local power grid. The fire didn’t spread to Tesla’s factory and nobody was harmed, though employees were evacuated. Thousands of residents in the
Read moreNew geospatial data startup streamlines satellite imagery visualization
These days we have a ton of geospatial data coming off the increasing numbers of satellites circling in our atmosphere, but it takes some serious processing power and engineering prowess to turn that data into something useful. A couple of former Uber engineers, Sina Kashuk and Isaac Brodsky, who helped
Read moreFacebook, Instagram and Threads are all down in massive Meta outage on Super Tuesday
Reports are coming in that a number of Meta’s top social apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as its new app Threads, are all experiencing an outage on Tuesday morning. When loading the apps or websites, users receive an error message that “something went wrong” and to try again
Read moreTop 5 Apps for Livestreaming the 2024 SA Elections
The 2024 elections are anticipated to be a momentous event in South Africa’s history, sparking interest and excitement both within the country and abroad. If you’re keen on staying updated with the latest news, updates, and election results as they unfold, you might be wondering how to livestream the elections
Read moreUbicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS
Using the large cloud computing providers is convenient, but not exactly cheap. Ubicloud, a new startup founded by the team behind Citus Data, which Microsoft acquired in 2019, wants to change the dynamics by offering a layer of core cloud computing services on top of affordable bare-metal servers from providers
Read moreEma, a ‘Universal AI employee’, emerges from stealth with $25M
Generative AI well and truly has a grip on public technology discourse these days. A new startup called Ema out of San Francisco thinks it’s a lot more than just a passing fancy. It’s emerging from stealth today, with a product of the same name, that it believes will open
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