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ILLINOIS (WCIA) — With a winter storm blanketing much of Southern and Central Illinois, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is offering tips for residents who find themselves without power. As of Sunday night, most of the power outages were concentrated in Southern Illinois. In Central Illinois, around 50 residents just north of Chatham lost power […]
Leaders and execs are preparing for “when” the next major IT disruption will occur 83% of businesses were caught off guard by CrowdStrike 2024 outage More than half of IT leaders now see preparation as an ongoing effort Business leaders are preparing for the next big outage as we head into 2025, new research by […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday. Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were “investigating the matter.” He said the interruption would not […]
Imagine starting your day with a page about elevated exceptions, diving into Datadog, and uncovering a lurking 32-bit integer limit in one of the most critical parts of your app’s data model. Well, that’s what happened during a particularly chaotic, and unusual, outage for Intercom. What followed was a five-hour marathon incident response involving monkey patches, […]
(NEXSTAR) — Meta users reported widespread issues with the company’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads on Wednesday. User-reported issues for Facebook alone topped 90,000 on Downdetector as of 12:30 p.m. CT. Outage reports for Instagram had exceeded 60,000, while about 11,000 were reported on Messenger and WhatsApp. The leading complaints for […]
Update, 2:11 p.m.: SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Power has been restored in the area of 2100 South State Street. The outage was caused by wildlife entering an electrical transformer box in the area, officials said. No further information is available at this time. Original Story: SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Over 4,800 customers are […]
Saturday, November 30, 2024 12:58PM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A power outage at Philadelphia International Airport is impacting some flights Saturday morning. The airport says it is contained to Terminal D. Any passengers traveling to or from PHL on United, Delta, JetBlue, Air Canada or Alaska Air are asked to check with their airline for the […]
(NEXSTAR) — On Monday, many Outlook users signed on to start their week only to encounter problems with Microsoft services like Outlook and Teams. User reports on Downdetector show issues with Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft Store began around 5 a.m. ET on Monday. In a series of posts to X, the Microsoft […]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 12:10PM Verizon Fios customers report internet service issues in Philadelpha, Mid-Atlantic regionVerizon customers are complaining about a widespread internet outage across the Philadelphia area and much of the Mid-Atlantic region. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Verizon customers were reporting widespread internet outages across the Philadelphia area and much of the Mid-Atlantic region, down […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s capital was largely paralyzed on Monday and the rest of the island braced for the fourth night of a massive blackout that has generated a handful of small protests and a stern government warning that any unrest will be punished. Hurricane Oscar was crossing the island’s eastern coast with winds and […]