Is Verizon down? Users report widespread network outages in multiple US cities—What does SOS mean on your phone?

Various users took to social media and flagged Telecom operator Verizon Communications’ network being down in Chicago, Florida and other US cities. Around 1:11 pm ET, over 130,000 users reported problems with Verizon’s services, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector, which monitors outages by gathering status updates from various sources, including user-submitted reports on its platform….

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‘Tweeting on Twitter about Twitter being down’: Memes, reactions flood social media as thousands report X outage

Thousands of users in India and abroad reported problems accessing X on Tuesday evening, triggering a wave of memes and reactions across social media as the platform experienced a brief outage. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, more than 2,000 users in India flagged issues around 7.43pm IST. Data showed that nearly half of the affected…

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AWS Christmas outage? Gamers report ART00004 errors on ARC Raiders and Fortnite – what it is and how to fix it

Gamers across multiple platforms experienced major disruptions on Christmas Eve as ARC Raiders and Fortnite went offline, with thousands unable to access game servers. Players on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox reported encountering the ART00004 Network Timeout error, signaling problems connecting to backend services. According to Downdetector, a monitoring platform for online outages, around 35,000…

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