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Chaos online as Cloudflare outage crashes dozens of major websites
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (274+ words) Cloudflare has experienced a massive outage, knocking dozens of major websites offline worldwide. The online service provides security, performance and routing, helping to connect users to platforms. When Cloudflare experiences outages, large parts of the internet can be disrupted. Issues…...
The upstart social media start-up that rewards real content with real money
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) As a nation, we stare at our phones " mostly social media " for three hours and 21 minutes per day, on average; a significant investment. And what do we get in return? Depleted attention spans, the exploitation of our personal data, a…...
Elon Musk’s X suffers worldwide outage affecting millions of users
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) Elon Musk's X suffered a major glitch on Monday as users around the world found themselves unable to use the social media platform formally known as Twitter. The problem emerged early on Monday afternoon and was preventing people from seeing…...
X outage hits thousands of social media platform users
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (253+ words) X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, crashed on Monday hitting thousands of users. The platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk was hit by a global outage early in the afternoon but was restored after around two hours. The…...
If you message me using ChatGPT, don't expect me to respond — ever
1+ week, 1+ day ago (487+ words) Do you have smart friends? I'd like to think that I do. They work in a range of professions, some traditional (teacher, doctor), some creative (music agent, graphic designer) and some that I will never truly understand, so I just…...
Third of children who use AI chatbots consider tech to be a ‘friend’
1+ week, 3+ day ago (688+ words) Almost a third of children who use AI chatbots say they would describe the technology as like one of their friends, a survey suggests. AI chatbots are becoming part of daily life for young people, with 81% of children aged between…...
Apple’s spyware warning explained and why restarting your iPhone still matters
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (572+ words) iPhone users are once again being warned and this one is hard to ignore. If your device is not running the latest version of iOS, you could now be vulnerable to new spyware attacks targeting its devices. If you haven't…...
What is Cowork? Anthropic lets you assign actual work to AI
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (512+ words) Anthropic has launched Cowork, a new desktop agent designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Cowork can read, edit and re-organise files, taking on many of same tasks Claude Code can, but in a more "approachable" form. It…...
Cyber attacks: 2025 the âtipping pointâ as JLR and M&S incidents highlight risks
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (936+ words) Cyber attacks came to prominence in 2025 with a handful of major incidents that cost big British businesses dearly. Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer and Harrods were some of the biggest firms to be targeted this year. The scale of the…...
Has YouTube gone down? Thousands of outages reported
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (234+ words) Thousands of people have reported that video site YouTube was not working on Friday afternoon. Downdetector, which allows internet users to self-report when a website isn't working, recorded 265 reports in the UK of the site being down at 12pm. But this…...