2024-04-15. South Africa's membership-based Daily Maverick has shut down for a day - 15 April – to bring urgent attention to the emergency facing journalism around the world. It warns that the market failure has put independent journalism at risk of collapse, with effects that will be catastrophic.
Experts are now calling for the modernization of 911 systems after it went out due to a seemingly minor light pole installation.
A short Reddit outage hit the platform on Thursday, April 25, after users complained that they only received an error message when accessing the site.
A major 911 outage Wednesday showed the urgent need for increased modernization and regulation of the emergency system, experts in telecommunications and public safety told NBC News. On Thursday, Lumen Technologies, a telecommunications company based in Louisiana, said in a statement that "some customers in Nevada, South Dakota, and Nebraska experienced an outage due to a third-party company installing a light pole — unrelated to our services." The outage left millions in multiple states...
Some H&R Block customers who waited until the last day to file their taxes faced frustrating outages that began Sunday night, according to the company and Downdetector. The outage was resolved by Monday afternoon, the tax preparer’s support account posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Downdetector, which relies on self-submitted reports to track telecommunication and internet disruptions, reported the problems began around 9 pm ET on Sunday. At its peak, there were almost 1,700 outage...
The Twin Falls Police Department is warning residents of power outages throughout the area that are shutting down traffic lights at major intersections.
Edmonds Jewellers will soon be closing down on Daventry Road but will relocate to a former HSBC site in Kenilworth
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. In fighting it, one of our most important weapons was genomic surveillance, based on whole genome sequencing, which collects all the genetic data of a given microorganism. This powerful technology tracked the spread and evolution of the virus, helping to guide public health responses and the development of vaccines and treatments.
Elon Musk's X is back online following a more than one hour outage that plagued thousands of users worldwide. Issue reports cited problems with the website and app.
It would be the only shop in the area selling alcohol late at night if licensing permissions are given
SHOPPERS have been left devastated as a major supermarket with 820 stores in the UK is to shut a “little gem” branch in months. This is the latest store to bite the dust in a fresh wave
NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa through the record attempt that began []