ChatGPT Down for Many Users as OpenAI Faces Major Outage

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Laurent Giret / thurrott - YouTube has quietly pushed an update to its mobile website to block background playback on some third-party web browsers, but Brave has already found a workaround.The post YouTube Blocks Background Play on Mobile Web Browsers, But Brave is Resisting appea…

#techpolicy #mobile #google #browsers #youtube #business #internet #apps #ux

YouTube’s War on Workarounds: Background Audio is the Next Target

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YouTube Kills Background Playback on Third-Party Mobile Browsers

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YouTube Blocks Background Play on Mobile Web Browsers, But Brave is Resisting

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Software Stocks Post Worst Month Since 2008 as AI Fears Spread to Loan Markets

4 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers

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TikTok outage is resolved now

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok said on Sunday it has restored service following a week of technical outages caused by a winter storm at an Oracle-operated data center. The disruptions impacted core features for TikTok’s 220 million U.S. users and occurred as the platform finaliz…

#climate #cloud #business #datacenter #internet #tiktok #bytedance #technology

US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down

4 wks / theregister / Dan Robinson

TikTok says it's 'back to normal' after winter storm-related outages

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TikTok outage is resolved now

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TikTok says its services are restored after the outage

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India Proposes 20-Year Tax Holiday for Cloud Companies

PYMNTS / pymnts - India is reportedly offering foreign cloud companies a 20-year tax amnesty for building data centers there. The proposal, announced Sunday (Feb 1) by India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and flagged in a report by TechCrunch, would give companies a…

#cloud #digitaltransformation #techpolicy #government #business #datacenter #internet #india #economy

Claude Bends Reality. India Bends Tax Law.

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India Offers Foreign Cloud Firms Zero Tax Through 2047 to Capture Global AI Workloads

4 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

India Proposes 20-Year Tax Holiday for Cloud Companies

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India dangles 20-year tax holiday for clouds that serve offshore users

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'Encrypt it already' campaign challenges big tech to keep your data secure

appleinsider - The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new advocacy initiative directly targeting Apple, Google, and other tech giants to demand broader adoption of data encryption and more transparent privacy controls.Encrypt it AlreadyThe campaign is known a…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #google #internet #privacy #technology #encryption #digitalprivacy

EFF Pushes Apple to Encrypt RCS Messages in ‘Encrypt It Already’ Campaign

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

EFF’s “Encrypt It Already” campaign puts pressure on Apple and big tech

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It’s not just Grok: Apple and Google app stores are infested with nudifying AI apps

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'Encrypt it already' campaign challenges big tech to keep your data secure

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Called Out in New 'Encrypt It Already' Campaign

5 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Electronic Frontier Foundation calls for stronger privacy with Encrypt It Already campaign

5 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Comcast Keeps Losing Customers Despite Price Guarantee, Unlimited Data

BeauHD / slashdot - Comcast's attempt to slow broadband customer losses still isn't stopping the bleeding as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensifies. In Q4 2025 alone, Comcast lost 181,000 broadband subscribers, even as it leans harder into wireless bundling and oth…

#business #broadband #internet #us #wireless #pricing #technology #telecommunications

Comcast Keeps Losing Customers Despite Price Guarantee, Unlimited Data

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Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data | Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses. It isn’t working yet.

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Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company

Jay Peters / theverge - SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publica…

#ai #space #business #aerospace #internet #acquisitions #telecommunications #xai #elonmusk #satellite

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Apple and Nvidia considering Intel for 2028 chip production, report claims — non-core products may be outsourced, driven by tariffs and geopolitical concerns

tomshardware - Apple and Nvidia are reportedly working with Intel to produce some of their products in the U.S., but it is an open question which of their products Intel can actually make.

#ai #genai #business #internet #apps #ux #media #technology #assistant

Apple and Nvidia considering Intel for 2028 chip production, report claims — non-core products may be outsourced, driven by tariffs and geopolitical concerns

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Yahoo launches Scout beta to bring conversational AI to its 250 million users

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New Yahoo Scout AI Search Delivers The Classic Search Flavor People Miss via @sejournal, @martinibuster

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

Chris Hauk / idropnews - TikTok’s transition to US ownership hits a crisis as server outages, censorship claims over a Minneapolis shooting, and a Gavin Newsom probe drive users to UpScrolled.Read More...

#techpolicy #business #internet #us #apps #tiktok #bytedance #censorship #contentmoderation

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Censorship claims and content suppression

Users blast TikTok for ‘censoring’ Minneapolis shooting videos

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TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say | TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.

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TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say

5 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok faces slew of censorship claims and glitches days after ownership change

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

5 wks / idropnews / Chris Hauk

TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553

California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of the current American president

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Technical outages and infrastructure hiccups

TikTok in the USA so far: Outages and outrage

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TikTok says it’s still working to recover its U.S. infrastructure

5 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

U.S. ownership and political influence

What you should know about the owners of US TikTok

5 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

TikTok Already Getting Shittier Under The Ownership Of President's Billionaire Buddies

5 wks / reddit / /u/StraightedgexLiberal

TikTok users panic over the app’s 'immigration data' collection policy, but the wording isn't new

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User exodus to alternative platforms

Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives

5 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

UpScrolled and Skylight rising: Users race to TikTok alternatives after U.S. takeover

5 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

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Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives https://gizmodo.com/looks-like-american-tiktoks-problems-are-sending-users-flocking-to-alternatives-2000714286

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ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to

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Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month

Emma Roth / theverge - Pornhub will soon begin restricting UK users from accessing its website in response to the country's "failed" online safety regulations, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The site's owner, Aylo, says it will block users who haven't already verified…

#techpolicy #uk #internet #law #media #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalid #safety #digitalprivacy

Pornhub will become unavailable for many UK users as of February 2

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Pornhub will block new UK users starting next week, describing the Online Safety Act as a "flawed system."

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What do you make of pornhub pulling out of the UK? Age Verification not worth the expense? www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...

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Welp get ready for another BBC article about VPNs again: www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...

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If you live in the UK, you probably won’t be able to visit Pornhub anymore

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Pornhub Will Block New UK Users Starting Next Week to Protest ‘Flawed’ ID Law

5 wks / wired / Manisha Krishnan

Pornhub to restrict access for UK users from February

5 wks / bbc

Pornhub will soon be blocked for UK users — unless they take one step

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Many UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access Pornhub

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EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok

Mels Dees / techzine - The European Union has launched a formal investigation into social media platform X for possible violations of European legislation on illegal and harmful content. The investigation was prompted by public outrage after manipulated, sexually suggestive ima…

#techpolicy #social #internet #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #eu #regulation

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EU Probe: Oversight of Grok AI Failures (3)
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Child Safety and Legal Crackdowns

The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun

5 wks / wired / Maddy Varner, Manisha Krishnan

‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

EU Probe: Oversight of Grok AI Failures

EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok

5 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

EU launches DSA probe into X over Grok AI undressing fiasco

5 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

EU Investigates X Over Alleged Failures to Curb Illegal Grok AI Content

5 wks / decrypt / Vismaya V

Nonconsensual Nudification Trends

Dozens of nudify apps found on Google and Apple’s app stores

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What It’s Like to Get Undressed by Grok

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On Friday, a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general published an open letter to xAI demanding it “immediately take all available additional steps to protect the public … especially the women and girls who are the overwhelming target.”

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The letter comes amid an international wave of regulator attention on Grok users creating intimate deepfake images of people without their consent, as well as sexualized images of children.

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A recent report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that during an 11-day period starting on December 29, Grok’s account on X generated around 3 million photorealistic sexualized images, including around 23,000 sexualized images of child

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The open letter from attorneys general, which cited WIRED’s reporting, said that Grok’s ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery has been used as a “selling point” by xAI. Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-st...

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The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun. At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/the-s

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New from @regret.bsky.social and me: 35 state and territory AGs signed a letter demanding xAI remove all nonconsensual sexual images created by Grok and arguing that the company is treating them as a "selling point." www.wired.com/story/the-st..

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“Women are being asked to give up their bodies whenever they post a photo of themselves now.”

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The EU has launched a new investigation into X to probe whether the Elon Musk-owned social media site properly assessed and mitigated risks stemming with its in-platform AI chatbot Grok.

5 wks / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.

#cloud #mobile #business #datacenter #internet #us #tiktok #bytedance #ux #bugs

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Data center outage impact

TikTok blames data center outages for U.S. app problems, denies censorship claims

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All the ways TikTok is broken: here’s what’s real and what’s not

5 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

TikTok apologises after thousands in US report issues

5 wks / bbc

TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

TikTok says a power outage is causing issues with the app in the US

5 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership

5 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

TikTok USA is broken

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US ownership tensions and censorship

New TikTok US joint venture faces first major technical crisis

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

5 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes

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US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day

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TikTok is shaky after US ownership shift, reigniting censorship debate

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can… data center outages… be this specific…? www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/t...

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“CNBC confirmed that messages containing the word "Epstein" triggered an error message Leavitt shared a screenshot of videos on his profile that had been flagged as "Ineligible for Recommendation," and claimed TikTok had begun censori

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TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes

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The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.

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Image post - please click to view at origin

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very innovative

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Your browser already runs hostile code. Could it sandbox AI agents too?

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Google's Paul Kinlan argues browsers' 30-year security model could sandbox AI agents without container overhead. Here's how Co-do proves the concept.

#ai #cybersecurity #ml #dataprivacy #google #browsers #aiethics #genai #internet #safety

When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype

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Your browser already runs hostile code. Could it sandbox AI agents too?

5 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

The browser is the sandbox

5 wks / ycombinator

the browser is the sandbox

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Gmail’s spam filter and automatic sorting are broken

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - Some Gmail users have noticed that promotional emails that normally go to their own siloed tab have started flooding their inbox. Reports have been hitting the Google forums and Reddit that messages are bypassing the Updates and Promotional filters and go…

#cloud #google #alphabet #internet #apps #ux #performance #bugs #delivery #algorithm

Gmail Spam Filter Breaks, Flooding 1.8B Users’ Inboxes

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google resolves widespread Gmail issue that flooded primary inboxes

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

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Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

5 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Google says it's working to fix Gmail issue that's led to flooded inboxes and increased spam warnings

5 wks / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

Gmail’s spam filter and automatic sorting are broken

5 wks / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

It's not you: Gmail is glitching this weekend, and spam filters are slipping

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Gmail Spam Detection Down

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Gemini’s Nifty Gateway to shut down on Feb. 26 after pioneering NFT art boom

Zack Abrams / theblock - Users with NFTs on the Nifty Gateway platform are being urged to withdraw their artwork before the platform shutters on February 23.

#blockchain #business #internet #culture #media #technology #wallet #crypto

Gemini’s Nifty Gateway to shut down on Feb. 26 after pioneering NFT art boom

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One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down

5 wks / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

Bezos' Blue Origin announces satellite rival to Musk's Starlink

bbc - Blue Origin will be focused on businesses and governments, while Starlink also offers services to individual customers.

#business #aerospace #blueorigin #broadband #internet #bezos #telecommunications #elonmusk #satellite #starlink

Blue Origin joins the satellite internet race with its 6 Tbps TeraWave network

6 wks / digitaltrends

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is taking on the likes of SpaceX and Amazon by joining the satellite internet service race. The new network, called TeraWave is expected to deliver speeds of up to 6Tbps.

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Blue Origin to launch satellite network to rival Starlink

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Blue Origin focuses on fast satellite network with TeraWave

6 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Blue Origin launches new satellite internet service called TeraWave

6 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Blue Origin unveils TeraWave satellite network for 6 Tbps data speeds

6 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Blue Origin to build TeraWave constellations

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Blue Origin's Satellite Internet Network TeraWave Will Move Data At 6 Tbps

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Bezos' Blue Origin announces satellite rival to Musk's Starlink

6 wks / bbc

Blue Origin to take on Starlink with ultra-high-speed satellite network TeraWave

6 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Blue Origin’s Starlink rival TeraWave promises 6 terabit satellite internet

6 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site

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U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site

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Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply | WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.

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Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors

tomshardware - Wikipedia is 25. Founded on this day in 2001, this community contributor driven site has convincingly usurped what were once the default general reference works of choice, like Encyclopædia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta.

#opensource #elearning #internet #globalism #culture #wikipedia #community #media #technology

Wikipedia turns 25, still boasting zero ads and over 7 billion visitors per month despite the rise of AI and threats of government repression

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Wikipedia is now 25 years old www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... #wikipedia #retrocomputing #internet

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Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors

6 wks / tomshardware

After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news

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Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike | Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

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#cloud #saas #enterprise #techsupport #business #internet #pricing #productivity

Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike | Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

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Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike

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X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - It's not just you: X is down right now for many users across the iPhone, web, and other platforms.The social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is failing to display posts due the outage. It is unclear how long the issues will last.Not everyone is…