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X recovers from intermittent outage on January 16
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The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, experienced an intermittent outage starting around 7 a.m. PT on January 16, 2026, affecting users worldwide and its AI chatbot Grok. Reports spiked on Downdetector, with issues lingering for several hours before full resolution by early afternoon.
TikTok has returned to normal operations in the US following outages linked to a winter storm that knocked out an Oracle data center. The disruptions began on January 26, affecting users with bugs and display errors, amid recent changes in the app's ownership. The company apologized to its community for the inconvenience.
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GameStop's website and app experienced a significant outage on January 21, 2026, affecting numerous users. The service is now back online, resolving the issue that prevented access for many. TechRadar reports that those unable to load the site or app were not alone during the disruption.
ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot, experienced an outage affecting some free users on October 30, 2025. TechRadar reported on the issues, providing key details for users. The disruption highlights ongoing challenges with AI service reliability.
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Microsoft's Azure cloud platform experienced a major outage on October 29, 2025, affecting services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft starting around noon Eastern time. The company attributed the disruption to an inadvertent configuration change. This incident marks the second significant cloud failure in less than two weeks, underscoring vulnerabilities in the digital infrastructure.
An outage at Amazon Web Services on Monday affected over 28 services, knocking out popular apps, delaying flights, and halting business operations for millions. The disruption, rooted in a DNS resolution issue at AWS's oldest US data center, was resolved by afternoon but highlighted the internet's fragility. Educational platforms like Canvas also failed, impacting college students across the US.
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A recent Vodafone outage has left customers seeking compensation details and explanations for the disruption. Experts are weighing in on the fallout from the incident. The story continues to develop as reported by TechRadar.