November 16, 20240 Comments

Netflix down for thousands of users in United States, Downdetector says By Reuters

(Reuters) -Netflix was down for thousands of users in the United States late on Friday, with more than 12,000 incidents reported, outage tracking website Downdetector.com said. The reports come as Netflix (NASDAQ:) airs a much-anticipated live boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, that promises to draw high traffic to the platform. The number of users indicating problems had fallen to 5,114, by 9:21 p.m. ET, however, according to

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Málaga evacuates thousands as more flood alerts issued

Spain floods: Málaga street turns into river Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain as extreme rain and flooding drenches the area. National weather office Aemet has placed both Malaga and the northeastern Catalonia region on the highest alert for strong rain expected to last until Friday. The Malaga area, including the tourist resorts of Marbella, Velez and Estepona,

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November 11, 20240 Comments

China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings

It started as a social media quest for breakfast dumplings, but ended with thousands of cyclists bringing traffic gridlock between two cities in central China. What should have been a boost to the ancient city of Kaifeng’s economy backfired when the trend went viral – tens of thousands on rented bikes cycled through the night from nearby Zhenghou. A six-lane expressway between the two cities quickly filled with cyclists as

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November 9, 20240 Comments

OpenAI’s ChatGPT faces massive outage with thousands of users impacted By Reuters

(Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being unavailable. The company said in a statement on its website that it was investigating the issue and working to restore functionality as soon as possible. Over 19,403 users had been impacted by the outage as of 7:13 p.m. ET (0013 GMT on Saturday), according to outage tracking website

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November 8, 20240 Comments

Nissan to lay off thousands of workers as sales drop

Nissan has said it will lay off thousands of workers as it slashes global production to tackle a drop in sales in China and the US. The Japanese car making giant says it will cut 9,000 jobs around the world in a cost saving effort that will see its global production reduced by a fifth. Nissan did not immediately respond to a request from BBC News for details on where

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