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2025-03-11

What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?


Social media platform X was hit by a series of outages yesterday in what its owner Elon Musk has called a “massive cyberattack” stemming from Ukraine. Analysts believe the disruption was caused by botnets — but finding the culprits will be a tall order.   The outages began at around 14:00 CET and lasted for most of the afternoon, trailing off at around 18:00, according to Down Detector. While the outages appeared to have flatlined overnight, there was an uptick in reports of downtime starting from 08:00AM today up until the time of writing. “We [...]

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2025-05-23

X is recovering after a data center outage

X seems to finally be recovering from a data center outage that brought down the site for some users Thursday and caused lingering issues into Friday. According to posts on the company's develope [...]

Match Score: 101.96

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2025-05-29

Elon Musk leaves DOGE amid tanking Tesla sales

Elon Musk has left his role as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank Pres [...]

Match Score: 99.74

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2025-01-15

SEC lawsuit claims Musk gained over $150 million by delaying Twitter stake disclosure

After a more than two-year investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Elon Musk over his delayed disclosure of the Twitter stock he amassed before announcing his intention to acqui [...]

Match Score: 75.67

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2025-04-10

OpenAI files countersuit against Elon Musk's 'bad faith' attacks

OpenAI has filed a countersuit against Elon Musk, accusing him of staging press attacks and malicious campaigns on "the social media platform he controls," as well as of making "harassi [...]

Match Score: 68.14

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2025-04-28

There’s a massive power outage cross Spain, Portugal and parts of France

Spain, Portugal and parts of France have experienced a massive power outage. The interruption of service extends to the capital cities Madrid and Lisbon, both of which have been left without electrici [...]

Match Score: 67.62

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2025-02-04

Reddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had ‘broken the law’

Reddit has temporarily banned the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk complained about the community. The subreddit is currently inaccessible with a message from Reddit stating that the com [...]

Match Score: 65.35

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2025-05-22

X is experiencing a data center outage

If you had trouble using X today, you're not alone. DownDetector reports that over 5,000 people have reported issues accessing the social media platform as of 4PM ET. X's official Engineerin [...]

Match Score: 64.89

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2025-03-05

Court denies Elon Musk's attempt to block OpenAI's for-profit transformation

US federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has denied Elon Musk's request for an injunction that would have immediately stopped OpenAI's conversion into a for-profit entity. Musk filed for an i [...]

Match Score: 58.47

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2025-03-10

4 European satellite firms are vying to replace Starlink in Ukraine

EU governments are in talks with four European satellite firms about providing a back-up service for Starlink in Ukraine, as the region pushes to boost tech sovereignty amid mounting transatlantic ten [...]

Match Score: 55.31