HSBC and Hang Seng Bank experienced a mobile banking outage on Monday morning, preventing customers from logging in. Services were largely restored by lunchtime, though some online functions remained temporarily unavailable.
Donald Trump will attend a G7 working session with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in France, but no bilateral meeting is scheduled. Meanwhile, Ukraine conducted drone attacks in Russia's Krasnodar and Volgograd regions, hitting a sea terminal and an oil station.
A homeowner shares their two-month experience with the EcoFlow PowerOcean home battery, detailing installation, performance, and cost savings. The system, costing £6,500 for a 6kW inverter and two 5kWh batteries, cut electricity bills in half, with an estimated six-year payback period. The author recommends maximizing capacity upfront and notes its value for EV tariffs, even without solar panels.
Robinhood users reported significant issues accessing the trading platform on Friday morning, coinciding with the initial public offering (IPO) of Elon Musk's company, SpaceX. Reports of outages spiked on downdetector.com, with users also experiencing crashes on Reddit and X. Robinhood acknowledged "intermittent issues" due to record traffic but some users reported ongoing problems.
A ship carrying nearly 100 tonnes of food and essential goods arrived in Cuba from Colombia on Friday. This aid comes as the US continues its energy embargo, with recent sanctions targeting Cuba's state-owned oil company and officials, exacerbating power outages and hindering humanitarian aid distribution.
Meta Platforms experienced a significant outage on Thursday evening, impacting Instagram and Facebook. Users reported issues accessing feeds, posting content, and loading apps, with Instagram seeing a sharp surge in complaints.
Meta's apps including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp experienced a widespread outage starting around 9 AM ET. Services began to recover by early afternoon, though some disruptions remained.
Thousands of users reported widespread issues accessing Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger on Friday morning, with over 100,000 complaints logged on Downdetector. Meta acknowledged the disruption, stating they were working to resolve the problem, which also affected their advertising platform.
Tornadoes and severe storms hit communities south of Chicago, causing extensive damage to homes and buildings, ripping off a high school roof, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. While no deaths were immediately reported from Thursday's storms, a man died in Iowa from a falling tree during earlier storms on Wednesday.
A fire in electrical equipment in Naedeok-dong, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, on May 11th caused a power outage affecting 240 households. KEPCO restored power by 8:12 PM and is investigating the cause, suspecting natural degradation of a switch.
A strike on Wednesday evening cut power to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, forcing it onto backup generators. The IAEA reported no radiation leak but warned of constant dangers. Ukraine also struck a Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar, injuring three.
A transformer fire in Cheongju's Naedeok-dong on May 11th caused a power outage in the area. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and Korea Electric Power Corporation is conducting restoration work, expected to take about 1.5 hours. The cause and extent of damage are under investigation.
Video streaming service ABEMA experienced a major system outage on June 10th from 18:16 to 22:33 JST, preventing users from watching any content for approximately 4 hours and 17 minutes. The service has since been restored, with plans to offer affected programs on-demand.
Video streaming service ABEMA experienced a major system outage from June 10th, 18:16 to 22:33 JST, preventing users from watching content for approximately 4 hours and 17 minutes. The disruption coincided with popular live programming, leading to user frustration.
The author reflects on South Africa's 2010 World Cup hosting experience, acknowledging the national pride and unity it fostered but concluding it didn't solve deep-seated structural issues. The event offered a glimpse of a better nation, not a cure.
Jamaica restored power to all affected customers after a rare islandwide blackout overnight, with Minister Daryl Vaz calling the situation 'unacceptable' and demanding a full report from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) within 24 hours.
Novorossiysk is experiencing an indefinite water outage after flooding affected artesian wells on the Troitsky group water pipeline near the Kuban River. Water supply has been reduced, with residents receiving cold water only for a few hours daily.
GMO Payment Gateway experienced a service outage on June 4th from around 11:59 AM to 00:52 PM JST, affecting multiple online services including "Demae-can" and "SUZURI". This follows several similar incidents in May, the cause of which is currently undisclosed.
Lloyds Banking Group apologized after an IT glitch prevented thousands of customers from making payments or sending money. The outage affected multiple brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows, and MBNA, raising concerns about customer protections.
A report found South East Water failed to communicate adequately with tens of thousands of customers during winter water outages in Kent and Sussex, leading to low satisfaction and loss of confidence in water safety and reliability.
Lloyds Banking Group experienced an outage affecting its app and online banking services on Wednesday. A spokesperson confirmed all services are now restored, apologizing for the inconvenience to its 26 million customers.
Lloyds Bank, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland experienced widespread outages affecting their app and online banking services, leaving millions of customers unable to access accounts or make transactions. The bank cited technical problems and a 503 error, apologizing for the disruption.
Residents of St. Petersburg have reported a mobile internet outage, with 2.9 thousand people complaining on Downdetector.su on June 3. The disruptions affected web services, mobile apps, and TV signals. President Putin previously explained such outages are for security, to prevent threats like terrorism.
Typhoon "Jangmi" swept across Japan, causing power outages for nearly 60,000 households, issuing evacuation alerts to over 370,000 people, and disrupting business and transportation. Major airlines canceled at least 92 international flights.
