Tens of thousands report Amazon outages

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - If you’ve been having issues with Amazon right now, you’re not alone. Since around 2:30 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 people reported outages on Downdetector. On the site, some people report being unable to sign in or view the correct prices, while others say…

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Google Now Shows You Which Android Apps Will Drain Your Battery

bgr - Google has revealed it will be changing how it notifies users about apps, and will now clearly identify apps that are using more of your battery than normal.

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NZXT Dredges Up H1 PCIe Riser Debacle to Reassure H2 Flow Buyers: "It Cannot Happen Again"

techpowerup - If you were in or around the PC building space in 2020, you'd have at least heard about the fire risk related to the PCIe riser cable on the original NZXT H1 mini ITX case, which eventually resulted in a recall and replacement PCIe riser kits being sent o…

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NVIDIA Pulls GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready Driver After Widespread Bug Reports

techpowerup - NVIDIA has officially pulled its latest GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready driver from the downloads page as user reports of stability issues continue to pile up. Reportedly, users are experiencing fan detection issues on their GPU coolers, with only a single…

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Microsoft Refreshes Secure Boot Certificates via Windows Update

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has announced it will deliver new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update starting March 2026 before 2011 certificates expire in June.The post Microsoft Refreshes Secure Boot Certificates via Windows Update appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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ChatGPT Down for Many Users as OpenAI Faces Major Outage

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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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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…

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The Day the Cell Towers Died

Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.

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Bose made the consumer friendly move to open source its SoundTouch speakers

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers. This will, in effect, turn the smart speakers into dumb speakers as they will no longer have access to many features and any related software updates. Well,…

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No, It’s Not Just You – Steam Is Currently Down, Website and Store Pages Offline [Update]

David Carcasole / wccftech - Update 24/12/2025 3:36 pm EST - The Steam store and website are back online. Altogether, the store was only offline for a little over an hour. You can go back to redeeming those gift cards and squeezing every cent out of them during the Winter Sale. That …

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Locked out: How a gift card purchase destroyed an Apple account

appleinsider - The locking of an Apple Account and the difficulty one loyal Apple customer has experienced in regaining access is a stark reminder to be vigilant when buying gift cards for the holidays.A selection of Apple Gift Card designs - Image Credit: AppleWhile ho…

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Apple TV and Apple Music are down for some users

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Apple Music and Apple TV are experiencing an outage, according to Apple’s System Status page. The outage was logged on Apple’s own system at around 2:53PM ET, and is currently affecting both of the company’s streaming services, along with Apple TV’s Chann…

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David Lerner, Co-Founder of Tekserve, Dies at 72

John Gruber / nytimes - Sam Roberts, reporting for The New York Times: David Lerner, a high school dropout and self-taught computer geekwhose funky foothold in New York’s Flatiron district, Tekserve,was for decades a beloved discount mecca for Apple customersdesperate to retriev…

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For the Steam Machine to change PC gaming, Valve must solve Linux's anti-cheat problem

engadget - Following months of rumors, Valve finally announced the new Steam Machine earlier this week. And while I might question the company's decision to ship a system with only 8GB of VRAM in 2026, I believe the "Gabecube" will do more for PC gaming than anythin…

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Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue

Laurent Giret / thurrott - The optional October preview update for Windows 11 comes with an unexpected Task Manager duplication bug that may slow down PCs.The post Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Some iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air Users Experiencing Intermittent Wi-Fi Issue

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple's latest iPhone models launched on Friday, and some early adopters of the devices are experiencing intermittent Wi-Fi issues.Affected customers say Wi-Fi connectivity periodically cuts out on the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPho…

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Microsoft says recent updates cause DRM video playback issues

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft has confirmed a known issue that prevents some apps from playing Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected video content or displaying and recording live TV. [...]

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Why Your MacBook Won't Install The Latest macOS (And How To Fix It)

bgr - Planning to update your Mac to the latest version of macOS, but facing errors along the way? Here are some quick and easy ways to fix the problem.

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