outage
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Downdetector, a outage tracking site, showed a surge in problem reports for Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp beginning just before 9:30 a.m.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Another technical problem caused a similar outage in December 2024.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The plant is the largest U.S. supplier of aluminum sheet for automakers, and its outage cost customers billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Rastin, who also studies computer science, told AP the end of the outage was "100% a positive thing".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Believing the outage was evidence of the Martian invasion, some townspeople packed up their families to escape into the mountains.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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