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Update, 6:39 p.m. ET: It looks like the issue has been resolved, as outage reports on X and Downdetector are now trending downward. The original post follows below.
As multiple users report that Facebook is currently down, data suggests the outage may also be affecting other platforms owned by the company. Here are the details.
Earlier today, an Oracle outage disrupted the newly launched US version of TikTok, and the issue remains unresolved.
Now, Meta appears to be facing a similar issue
While Apple isn’t holding a traditional event for this week’s announcements, it’s releasing its usual product ads and promo videos. Here’s what’s been posted so far.
As usual, music plays a big part in most ads, except for the iPhone 17e promo video, which features a tongue-in-cheek narrator delivering the device’s highlights through short lines and rapid cuts.
While the M4 iPad Air video is by far the most striking, with uncannily creative
iOS 26 brought two brand new apps to the iPhone’s Home Screen, here’s how I’m using one of them: the Preview app.
Apple has launched a lot of new products this week , but as often happens, those introductions also mean discontinuations of existing products. Here are seven Apple products that have been discontinued this week.
As , US TikTok is experiencing renewed service issues after a second Oracle outage in just over a month, with users facing delays and lag while posting content. Here are the details.
According to the TikTok USDS Joint Venture account on X, “an issue with an Oracle data center is impacting some parts of the TikTok U.S. user experience.”
Vibe coding is becoming voice coding with Anthropic’s latest Claude Code feature rollout.
Starting today, Anthropic is rolling out voice mode as a feature of Claude Code.
Voice mode is activated within Claude
Apple is attending this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in an official capacity with three presentations on the calendar for March 11.
The GDC Festival of Gaming is happening in San Francisco next week, and Apple will be putting on three lectures.
GDC 2026 attendees can see the complete schedule of Apple-presented events .
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Apple unveiled two Mac displays today: a new Studio Display and a Studio Display XDR . Here’s everything that’s different (and the same) between the two models.
Apple announced the all-new Studio Display XDR today, and it has several key upgrades over the basic Studio Display, including a 120Hz refresh rate.
However, you’ll need a newer Mac to take advantage of that higher refresh rate. Here’s everything you need to know.
Apple that the Studio Display XDR is compatible with the following Macs powered by Apple Silicon: