38 h. ago X down – latest: Twitter and Grok not working in another major outage

Technical issues come amid widespread criticism of Elon Musk’s platform

Politics

39 h. ago X down as Elon Musk's Twitter site suffers massive global outage after Grok scandal

Twitter, recently renamed X under new owner Elon Musk, has been hit by a major global outage that has left millions of users struggling to access the social media platform

Technology

56 h. ago Public sceptical over new Grok safeguards as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent asked the public how artificial intelligence should be regulated, as Elon Musk’s X introduced new safeguards on its AI chatbot Grok following pressure from UK regulators.

Events

3 d. ago Verizon suffers major outage as thousands of users say phones switched to SOS mode

More than 46,000 people have reported having connectivity problems with their Verizon devices, according to Down Detector

Politics

4 d. ago Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately

Kerry McCarthy said X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children

Politics

5 d. ago Grok: What is Elon Musk's controversial AI and why could it be banned in the UK?

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is under investigation after being used to create sexualised images

Events

5 d. ago Trello outage LIVE: 100s of users of popular workflow tool are receiving error message

Trello users are being met with error messages that state: “We're having trouble loading this board. Check your connection and try refreshing the page” in a major outage

Politics

5 d. ago Trello down as hundreds of people worldwide unable to access vital system

Trello is essentially a digital whiteboard for organising and millions of tech-reliant workers are struggling this morning due to a major outage of the software

Politics

6 d. ago All flights to major UK airport are suspended with customers warned of four

A HUGE power outage has caused severe delays and flight diversions at a major UK airport. Birmingham Airport has had to halt all arrivals and delay flights, causing disruption for hundreds of holidaymakers. The National Air Traffic Service has apologised for the disruption explaining that poor weather conditions caused the power outage. This comes after...

Events

8 d. ago Irish minister deactivates X account over Grok sexual deepfake controversy

The minister deactivated his account on Friday

Politics

9 d. ago Elon Musk's ex loses Twitter blue tick after slagging off his perv chatbot Grok

Ashley St Clair had hit out at Elon Musk's X after its artificial intelligence chatbot was used to create deepfake sexualised images of her by manipulating real pictures

Technology

9 d. ago Love Island's Maya Jama demands Grok to stop generating explicit AI images of her

Love Island host Maya Jama has been faced with disturbing AI pictures of herself without clothes on, which prompted the ITV star to reach out to X/Twitter's Grok directly

Politics

1 week ago Calls to boycott X as Grok AI feature lets users digitally undress women

MP Charlotte Nichols said there was ‘no justification’ for the government to continue using the social media platform

Politics

2 w. ago Major gas outage leaves families without heating amidst Met Office amber cold alert

The gas outage in Salcombe, Kinsbridge and Malborough comes as the UK was plunged into a deep freeze with all parts of England being issued with an amber health alert as temperatures drop to freezing

Society

2 w. ago Major power outage in the Channel Tunnel throws thousands of Brits' NYE plans into chaos: Passengers stranded as Eurostar axes all services and drivers stuck in three hour queues

Eurostar suspended all trains between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels until further notice due to the issue which was compounded by a failed Le Shuttle train.

Events

4 w. ago Microsoft Teams down LIVE as Office 365 platform suffers major outage

Thousands of users have reported issues with Microsoft Teams today, with reports of issues with the Office 365 platform flooding into DownDetector

Society