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Instagram was down — here's what happened and who it affected
By Jason England last updated
Instagram was down, and temporarily affected users of the service on a desktop web browser. Here's what happened.

Snapchat went down in massive outage due to AWS — live recap of how events knocked the social media app offline
By Jeff Parsons last updated
Snapchat users are reporting a huge outage on the social media platform at the same time as Amazon's AWS service is experiencing huge problems.

Trump signs TikTok deal — live updates
By Dave LeClair last updated
Will this be a giant day for the future of vertial videos?

Instagram for iPad is finally available on the App Store — here's what's different
By Scott Younker published
Instagram finally made an app for your iPad. Here's how to get it

A new Facebook feature could secretly be scanning your phone's camera roll — here's how to turn it off
By Scott Younker published
Meta is testing a new Facebook feature that can scan your camera roll and all of your saved photos without you even knowing.

Instagram was down for some users — latest updates on outage
By Scott Younker last updated
The photo-sharing app Instagram appears to be down. Here's what's happening.

X was down for thousands — live updates on outage
By Tom Pritchard last updated
Thousands of people had issues with X (formerly Twitter) this morning, but it isn't clear what the cause of the temporary outage was.

Trump just gave TikTok an extension on ban — here's what we know
By Scott Younker published
TikTok will not be banned yet again as President Trump delays enforcement by another 90 days.
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