O2 is today (Friday) warning of a new phishing scam in which fraudsters pose as the telecoms company and claim customers’ SIM cards are about to expire. As part of the scam, Brits are directed to a ...

This story has been updated to include new information. Hundreds of thousands of users are reporting issues accessing Facebook today, June 12. So what is the status of Facebook, and its sibling Meta ...

Facebook and Instagram experienced major outages on June 12, 2026. Down Detector, used to track such outages, also went down during the disruptions. “We’re aware people are currently having trouble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people check Down Detector to see if Facebook, Instagram and other popular social media platforms are "down." (Facebook and ...

Are you trying to use Slack right now? Well, you might be running into issues. As of 9:35 a.m. Monday, May 11, there are more than 700 reports on downdetector.com with users reporting issues. The ...

Fresh mulch transforms a yard in a single afternoon. Garden beds suddenly look polished, weeds shrink back, and plants pop against that rich blanket of bark or wood chips. Unfortunately, many ...

I’ve been writing about smoke detectors for a few years. That often involves researching fire statistics, so when I see something like the fact that the death rate from a fire is 60 percent lower in ...

Reddit users aren't happy. For the second time today, some users are experiecing outages on the popular website. Downdetector reports that Reddit users are mostly having problems accessing the app, ...

Two detectorists recently uncovered real-life treasure in a Norwegian field: thousands of coins dating back to the Viking Age. The discovery began when the two private men found 19 silver coins on ...