Weekend plans in ruins after WhatsApp goes down

Tens of thousands of people have reported problems (Picture: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/Shutte) WhatsApp has crashed just as Brits are making…

Skype to shut down forever after 14 years

The chat service’s jingle when receiving a call is well-known (Picture: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/Shutte) Skype, the video calling service used…

Can you still see the rare planetary parade alignment in the sky tonight?

This kind of family reunion won’t happen again for 15 years (Picture: Getty) Some people say that good things only…

Payday woes for thousands after six banks hit by outages

Nearly 900 Nationwide customers said they were seeing issues with mobile banking this morning (Picture: Shutterstock/Ben Molyneux) Nationwide, Lloyds, Halifax,…

Instagram users shown gory and violent content following Meta ‘error’

The posts were often tagged as ‘sensitive content’ by Instagram (Picture: Instagram) Instagram users worldwide were flooded with violent and…

Slack is down for thousands of people and nobody can do any work

Slack is used by workers across the globe (Picture: Photothek via Getty Images) For those of you still working across…

iPhone glitch sees ‘Trump’ appear as ‘racist’ when using key text feature

Apple says it is rolling out a fix after many users identified the glitch (Picture: Shutterstock) An iPhone glitch that…

Every planet will align this week for last time until 2040 – here’s how to see it

This kind of family reunion won’t happen again for 15 years (Picture: Getty) Some people say that good things only…

New update on chance of ‘city killer’ asteroid hitting Earth in 2032

Don’t worry: This won’t be happening (Picture: Getty) Panic over: the ‘city killer’ asteroid at risk of slamming into Earth…

Why is Mars red? Scientists think they’ve found answer to mystery

It isn’t because aliens spray-painted it… presumably (Picture: Getty) Mars has been known as the Red Planet for thousands of…