“Facebook Whistleblower” interview aired the night before Monday’s Facebook outage
There’s a lot going on in one day for Facebook and its associated brands. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, and Facebook Messenger all went offline with the first outage reports starting Monday morning. After several hours, it seems that most of Facebook’s services (as well as Instagram and WhatsApp) are back online.
We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021
The outage is apparently attributed to…
YouTube today announced that the YouTube Music app will enable background playback for free. The feature will be available first in Canada starting November 3.
Microsoft today is officially releasing Windows 11 in its stable form worldwide. The update is free for existing Windows 10 users on compatible PCs.
ASUS and Noctua today announced a new product borne out of a special partnership. The ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics is the first of its kind to feature fans from the Austrian PC cooling mogul.
The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro have already received a couple of Android 12 Developer Preview builds in the past few months, but today the two phones are in for a different kind of treat. OnePlus is releasing the first OxygenOS 12 Open Beta build for them.
Following the launch of Android 12, Realme announced the arrival of its Realme UI 3.0, which is based on the new version of the Google OS. We can expect the first OTA updates to start flying in on October 13 and Realme says it will be one of the first OEMs to upgrade its phones to Google’s latest OS.