SERVER DOWN

Happy Friday! Paytm is steering clear of regulated businesses and will instead focus on building a strong distribution network. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Internet outages in India on June 18 affected over 45,000 Reliance Jio users and 9,000 Bharti Airtel users due to DNS server downtime, impacting popular applications like WhatsApp and Facebook.

Nvidia, whose market capitalisation surpassed that of Microsoft on Tuesday, was set to lose around $91 billion to its last closing market value of $3.34 trillion, at the current level of $131.88.

Reliance Jio is currently experiencing a widespread service outage across India, impacting access to communication applications and affecting remote employees. According to Downdetector, there is a notable issue with both fiber and mobile internet c...

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) faced backlash from mobile phone companies over plans to migrate its digital intelligence platform (DIP) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) from servers run by BSNL and C-DoT. The move was criticized for compromi...

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Meta's Facebook, and Instagram have experienced outages in India, with nearly 15,381 people reporting Facebook outage and over 19,200 on Instagram. Meta Communications Director Andy Stone confirmed the company is working on the issue.

"Server down since the last 5-6 hours! Please extend the deadline by 1 or 2 days," one user pleaded on social media, highlighting the impact of the outage on their ability to submit their application on time.

Multiple users took to social media channels to flag concerns around UPI payments not going through. When ET tried to make a payment, a message cropped up saying 'recipient's server is down', HDFC Bank in this case.

Reports of UPI outage have poured in from various places as users struggle with digital payments. Major platforms like Google Pay, PhonePe, and BHIM have been reportedly affected, along with server issues in banks.

The Day Before, a highly criticized game released at the Game Awards 2023, faced a swift removal from Steam, prompting its studio's closure. Players seeking refunds can follow a simple process on Steam.

Technical issue at Chennai Airport led to disruption in services at the International Departure on Wednesday. The issue was however resolved around 6 am.

Many State Bank of India (SBI) customers have been complaining about the net banking and UPI services not functioning properly online.

In a statement, SBI apologised to its customers for any inconvenience and assured them that steps are being taken to avoid similar situations in the future.

The State Bank of India's (SBI) UPI and net banking services were affected after the bank's server reportedly faced an outage, according to media reports. The server was reported to be down since Monday morning. Users took to Twitter to share the in...