Xbox Live went down worldwide on Monday afternoon, leaving gamers unable to access their favorite games. The gaming service went down just after 4 p.m. PT on Monday. Xbox support said it was aware of the issue, which was "related to an update" and already has teams working on fixing it.

Snapchat went down yet again on Monday morning, the latest in a string of outages to affect the popular app. The latest Snapchat outage lasted from 8 a.m. PT to 9:30 a.m. PT on Monday, with users reporting that they were unable to send snaps, receive snaps, or even refresh their feeds.

Visa, Mastercard, and other organizations that initially signed on to create and maintain Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency are now reconsidering their involvement following pushback from regulators around the world. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he still expects to roll out Libra in some places by the end of the year.

Nintendo only released the Switch Lite less than two weeks ago, but the company is already working on a new model of the handheld console. New FCC documents show the company is set to release the model, which comes amid a class-action lawsuit over Joy-Con drift problems affecting the console.

They've barely been available in dealerships, but Subaru has already had to recall the 2020 Outback and 2020 Legacy over problems with the cars' brake pedal. The issue is with a bolt that mounts the brake pedal to the rest of the car -- it either isn't tight enough or it's missing altogether.

Some of the world's biggest gaming companies have come together at the United Nations with a promise to fight climate change and take on green gaming initiatives. But can they offset the gaming industry's growing carbon footprint as cloud gaming looms as the future of the industry?

Australian scientists will use an ultra-advanced drill to dig three kilometers (1.86 miles) deep into Antarctica's ice, with the goal of learning more about the Earth's past and where our climate could be going in the future. The project will begin in 2021 and last about four years.

Federal authorities have begun a criminal investigation into e-cigarette giant Juul Labs. It's the latest in a string of bad news that could drastically change the vaping industry, including bans on products, other investigations, and illnesses and fatalities linked to e-cigarettes.

Amazon is working on wireless earbuds that have built-in fitness tracking. The earbuds, code-named Puget, will have an accelerometer to measure running pace, run distance, and calories burned. They'll also have Alexa built-in, meaning you'll be able to access her anywhere.

The 71st Primetime Emmys will air on Fox tonight, Sunday, September 22, with plenty of awards, upsets, and drama on tap.. Here's everything you need to know about the 2019 Emmy Awards, including how to watch without cable, red carpet start times and the nominees in all the major categories.

Walmart will no longer sell e-cigarettes, the company announced Friday amid a growing number of vaping-related deaths and illnesses. Eight people have died from a lung disease related to vaping so far, according to health officials, and hundreds more have suffered lung damage.

Reddit, one of the web's most popular time-wasting sites, went down for nearly two hours on Wednesday afternoon, leaving tens of thousands of people unable to access their favorite subreddits. The outage affected users worldwide, with both the website and the site's app not working.

Overwatch's cutest robot has a whole new Lego-themed look in the game's latest event, Bastion's Brick Challenge. You can unlock the skin by winning games, and access other new Lego sprays and player icons by watching Twitch streams.

NASA and the European Space Agency shared the newest photo of Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope -- and the planet's rings are on full display. The photo is one of the clearest photos ever taken of Saturn, and reveals some intriguing details about the gas giant and its rings.

Uber’s top lawyer said it would not comply with a California bill that would force it to treat its contract drivers as employees, claiming they are not a core part of the company’s business. Chief legal officer Tony West said that the company would not reclassify drivers under California Assembly Bill 5.

Apple announced all kinds of new gear at its September event. In just about two hours, the company unveiled three new iPhones, a new gaming service, details about its AppleTV+ streaming service, a new Apple Watch and a new iPad. Here's how to watch the Apple event if you missed it.

It's not just you: Instagram and Snapchat both went down on Monday afternoon. Users started to experience problems loading Instagram's app and website just after 2 p.m. PT on Monday, at around the same time Snapchat users reported issues sending snaps to their friends.

Nintendo announced that it will be bringing some of the most iconic games of the Super Nintendo era to the Switch -- at no additional cost. Games like Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and the classic Super Mario World will all be available on Thursday.

Nintendo dropped an intriguing look at the next version of the insanely popular Wii Fit -- it's a new fitness program for the Nintendo Switch. A video on its Twitter account shows families around the world strapping their Switch Joy-Cons to a hula-hoop like band, then using it for all kinds of exercises.

It only took three years, but Overwatch is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch on October 15. Fans of the popular team shooter from publisher Blizzard have long hoped for a Switch port, since it’s the only major platform without Overwatch – and now it’s finally happening.

A group of hackers calling itself the Chuckling Squad hacked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's own Twitter account on Friday afternoon, using the account to tweet out racist messages and other offensive tweets. The messages were promptly deleted and Twitter is investigating the cause of the hack.

Xbox Live went offline for many users on Friday afternoon, just as gamers were gearing up to play over the Labor Day long weekend. Users said that they were unable to log in and play their favorite games, though Microsoft said it was working to fix the issue. Here's what we know so far about the outage.

Facebook is reportedly working on a new Instagram messaging app called Threads that will give your friends automatic status updates, including information about your movement, location, speed, and even phone battery life. Users will need to opt into automatic status updates.

The United States and France reached a deal on France’s controversial digital tax on Big Tech, President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron said at the G7 summit. The 3% tax, which France passed in July, targets Big Tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple

Facebook finally introduced a tool that allows you to control and limit the data that third-party apps and websites share with the social media giant, a feature that should help improve Facebook's much-criticized stance on privacy. The feature should come to users around the world within a few months.

YouTube has disabled 210 accounts believed to be working in tandem to spread misinformation about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, Google announced Thursday. The move comes days after Facebook and Twitter removed hundreds of accounts from their platforms that were focused on discrediting the protests.

Celebrities, politicians, and regular old Instagram users have fallen for yet another hoax claiming Instagram has changed its rules to make “everything you’ve ever posted” public. Rick Perry, Tom Holland, Usher and Taraji P. Henson have all fallen for the scam.

Researchers have discovered a major new security flaw in Bluetooth, which could leave millions of devices at risk of a malicious hack. The KNOB attack essentially allows an attacker to interfere when two devices try to connect, allowing a hacker to “break” Bluetooth security without anyone knowing. 

Facebook recently announced that it would change Instagram's name to Instagram by Facebook, and is taking other steps to merge the two networks. The move shows that Facebook has a fundamental misunderstanding about why Instagram is successful -- and why Facebook is failing.

Twitter is working on a snooze button that can pause notifications from hitting for your phone. The new feature will give users the ability to press a button that essentially mutes their push notifications for 1, 3, or 12 hours -- which could come in handy if you're going viral.

In the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend that left more than 30 people dead, President Donald Trump called on social media companies like Twitter and Facebook to “detect mass shooters before they strike.” Can social media actually predict if someone is going to carry out a mass shooting?

CNN will air the second night of the second Democratic primary debate on Wednesday, July 31, with 10 more candidates set to take the stage, including Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. You can watch the whole thing for free online starting at 5 p.m. PT on Wednesday.

it didn’t take long for scammers to start using the Equifax settlement as a way to get your personal information. According to the FTC, people have already set up copycat websites trying to bilk people into handing over private data -- or even cash.

When your Facebook account gets hacked, the company offers little in the way of customer service reps to help you out. Users and consumer advocates say Facebook's customer support system unacceptably bad, and users whose accounts have been compromised get little help -- or none at all.