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Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an issue with an Oracle data center. “Creators may temporarily experience lags in posting content while Oracle works to resolve the issue,” TikTok said on X. According to user-generated reports on Downdetector, the issue has been ongoing since before 9 a.m. ET. Oracle’s own post on X indicates the outage started around then as well. Oracle is part of an investor group that owns 80% of the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, which was created to comply with a national security law that required…

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 2026. NYSELONDON — European stocks opened higher on Wednesday as markets continue to track the war in the Middle East.The regional Stoxx 600 was up 0.6% shortly after the opening bell. London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.1%, while Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 were up roughly 0.5%. Meanwhile, Spain’s IBEX 35 was trading just below the flatline after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with the country. Spain had declined to allow U.S. forces to use its bases for strikes on Iran. Regional stocks…

With Gemini’s new agentic feature, you can ask the assistant to complete work on your behalf inside “select” apps, including Uber and Grubhub. It will work in the background while you use your phone, but Google notes that you can supervise or interrupt its work at any time. This feature will also be available on Samsung S26 phones, ahead of the similar features for Siri that have been delayed for months now.Alongside the Gemini update, Google is adding some new features to Circle to Search, which lets you search for something on your screen just by drawing a circle around…

Matt BowenMar 3, 2026, 04:50 PM ETCloseMatt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and Buffalo over seven seasons.Multiple AuthorsNFL free agency unofficially opens at noon ET on March 9 with the negotiation window (when players can agree to terms), and it officially opens at 4 p.m. ET on March 11 (when players can actually be signed). At the end of January,…

The next time you check your internet speed or whether your favorite site is down, another company may be profiting. On Tuesday, Ziff Davis announced that it sold its Connectivity division, which includes Ookla’s Speedtest and Downdetector, to Accenture. The deal is worth $1.2 billion in cash.According to Reuters, the deal will allow Ziff Davis to focus on its core brands, including IGN, Mashable and Everyday Health. Brand consolidation appears to be the name of the game, as the company recently laid off some of Eurogamer’s most experienced editors and its entire video team. That followed a rotation of editorial…

Last winter, the internet had one question: “Who the fuck is Madeline?”The lyric — lifted from one of the most-discussed tracks on Lily Allen’s latest album, West End Girl — became shorthand for a very specific subplot: the woman alleged to have broken the boundaries of Allen’s open marriage. It was one of several unvarnished details threaded through the record, which chronicles the breakdown of her relationship with Stranger Things actor David Harbour, with references from butt plugs to incel platform 4Chan.West End Girl marked Allen’s first musical release since 2018. In the intervening years, she had stepped away from…

AI continues to dominate the venture world, per a new Crunchbase report. A record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups in February, according to the report. AI startups overall raised $171 billion, or 90% of the capital raised last month. It’s a stunning number that feels like only the start.  That record spending was more than three times the global VC spend in January and was dominated by mammoth funding rounds from just three companies: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo. OpenAI’s latest $110 billion raise led the pack. It was one of the largest private rounds ever raised…

When it was announced this past Friday that Oleksandr Usyk will defend his WBC heavyweight title against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven on May 23 at Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza, the news came as a shock to many. Although Verhoeven was heavily linked to a Feb. 14 bout with Anthony Joshua, the shift to fighting boxing’s pound-for-pound No. 1 in Verhoeven’s second pro boxing match was unexpected.Verhoeven detailed to Uncrowned’s “The Ariel Helwani Show” on Tuesday his journey from leaving GLORY Kickboxing this past November to landing a surprise fight with the unified heavyweight champ.Advertisement”I just wanted to do big stuff…

The Shark PowerDetect UV Reveal is SharkNinja’s latest robot vacuum and mop. A flagship model with a multifunctional dock that empties the dustbin and refills and washes its mop, the Reveal’s signature feature is a UV light designed to “find” stains on your floors. It costs $1,299.99 and is available now.Combined with an RGB camera to detect visible messes and obstacles, the UV light lets the vacuum spot stains that aren’t visible under normal lighting, such as pet urine. When it encounters dirt, visible or not, the robot uses onboard AI to identify and decide how to clean it.Its cleaning…

Pedestrians look out across the city skyline as they walk along the Tabiat bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018.Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA widening Middle East conflict has posed a fresh test for global central banks, as fears of an oil shock and renewed inflation risks complicate policymakers’ calculus for shoring up growth.Crude prices soared on Monday after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran over the weekend, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei. Tehran responded with missile attacks targeting multiple Gulf countries. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical…