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Aramco, unit and Sinopec ink $4bn deal

The two companies will establish a joint venture company.

Etihad unveils new A321LR aircraft

A321LR features First Suite - a private, enclosed space with a sliding door.

stc Group Q1 net profit up 11.05%

The Group reported a revenue of $5.12 billion.

SAIB reports $139 million Q1 net profit

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Nissan forecasts $5.3bn annual net loss

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Encrypted messaging app Signal hit by late Sunday outage

Users noticed the outage on late Sunday.
By TRENDS Desk
September 27, 2021 12:31 pm
  • Internet outage monitor DownDetector said users began reporting network problems late Sunday.
  • Signal saw a surge in downloads earlier this year after WhatsApp tweaked its terms of service and sparked privacy concerns.

San Francisco: Encrypted instant messaging app Signal was hit by an outage late Sunday that interrupted services on the platform.

“Signal is currently down, due to a hosting outage affecting parts of our service,” the company said on Twitter. “We’re working on bringing it back up.”

Internet outage monitor DownDetector said users began reporting network problems at 11:05 pm Eastern Standard Time (0305 GMT).

The site logged reports of interrupted service in the United States, Europe, Hong Kong and other parts of the world.

First launched in 2014, Signal saw a surge in downloads earlier this year after Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp tweaked its terms of service and sparked privacy concerns.

Its profile was boosted by a tweeted recommendation by tech entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk and the app was downloaded more than 100 million times as of March.

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