SpaceX’s Falcon 9 fails to launch

SpaceX’s scheduled resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) last night (28 June) failed after the Falcon 9 rocket plunged into the sea. Following a nominal lift-off, Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown, according to Elon...

Facebook back up …

South Africans woke up this morning to the discovery that Facebook and Instagram have crashed – and they’ve turned to Twitter to talk about it. With #facebookdown trending on Twitter, users took to the social media platform to share their frustration, and often...

Sites crash as Internet runs out of space

eBay was among a number of top Web sites that crashed on Wednesday, costing the global economy millions of dollars in lost revenue. The crash comes as a result of overflowing numbers of Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses.