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A blind Egyptian entrepreneur built an AI app that describes the world through audio, helping visually impaired users experience wildlife, objects and surrounding scenes through their phones

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A blind Egyptian entrepreneur built an AI app that describes the world through audio, helping visually impaired users experience wildlife, objects and surrounding scenes through their phones

When Karen Morad, a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Cairo, went on a Kenyan safari in June 2026, she experienced something she thought was impossible: “seeing” the animals around her despite being completely blind. That moment was made possible by ScribeMe, an AI-powered app created by her older brother, Mark, also blind, which turns a phone’s camera, … Read more

Claude down? Users report partial outage issue, ‘Downgraded performance of my Claude Max bill’

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Users reported problems accessing Claude AI on Downdetector, with Claude Code and Claude Chat accounting for most complaints (Unsplash)

Users reported widespread issues with Claude AI on Sunday night. Reports on Downdetector spiked as users flagged problems across Claude Code and Claude Chat. Users reported problems accessing Claude AI on Downdetector, with Claude Code and Claude Chat accounting for most complaints (Unsplash) According to Downdetector, 41% of reported problems involved Claude Code, 31% involved … Read more

Meet Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings, work offline and make emergency calls

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Meet Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings, work offline and make emergency calls

Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings (Image Credit: LinedIn/ @InventEd) For Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the idea for an assistive device began with something she had experienced herself. The Florida student, who has worn glasses since she was two, began thinking about how difficult everyday activities could be for … Read more

Is Bluesky down again? Users report widespread app issues amid outage

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Bluesky is down in the US. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

Update: Bluesky is back up after a brief outage on Sunday that affected users across the United States. The cause of the outage remains unknown. Bluesky is down in the US. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Also Read: Claude AI down: Users report ‘authentication service unavailable’ error amid outage Initial report: Bluesky is down for thousands of users … Read more

Claude AI down: Users report ‘authentication service unavailable’ error amid outage

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A Claude artificial intelligence (AI) logo on a smartphone. (Bloomberg)

Update: Claude AI is back up after a brief outage reported across the United States on Sunday evening. A Claude artificial intelligence (AI) logo on a smartphone. (Bloomberg) Anthropic’s status page said, “The issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved.” Earlier, the company said, “A fix has … Read more

Is Namecheap still down? Web hosting company says ‘we failed you’ as users express frustration

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A major outage at Namecheap, attributed to cooling system failures, left users without access to key services for 15 hours.

Namecheap, a leading hosting provider, experienced a major outage that resulted in websites worldwide encountering difficulties for several hours. A major outage at Namecheap, attributed to cooling system failures, left users without access to key services for 15 hours. The web hosting firm reported problems following what it described as “a failure of cooling systems” … Read more

What’s going on with Facebook? Is it down? Users report site not loading on laptops while app works fine

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Facebook appeared to be down for thousands of users in the United States. (Unsplash)

Update: By 9:30 p.m. EDT, Facebook appeared to be working normally for users in the United States. Earlier Thursday, several users reported that the website was not loading on their laptops, while the Facebook app remained accessible on their phones. According to Downdetector reports, the issue began Thursday morning and appeared to have subsided by … Read more

Spectrum TV app down for thousands: Users report ‘RLP-1035’ error code

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Spectrum TV app down. (UnSplash)

Update: The Spectrum TV app appears to be working normally again after thousands of users reported a widespread outage on Monday evening. By 10 p.m. EDT, outage-tracking website DownDetector had stopped receiving new outage reports. Spectrum TV app down. (UnSplash) During the outage, Ask Spectrum posted an update on X, saying, “Our engineers are currently … Read more