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Telegram Outages Reported Across Russia as Block Rumors Swirl

People across Russia began reporting problems accessing Telegram over the weekend, raising speculation among tech industry experts that the government may have already moved to block the messaging app ahead of an anticipated crackdown next month.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/16/telegram-outages-reported-across-russia-as-block-rumors-swirl-a92233

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Telegram Outages Reported Across Russia as Block Rumors Swirl

People across Russia began reporting problems accessing Telegram over the weekend, raising speculation among tech industry experts that the government may have already moved to block the messaging app ahead of an anticipated crackdown next month.

The Moscow Times

Dataplane.org 1d ago

The Internet Last Week

* ICANN 85
https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/
* DNS rd signals spike
https://dataplane.org/statistics/dnsrd.html
https://dataplane.org/statistics/dnsrdany.html
* .uk TLD IPv6 TCP service degradation
https://dnsmon.ripe.net/uk?start=2026-03-08T00:00:00.000Z&end=2026-03-14T23:59:00.000Z&zone=uk.&protocol=tcp&ipVersion=6
* Russia censorship test Internet shutdown
https://apnews.com/article/russia-internet-outage-cellphone-app-disruptions-1792cfb177c26682efdb8046e0f9b063
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-shuts-off-internet-in-moscow-as-it-tests-nationwide-censorship-system-3b44c0af?st=HNUJ1k
* Law Enforcement disrupts SocksEscort network
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-and-international-partners-disrupt-socksescort-proxy-service
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/authorities-dismantle-global-malicious-proxy-service-deployed-malware-and-defrauded

#ICANN85 #DNS #UK #Russia #Proxies #Outages

ICANN85 Mumbai Community Forum | ICANN Public Meetings

Stay Informed and Engaged with the ICANN85 Community Forum in Mumbai – Learn about how to attend and register at the Official ICANN Meetings Site.

Global News Canada 5d ago

More than 200K Quebec homes without power after ice storm
The severe weather brought heavy freezing rain by Wednesday after, leading to power outages in the Montreal area and other parts of the province.
#Canada #montrealstorm #Montrealweather #quebecstorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727261/quebec-power-outages-ice-storm/

Global News Montreal 5d ago

More than 200K Quebec homes without power after ice storm
The severe weather brought heavy freezing rain by Wednesday after, leading to power outages in the Montreal area and other parts of the province.
#Canada #montrealstorm #Montrealweather #quebecstorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727261/quebec-power-outages-ice-storm/

CBC Montreal 5d ago

Power outages, school closures continue in Quebec following freezing rain, snow in much of the province
Icy road conditions and power outages have closed some schools for the day. Service on Montreal's light-rail network was also disrupted between the Gare Centrale and Brossard stations because of weather conditions Thursday morning.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/storm-power-outages-quebec-9.7125282?cmp=rss

CBC Toronto 6d ago

School closures, power outages hit parts of southern Ontario due to severe weather
Severe weather in parts of southern Ontario is leading to various impacts from school closures in the cottage country region to power outages in Barrie, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/southern-ontario-rainfall-freezing-rain-9.7123595?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories 6d ago

Freezing rain storm headed for Ont., Que., Atlantic provinces | Hanomansing Tonight
A major storm is expected to sweep through parts of Eastern Canada, potentially causing power outages and dangerous road conditions.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7123373?cmp=rss

Hacker News Mar 10

After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/

#HackerNews #Amazon #AI #Outages #Senior #Engineers #Tech #News #AI #Changes

After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.

Ars Technica

CBC New Brunswick Mar 10

'Severe' freezing rain expected for N.B. Wednesday afternoon through Thursday
Environment Canada has issued severe weather statements for New Brunswick, forecasting up to 15 millimetres of freezing rain starting Wednesday afternoon and warning of possible power outages, falling tree branches and icy roads.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sever-freezing-rain-in-nb-9.7122717?cmp=rss

N-gated Hacker News Mar 10

🚀 Amazon's team of "elite engineers" convened to discuss their groundbreaking discovery that #AI #outages are best solved by turning it off and on again. 🤖🔌 In a move that shocked absolutely no one, they concluded the meeting with a rousing #victory #lap around the #server #room. 🎉🥳
https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de #Amazon #Elite #Engineers #HackerNews #ngated

Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages

Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’

Financial Times