Roblox game played by the majority of US kids back after 3-day outage

One of the most popular mobile games, Roblox, is down. The company is showing “Service disruption” for every platform: iOS app, Android app, Xbox and Avatar.

Roblox dominates in the US.and UK, where 54% and 51% of kids play, respectively. In Spain, only 17% do. Instead, kids in Spain currently prefer Brawl Stars […]

In February 2020, this one game accounted for 81 minutes per day, on average […] During COVID-19 lockdowns, the kids who played Roblox increased their time spent in the game, up 31% [in the US].

https://9to5mac.com/2021/11/01/roblox-is-down-a-game-played-by-the-majority-of-us-kids/

Snapchat is back up, after users couldn’t post or send messages for hours

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For a couple of hours on Wednesday morning, Snap Streaks were at risk as many users reported they couldn’t successfully post story updates or send messages on the service. In a tweet, the Snapchat Support Twitter account confirmed the issues, telling people to “hang tight, we’re looking into it!”

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/13/22724142/snapchat-down-outage-error-down-story-messages