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The Guardian

Elon Musk’s X suffers tech failures at start of Donald Trump interview



Musk blames cyber-attack as conversation is delayed, resembling glitchy launch of Ron DeSantis’s campaignAs a high-profile conversation between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was about to begin, users of X, formerly Twitter, were confronted with the message: “This Space is not available.”Spaces, X’s livestreaming audio feature, was the chosen forum for the dialogue, but it wasn’t working. Clicking on the link to the broadcast, hosted by Trump’s dormant @RealDonaldTrump account, froze the site and rendered it unusable. Tweeters said they couldn’t dial in; some said their browsers had crashed. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/12/elon-musk-donald-trump-x-interview

Author : Blake Montgomery

Publish date : 2024-08-13 01:54:51

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