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GitHub reported a worldwide outage affecting web, API, Actions, Webhooks, Issues and Pull Requests, with about 20% error rates on web/API traffic and around 50% for archive and raw content downloads; Copilot and authentication services (SAML/OIDC, SCIM) were degraded as the company investigates a root cause and implements mitigations.
Trump Media says Wall Street firms have signed more than 10 deals to access Truth Social posts in real time through an API, with fees around $60,000–$100,000 per month. The data feed, aimed at giving high-frequency traders milliseconds of edge, could become a meaningful revenue driver as the company seeks to expand API access to news outfits and AI firms. Regulators, led by Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, have urged SEC scrutiny over whether the arrangement is legal, while Truth Social remains a small, loss-making platform with modest traffic compared to rivals like X.
Reddit announced plans to alter Old Reddit, including requiring login to access the legacy site and migrating critical bot and moderator workflows to its modern stack, in an effort to curb abusive scraping. The company says it will explore options with communities and developers, with no firm timeline, while continuing to push API changes that steer third-party apps to the Developer Platform, continuing a broader battle over automation and access.
Anthropic confirmed a global outage affecting Claude and related tools, with users seeing 529 Overloaded errors as the company investigated from 7:49 p.m. UTC; by 8:33 p.m. UTC the issue was identified, and by 19:00 EDT Claude was reported to be functioning for everyone, following earlier notes that some models were still recovering.
OpenAI reported a worldwide outage affecting ChatGPT, preventing users from loading chats or sending messages due to 'too many concurrent requests' errors; the disruption also hit Codex and multiple OpenAI API endpoints, with a fix applied and the company continuing to monitor the situation.
Trump Media & Technology Group is launching Truth API, a paid, millisecond-level data feed that delivers posts from key Truth Social accounts to Wall Street firms 24/7, aiming to monetize its loss-making platform by giving traders rapid access to market-moving updates that used to require manual monitoring.
Truth Social will offer an API delivering real-time posts from its top accounts to institutional traders starting August 1, enabling faster market-moving signals and adding a new revenue stream for Trump Media & Technology Group, with pricing not disclosed.
Trump Media is launching a paid API that gives institutional clients licensed, real-time access to posts from Trump and other top Truth Social accounts, with an Aug. 1 rollout and early signups; the move mirrors industry practice of low-latency social feeds used by Wall Street, but draws ethics concerns since the president’s family is Truth Social’s largest shareholder and the platform has become a de facto presidential press room.
Google will deactivate the Tenor GIF API on June 30, keeping the Tenor site live but forcing third‑party platforms such as X, Discord, Bluesky and WhatsApp to migrate to alternative GIF pickers (like Giphy or Klipy). Google will still use Tenor internally in its own products, and no new API sign‑ups have been accepted since January 13. Some apps have begun switching, which could limit access to Tenor’s GIFs as libraries vary by platform; the move follows regulatory scrutiny of GIF providers and Meta’s prior divestment of Giphy.
API data show US crude inventories dropped 2.8 million barrels in the week ending May 22 (after a 9.1 million-barrel decline the prior week), with the SPR at 365.1 million barrels—the lowest level since April 2024. U.S. production slipped to about 13.702 million bpd; Brent and WTI were trading lower (around $95.46 and $89.66, respectively). Gasoline inventories fell by about 3.2 million barrels, distillates rose 1.1 million, and Cushing storage fell roughly 2.875 million barrels. Overall, inventories remain below five-year averages for gasoline and distillates amid an ongoing supply imbalance.
eBay suffered a global outage that disrupted core features like search, logging in, checkout, and item descriptions as the platform’s API went down for hours. DownDetector tracked a spike around 3:30 PM ET with reports from multiple regions; the site status page showed green, and eBay has not issued a public timeline for resolution. The disruption also affected third‑party tools relying on the API, raising broader ecommerce impact. Unverified posts mention a possible DDoS claim by the group 313 Team, but this is not confirmed. With many auctions ending soon, sellers risk lost bids and revenue.
Microsoft says Windows 11 will add an AI agent API for the Taskbar and Search Box next month, enabling developers to build AI-powered experiences that integrate natively with Windows while not forcing AI on users. The move aims to attract AI developers as AI popularity surges on Mac, while Microsoft emphasizes improving OS fundamentals and quality before broader AI features.
OpenAI says its API business alone generated more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in the past month, underscoring a growing revenue stream beyond ChatGPT as the company contends with massive compute costs and explores licensing or ads to monetize its technology.
The American Petroleum Institute chief says US oil producers could be a stabilizing force in Iran if the regime falls, contrasting with Venezuela, and he opposes any US government stake in PdVSA as Washington weighs actions over Tehran’s crackdown on protests.
Strava reassures Garmin users that their connectivity will remain uninterrupted despite ongoing legal disputes over patent infringements and branding guidelines, emphasizing their commitment to seamless service.