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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-instagram-down-not-working-unable-not-working-loading-a6994346.html

Facebook and Instagram down: Sites not working as thousands report being unable to get onto site

Facebook is down, with thousands of people already reporting that they can't get onto the social network. Instagram, which is owned by the social network, also appears to be suffering problems. It isn't clear what has caused the problems and whether they are connected.

• The site Down Detector reported that thousands of people were having problems logging onto Facebook, using all of its platforms. It listed the problem as a "total blackout", affecting the whole network rather than its website or apps specifically.
• The site appeared to indicate that the problem was specifically affecting those users in the UK. Almost all reports came from the country, with most of the rest of the world apparently unaffected.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/21/microsoft-kills-off-xbox-360-after-more-than-a-decade/

Microsoft kills off Xbox 360 after more than a decade

Microsoft is to cease production of the Xbox 360, 11 years after the console first went on sale.The company's head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that while the console meant a lot to its staff, "the realities of manufacturing a product over a decade old are starting to creep up on us."

• The console first went on sale in November 2005, and was redesigned twice with 2010's Xbox 360 Slim and the Xbox 360 Elite in 2013.  Microsoft last shared official sales figures in 2013, when it announced the console had been purchased 78.2 million times. Its successor the Xbox One went on sale the same year, and has sold around 19 million units to date.
• The company has been locked in a losing battle with Sony's PlayStation 4 for years, which has sold around 35.9 Sony is reported to be working on a more powerful version of the PS4  which could be intended to bolster its virtual reality games content with the release of its play station.
• The move is a first in the competitive gaming world - a step towards greater collaboration, given that many first-time console buyers choose the platform their friends use in order to play against them.