US EditionMusk says he'll resume working '24/7' at his companies, X outage mostly restored
- Elon Musk announced on May 25, 2025, he will resume working 24/7 at his companies after X, the social media platform he owns, experienced a two-hour outage on Saturday morning in the U.S.
- The outage followed ongoing reliability problems linked to a data center issue from May 22 and came amid Musk's recent partial withdrawal from a government advisory role involving severe job cuts.
- X suffered over 25,000 user reports of issues at 9 a.m. ET, mainly affecting the app and desktop logins, and service largely normalized by noon with reports dropping below 600.
- Musk acknowledged that the backup systems failed to prevent the outage, highlighted the need for significant operational enhancements, and committed to concentrating on X, xAI, Tesla, and the upcoming Starship launch.
- His recommitment suggests a prioritization of stabilizing critical technologies across his firms after the outage and broader issues, which could impact ongoing projects and company performance.
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