Since this morning, there have been massive Comcast internet outages across the U.S., particularly in big cities like New York, D.C., Portland and San Francisco, according to Level 3's outtage map. Comcast tweeted this morning, "Some customers are having issues with their XFINITY Internet service. We apologize & appreciate your patience while we work to fix."
Why it matters: We have yet to hear any reason for the outages. Spectrum and Verizon customers have also reported outages today, according to BGR, but not at the same rate as Comcast customers.
Former FBI Director James Comey confirmed the worst-kept secret in Washington this morning: he's on Twitter. Previously, he'd tweeted under the name Reinhold Niebuhr from @FormerBu, but he made things official with a newly verified account:
After the first weekend, more people are using an iPhone X than were doing so after the first weekend of the iPhone 8, according to data from mobile engagement firm Localytics.
Why it matters: The iPhone is the biggest driver of sales and profits for Apple and demand for the high-end iPhone X is being closely watched by investors.
CVS Health's pharmacies will start offering one-day delivery of prescription drugs to people's homes, CEO Larry Merlo said Monday. CVS will launch next-day delivery nationwide and same-day shipping in certain cities, beginning next year.
Why it matters: CVS is clearly trying to get ahead of Amazon, which is eyeing a push into prescription drug delivery and has changed the way people shop for and receive day-to-day items. CVS' potential acquisition of Aetna also would attempt to stave off competition from Amazon.
Quick numbers: CVS posted almost $1.3 billion of profit and $46.2 billion of revenue in the third quarter.
Twitter came under fresh criticism over the weekend after the service blocked some search results using a variety of terms related to the LGBTQ community including both "bisexual" and "queer." Even as photo and video searches for these terms were blocked, critics said plenty of white supremacist and other hateful content remains on the site.
Why it matters: It's the latest criticism against Twitter for its uneven policing of content on its site. Twitter declined to comment beyond a vague tweet that said it had "identified an error with search results for certain terms."
Yuri Milner, a Russian venture capitalist, made investments in Facebook and Twitter while they were still private with the help of funds linked to Russia's government, according to documents obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and reviewed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and several news outlets.
