科技英语：苹果用户遭遇至暗30分钟

You texted her and she didn't reply. Like, for a whole 30 minutes.
你发短信给她，但她没有回复。整整30分钟。

Don't worry. iMessage went down for almost an hour, so it's not you.
别担心。iMessage宕机了将近一个小时，所以问题不在你。

It's Apple.
是苹果的问题。

On Thursday afternoon, the tech giant posted on its System Status dashboard that "Users were unable to use" iMessage, along with FaceTime and HomeKit.
周四下午，这家科技巨头在其系统状态仪表盘上发布消息称，“用户无法使用”iMessage、FaceTime和HomeKit。

The outages lasted from 2:49 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. Pacific Time, according to the update from Apple.
根据苹果的更新，故障从太平洋时间下午2:49持续到3:35。

"apple ruining relationships by turning off iMessage," @onlydioria posted on X during the technical trouble.
“苹果通过关闭iMessage破坏关系，”@onlydioria在技术故障期间在X上发布。

It's extremely unusual for iMessage to go down like this. The service has become an integral part of the social fabric of the US, with teens who don't have iPhones agonizing over their green text bubbles not showing up properly in group messages.
iMessage出现这种故障非常罕见。该服务已经成为美国社会结构的重要组成部分，拥有iPhone的青少年对他们的绿色短信泡泡在群消息中显示不正常感到苦恼。这并没有阻止一些安卓手机用户在周四嘲笑iMessage的宕机。

"imessage is down. embrace the green bubble," Phillip Lewis wrote on X.
“iMessage宕机了。接受绿色泡泡吧，”Phillip Lewis在X上写道。

Or, you could just try WhatsApp, which the rest of the world uses easily. That works on both iOS and Android. Incredible. It's like living in the future.
或者，你可以试试WhatsApp，全世界其他地方都在轻松使用。它在iOS和安卓上都能用。难以置信，就像生活在未来一样。