CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage
Image: The Verge A global IT outage grounded flights and resulted in outages at the London Stock Exchange and other systems early Friday morning. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: The Verge A global IT outage grounded flights and resulted in outages at the London Stock Exchange and other systems early Friday morning. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe company’s CEO apologised for the global outage and a fix has been shared, but with so much disruption it is unclear how long it will take for the dust to settle. Read more: Crowdstrike deploys fix for massive ongoing outage
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, a scaled back model variant based on GPT-4o. The new model is smarter, more knowledgeable, and cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo. Free ChatGPT users stand to benefit the most as ChatGPT will now use the GPT-4o mini model instead of GPT-3.5 Turbo. Ever since ChatGPT’s
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung has temporarily stopped shipping its new Galaxy Buds 3 Pro to retailers following complaints about quality control. Early customers who received the wireless earbuds ahead of its wider July 24th release reported that the ear tips were fragile, and prone to breaking when removed. The pause was
Read MoreA faulty update from the U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a massive outage for Microsoft Windows-based desktops and laptops around the world on Friday. Massive Microsoft outage hits flights, banks, stock exchanges, broadcasters The issue is related to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor, a software designed to prevent computer systems from cyber-attacks, which broke PCs running Windows,
Read MoreA catastrophic Microsoft outage has taken down Windows systems across the globe, but while no Apple systems are affected, some stores are unable to use their terminals to accept Apple Pay. An unknown number of Apple Pay terminals are affected by the Microsoft outage worldwide While the failure is confined to Windows systems, it’s significantly
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Read MoreBusinesswoman and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs has bought a 100-year-old mansion in San Francisco’s Billionaires Row, spending $70 million on the 17,300-square-foot home. Laurene Powell Jobs speaking at a Recode event (Source: Recode) Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs, is known for running the Emerson Collective, launching the Steve Jobs Archive, and also for buying
Read MoreNetflix is continuing to focus on revenue growth and advertising, as it is removing its cheapest ad-free subscription option in multiple countries. Read more: Netflix secures 8m new subscribers as advertising focus continues
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Samsung has apparently pulled the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds from sale due to quality control issues. The shipping date has been pushed back on Samsung’s website, while Amazon’s listing is missing altogether. Samsung Korea has issued a statement apologizing for any quality issues. Samsung just launched its
Read MoreWhat do you do when your laptop keyboard breaks for the second time? Well, most people might use an external keyboard until they couldn’t take it anymore and bought a new machine. But [Marcin Plaza] isn’t most people. It took more than twelve hours of CAD, but [Marcin] redesigned the case to be at least
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Oura’s reign as the best smart ring available has been long and well-deserved. For some time, the company’s wearable remained the only true competitor. However, things have heated up in the arena with more options than ever for shoppers to consider. If you do not want an Oura Ring but are
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A group of researchers, academics, and hackers are trying to make it easier to break AI companies’ terms of service to conduct “good faith research” that exposes biases, inaccuracies, and training data without fear of being sued. The U.S. government is currently considering an exemption to
Read MoreThe FBI was given access to unreleased technology to access the phone of the man identified as the shooter of former President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the investigation. From the report: As the FBI struggled to gain access on Sunday morning to the phone, they appealed directly to Cellebrite,
Read MoreJ. Michael Cline, the co-founder of Fandango, died from suicide this week after falling from the twentieth floor of a Manhattan hotel. The New York Times reports: Mr. Cline, who was 64, co-founded Fandango in 2000 and left the company in 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company — familiar to many from its
Read MoreJ. Michael Cline, the co-founder of Fandango, died from suicide this week after falling from the twentieth floor of a Manhattan hotel. The New York Times reports: Mr. Cline, who was 64, co-founded Fandango in 2000 and left the company in 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company — familiar to many from its
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has blasted Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass price increases in a filing to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Microsoft revealed last week that it’s increasing PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate prices, and planning to launch a new
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares an op-ed from Reason, written by Sen. Rand Paul: In America, we do not punish businesses for their success. We certainly do not punish businesses because their competitors are struggling to keep pace. Sadly, that is exactly what the Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to do in its recent
Read MoreCredit: Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority Amazon Prime Day may be over, but the deals continue, and Samsung is still offering its hottest smartphones at discounted prices. These deals aren’t quite as good as the Prime Day ones, but it’s nice to see you can still save some money if you happened to miss the
Read MoreA painted woolly bat, or Kerivoula picta, roosts under a leaf in Indonesia. | Image: Abu Hamas / iNaturalist via UC Davis Scientists are sounding the alarm about taxidermied bats commonly sold online in frames, jars, coffins, jewelry, and more. It’s a wild animal trade that has flown under the radar and that poses risks
Read MoreDisney / Lucasfilm Season one of The Acolyte was a masterclass in deepening Star Wars’ lore rather than just playing into its nostalgic past. Continue reading…
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Read MoreCollege students can save 50% off Max streaming. The deal is limited to Max’s ad-supported tier — so no extras like 4K. Students must re-verify their legibility every 12 months. Trying to get the most bang for your buck from streaming services can feel like a full-time job. Content is constantly jumping from one service
Read MoreMacworld Apple TV+ is one of the best streaming services when it comes to original content quality. It consistently has some of the highest-rated original films and series and lines up a lot of Emmy nominations each year. It’s a good value too: At $9.99 a month it offers ad-free viewing, 4K, and family sharing,
Read MoreMacworld Imagine the worst. Losing irreplaceable photos because your Mac’s drive failed? Accidentally deleting your dissertation? You might think it will never happen to you, but all it takes is a glass of water falling onto your MacBook and you could lose everything. But at least if you’ve got a backup, the financial outlay of
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