Microsoft outage RECAP: Fallout from blundering Crowdstrike update that crashed the world’s PCs enters second day as Brits bed down in Heathrow and face hours of delays at train stations

The fallout from the ‘most serious IT outage the world has ever seen’ is continuing to hit Britain tonight – with planes and trains grounded, the NHS disrupted, shops closed, football teams unable to sell tickets and banking platforms knocked offline. The devastating technical fault caused Windows computers to suddenly shut down, prompting departure boards … Read more

TikTok couple’s disturbing ‘relationship’ videos go viral after boyfriend is arrested for shooting girlfriend in the face

A Texas couple’s disturbing relationship TikTok videos have gone viral after the influencer boyfriend was arrested for shooting his girlfriend in the face. Ladarius Morshun Brownlee, 28, was taken into custody in the early morning hours of July 5, after he allegedly confessed to shooting his girlfriend Seyeddah ‘Zahra’ Hashemi, 28, who police found lying … Read more

CrowdStrike outage sparks global chaos with airline, bank and other disruptions

Over 2,500 flights were canceled and more than 8,000 were delayed in the U.S. A wave of IT outages swept across the globe Friday morning, causing thousands of flight cancellations and stalling internal and external systems across a variety of industries including hospitals, banks, stock exchanges and other institutions, as some Microsoft-based computers ceased to … Read more

Global IT Outage Eases, Focus Turns to Reducing Risk

Services from airlines to healthcare, shipping and finance were coming back online Friday after a global digital outage disrupted computer systems for hours, laying bare the vulnerability created by the world’s shift toward interconnected technologies following the COVID-19 pandemic. After the outage was resolved, companies are now dealing with backlogs of delayed and canceled flights … Read more

AP-NORC Poll: Majority of Dems Favor VP Harris as President

As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 6 in 10 Democrats believe Kamala Harris would do a good job … Read more

Zuckerberg says Trump fist pump reaction to shooting was ‘bada–‘

Zuckerberg said its not hard to get emotional about Trump’s ‘spirit’ and ‘fight’ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lauded former President Trump’s reaction to being shot at on Saturday, labeling the Republican nominee as a “bada–” after he got to his feet and clenched his fist immediately after the assassination attempt. Zuckerberg, 40, who has … Read more

Trump compared to Fidel Castro by CNN, MSNBC after lengthy acceptance speech

Multiple political commentators and reporters compared former President Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention to the speaking style of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Castro, who died in 2016, gave famously long speeches, including remarks in 1960 that went for 4 hours and 29 minutes at the United Nations. Trump spoke for about 92 … Read more