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The Microsoft Windows ‘Glitch’ Is Actually A Warning For Today’s Tech

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Imagine a scene from Neuromancer: hackers breaking in, causing chaos with every keystroke. Now, flash back to this Friday. That sci-fi scenario? It’s suddenly not so fictional. A botched software update has just thrown real life into disarray. Planes grounded, emergency lines jammed, and check-in counters swamped with long, snaking lines of frustrated travellers. The…

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CrowdStrike Crash Raises Questions About Technological Dependency

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The outages affected companies or individuals that use CrowdStrike on the Microsoft Windows. Washington, United States: Catastrophic computer outages caused by a software update from one company have once again exposed the dangers of global technological dependence on a handful of players, experts warned on Friday. A flawed update sent out by the little-known security…

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Crowdstrike, Microsoft Windows: Global IT Chaos Persists, Flight Delays Expected Even Today: 10 Point

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Crowdstrike said it had rolled out a fix for the IT outage Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems worldwide on Friday. Experts, however, said getting them back online would take time. Here are 10 points on the big story Airlines, banks, TV channels and…

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1,100 Flights Cancelled In US As Microsoft Outage Disrupts Operations

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The outage also affected industries ranging from banks to media companies. (Represenational) Washington DC: Air passengers around the United States faced delays, while some airlines halted flight operations as Microsoft-based computers ceased to work after a global outage on Friday. Many airports across the US experienced unexpected disruption with over 1,100 flights getting cancelled and…

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Indian Financial Systems Remain Largely Unaffected From Microsoft Outage

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HDFC Bank also said that it has not faced any impact of the outage. (Representational) Mumbai: The Indian financial and payments systems remained largely unaffected by the Microsoft services outage, though about 10 banks and NBFCs faced minor disruptions which have either been resolved or are being fixed. A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks,…

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Microsoft Outage “Affecting IT Operations” Paris Olympics Organisers

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Microsoft said in a statement it was taking “mitigation actions”. Paris: Paris Olympics organisers said on Friday they were experiencing problems linked to a major worldwide computer systems outage, a week before the Games’ opening ceremony takes place. The issues came as a major outage wrought havoc on computer systems worldwide, grounding flights in the…

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Google And Microsoft Now Consume More Power Than Several Large Countries

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This massive energy usage underscores the significant environmental impact Tech giants Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh of electricity in 2023, surpassing the consumption of more than 100 countries, new research claims. Analysis by Michael Thomas, shared on X, states that both Google and Microsoft used the same amount of energy as Azerbaijan, which…

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Steve Ballmer Is Now Richer Than Bill Gates, A First For Microsoft Employees

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Steve Ballmer passed Bill Gates on Monday to become the sixth-richest person in the world, the first time the former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. has been wealthier than the company’s co-founder. The move came as Microsoft shares rose to a fresh record, bringing their total gain this year to 21%. The company, through…

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Microsoft Unveils ‘Copilot Plus’ PC With In-Built AI Tools

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Google also announced it was adding AI answers to its search engine (Representational) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company’s world leading operating system. The tech giant estimates that more than 50 million “AI PCs” will be sold…

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