Highlights from the global tech outage: Airlines, businesses and border crossings hit by global tech disruption

A faulty software update issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected computers running Microsoft Windows, grounding flights and disrupting systems worldwide.

Verizon users face major network outage across US, company blames software issue

Many Verizon users in the US faced network problems, seeing “SOS” or “Emergency Calls Only” on their phones. The issue ...

Some iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air Users Experiencing Intermittent Wi-Fi Issue

Apple's latest iPhone models launched on Friday, and some early adopters of the devices are experiencing intermittent Wi-Fi ...
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CMS students face at-home internet connectivity issues due to statewide issue

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students are experiencing difficulty connecting to the internet from home using their school-issued devices due to a statewide problem with the district's security ...
MLive

Despite progress, issues persist with University of Michigan internet outage

ANN ARBOR, MI - Trouble with emails. Overstressed cellular networks. Employees struggling to report how much time they worked. University of Michigan students and faculty spoke across social media ...
The Economist

A stealth attack came close to compromising the world’s computers

In 2020 XKCD, a popular online comic strip, published a cartoon depicting a teetering arrangement of blocks with the label: “all modern digital infrastructure”. Perched precariously at the bottom, ...