TECH MELTDOWN: Flights, banks, media disrupted worldwide by tech glitch

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Published 2024-07-19
A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.

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All Comments (10)
  • @RobertSweatman
    Here come the Black Swan events from angry Democrat High Tech Employees
  • @Nekoyasha12
    The Technology God thus proclaims: "Go toughith some grass!!"
  • @Azlorn
    me sitting here with a pirated version that doesn't update, lol.
  • Private jets sales going up, too bad for the rest of us peasants
  • @scottdoleac5651
    Boy did that guy who uploaded the firmware update screw up 😂
  • @johnrodgers2171
    I don't know much about IT but wouldn't it make sense to roll out updates to test pc's? Also, why is there no redundancy as a backup in case of a solar flare, hacking or F-up? Relying only on cloud computing to save money is stupid
  • @gevdarg
    Is the guest speaking? Because I'm not hearing nothing 🙂
  • @prostytroll
    After this I like electronic money even more...