Sun 21 July 2024: A massive IT outage is currently affecting computer systems worldwide. In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, reports indicate computers at banks, media organisations, hospitals, transport services, shop checkouts, airports and more have all been impacted. Today’s outage is unprecedented in its scale and severity. The technical term for what has happened to the affected computers […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday. “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: The price of Bitcoin hit $67,500 again on Friday — the first time after more than five weeks. Bitcoin saw its price climb to as high as $67,503 during the day, while it was trading just below $67,000 at 6.20 p.m. EDT for a daily gain of 4.7%. It soared 15.9% […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: A widespread technical glitch linked to a Microsoft outage caused disruptions across various sectors globally, from airlines to banks. The cascade of failures began in the US and spread to Asia, impacting major companies such as McDonald’s, United Airlines, and LSE Group. The exact cause of the outage remains unclear, but […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: WhatsApp, with over 2.78 billion users globally, is a leading instant messaging platform used for personal, business, and official communications. Addressing privacy concerns, WhatsApp has introduced a new feature allowing users to connect without sharing their phone numbers. Now, users can share their profiles through QR codes, enabling others to access […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: TikTok owner, ByteDance, on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for antitrust regulators seeking to curb the power of Big Tech, Reuters reported. Under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), gatekeepers are required to make their messaging apps interoperate with […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: For millions of people, smartwatches aren’t just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible. As you go on your morning run, a smartwatch can monitor the rhythmic pounding of your feet and your heart’s steady beat. The watch can […]
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In this photo provided by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, two interacting galaxies are captured by the Webb Space Telescope in the infrared. Scientists say the neighnouring galaxies, nicknamed Penguin, right, and the Egg, left, have been tangled up for tens of millions of years [NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute] Sun 14 […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: Israel has recorded 3 billion cyber-attacks targeting its military computer systems since 7 October, according to Israeli media reports on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Desert. Racheli Dembinski, commander of the army’s Centre of Computers and Information Systems unit, told the Israeli daily, Haaretz, that “the number of attempted cyber-attacks on IDF (army) computer systems has […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Meta has announced it is lifting the restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as he campaigns to regain the White House. The social media company had suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely after his comments supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and spreading misinformation about the election […]
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