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Zack Whittaker 9 hours ago CISA confirmed the CrowdStrike outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but urged caution as malicious hackers exploit the situation.

Venture

These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs

Maxwell Zeff Julie Bort 10 hours ago The global outage is a perfect reminder how much of the world relies on technological infrastructure.

Transportation

CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affected

Rebecca Bellan Kirsten Korosec 10 hours ago The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air…

Apps

Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Aisha Malik 13 hours ago Prior to the ban, Trump’s team used his channel to broadcast some of his campaigns. With the ban now lifted, his channel can resume doing so.

Startups

M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.

Marina Temkin 14 hours ago This week, Google is in discussions to pay $23 billion for cloud security startup Wiz, SoftBank acquires Graphcore, and more.

Security

CrowdStrike’s rivals stand to benefit from its update fail debacle

Kyle Wiggers 14 hours ago CrowdStrike competes with a number of vendors, including SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks but also Microsoft, Trellix, Trend Micro and Sophos, in the endpoint security market.

Climate

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

Tim De Chant 15 hours ago The IT outage may have an unexpected effect on the climate: clearer skies and maybe lower temperatures this evening

Security

The CrowdStrike outage is a plot point in a rom-com

Amanda Silberling 15 hours ago There’s a man in Florida right now who wants to propose to his girlfriend while they’re on a beach vacation. He couldn’t get the engagement ring before he flew down…

Security

What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos

Zack Whittaker Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 16 hours ago Here’s everything you need to know so far about the global outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software update.

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What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos

These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs

US cyber agency CISA says malicious hackers are ‘taking advantage’ of CrowdStrike outage

The CrowdStrike outage is a plot point in a rom-com

Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

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Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally

US cyber agency CISA says malicious hackers are ‘taking advantage’ of CrowdStrike outage

These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs

CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affected

Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.

CrowdStrike’s rivals stand to benefit from its update fail debacle

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

The CrowdStrike outage is a plot point in a rom-com