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Iran accelerating cyber activity in possible effort to influence US election, Microsoft says

Iran is ramping up online activity that appears intended to influence the upcoming US election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday.

Microsoft blames Delta Airlines for failing to recover quickly after global outage — here's why

The tech giant said its CEO Satya Nadella emailed Delta's CEO, but never got a reply.

How Bill Gates turned to Jeffrey Epstein in desperate bid for the one thing he can't buy

Bill Gates' longing for a Nobel Peace Prize drove him to Jeffrey Epstein for help, according to a new book.

CrowdStrike denies blame for Delta delay mess, claims offers to help were ignored

Crowdstrike fired back at Delta CEO Ed Bastian in a letter on Sunday, claiming it is unfair for Delta to shift the blame away.

Microsoft banned young interns from being alone with 'flirty' Bill Gates — before his high-profile divorce: bombshell book

Gates, who divorced his wife Melinda French Gates in the summer of 2021 after 27 years of marriage, is reported to have routinely cheated on her.

Microsoft reveals cyberattack triggered latest outage that stalled emails, crashed Starbucks app

The Azure platform’s defense response may have “amplified the impact” rather than initially mitigating it.

Delta boss says airline lost '$500M in five days' over CrowdStrike debacle

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the airline has "no choice" but to seek legal action against Crowdstrike.

Microsoft sends shockwaves through tech sector after signaling AI payoff will take longer

Shares fell 7% after the company gave the spending forecast on a call with analysts but quickly pared losses to trade down 3% after it said Azure growth would accelerate...

Microsoft investigates new outages in 365 services after global CrowdStrike debacle

Microsoft said Tuesday that is probing outages impacting its 365 office applications and services after the global CrowdStike chaos earlier this month. The tech giant said some of its 365...

Delta seeks compensation after CrowdStrike outage caused thousands of flight cancelations

Analysts estimate that the impact from the cyber outage could be in the hundreds of millions.

Delta could take $500M profit hit after Crowdstrike outage: Wall Street analyst

Analysts have been cutting expectations for the premium airline after it struggled to bounce back from mass delays.

CrowdStrike sends $10 Uber Eats gift cards as apology for global IT meltdown: report

Several X users posted that they had received a gift voucher from CrowdStrike, though some said the code appeared to have been taken offline and was no longer working.

Microsoft to take massive hit as Fortune 500 firms suffer $5.4B in losses from CrowdStrike outage: study

Cloud insurer Parametrix said the healthcare, banking and airline industries will take the largest financial hits.

CrowdStrike explains disastrous bug that caused global tech meltdown last week

Airlines, hospitals, banks and various other businesses were crippled last Friday as a result of the software update.

CrowdStrike shares plunge 13% in another day of crushing losses after causing global outage

While analysts largely expect CrowdStrike to recover from the incident given its leading position in the industry, concerns around reputational damage, a hit to new customer contracts, competition and possible...

CrowdStrike outages highlight inequalities between big business and mom & pop shops

Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with a faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, and its repercussions continued through the weekend.

I was supposed to have life-altering brain surgery -- then the Microsoft outage hit

A cancer patient says surgery to remove a four-centimeter mass from her brain was cancelled this week - due to the worldwide IT glitch.  

Flight troubles linger following global tech outage — hospitals, businesses work to get back on track

Airports, hospitals, government offices and businesses worked to get back on track Saturday following a global tech outage that caused widespread chaos.

Take Friday's IT nightmare as a warning of what a cyberattack could do

The global Microsoft computer outage initiated by a faulty CrowdStrike security update gave us a taste of what actual cyberwarfare could do.

Doctor explains how hospital is being affected by the Microsoft outage

Jackie Zee, a doctor in California, explains how the global Microsoft outage is impacting her hospital and patients.  The unprecedented tech crash caused worldwide chaos on July 19, leaving passengers...