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TechScape: Why CrowdStrike-style chaos is here to stay

Countless theories for the cybersecurity firm’s outage are flying, but whatever the reason, the fact is that this sort of thing is likely to happen again

The Guardian - UK

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify over disastrous global outage as Microsoft points finger at EU

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been called to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee over the global IT outage.

Tom’s Guide

House Leaders Call On Crowdstrike CEO For Testimony

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify after global tech outage; regulators monitoring situation closely.

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Cybersecurity firm Wiz rejects $23bn bid from Google parent Alphabet

Israeli company aims for stock market flotation after spurning biggest deal in tech group’s history

The Guardian - UK

An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge

In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a deal with Microsoft involving “access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI expert applications”. Informa is the parent company of Taylor Francis, which publishes a wide range…

The Conversation

CrowdStrike chief called to testify over global Microsoft IT outage

Incident must serve as a broader warning about national security risks, US House commitee says

The Independent UK

CrowdStrike crash showed us how invasive cyber security software is. Is there a better way?

On Friday, the world suffered what many have described as the largest IT outage in history, when 8.5 million Windows computers crashed and wouldn’t restart.

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Ask Jerry: Why does Google push out updates and new features so slowly?

Have a question about the tech in your life? If so, maybe we can get them answered!

Android Central

Do you have AI skills? Getting a job in data engineering will likely lead you to a six-figure salary and beyond

Data engineers with at least 3 years of relevant work experience can easily earn six-figures at places like IBM, Meta, and Capital One.

Fortune

Forget waiting for Apple Intelligence, Microsoft Designer brings AI image creation to the iPhone today

Microsoft has launched its Microsoft Designer app for iPhone, offering AI-powered image creation and editing similar to the upcoming Apple Intelligence feature.

iMore

'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' Is Coming to Game Pass Sooner Than You Think

Modern Warfare 3 will be the first Call Of Duty on Game Pass since the Activision Blizzard deal closed late last year.

Inverse

What's next for Xbox Game Pass? Cloud-only tier, exploring ad-based tiers, and the return of the Family Plan?

Xbox Game Pass has been controversial in some corners, but right now, there's no sign to suggest that it isn't here to stay. What does the immediate future hold for Xbox Game Pass? Here's what I've heard.

Windows Central

Microsoft says 8.5 million devices were affected by the CrowdStrike bug or 'less than one percent of all Windows devices' as new details emerge on Friday's tech meltdown

As damage control continues, we're now learning how the CrowdStrike crisis unfolded, and why.

PC Gamer

Microsoft believes 8.5 million devices were affected by CrowdStrike update outage

As the world continues to recover from the CrowdStrike incident, Microsoft reveals how it is working with the company to scale the deployment of a fix.

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Xbox's EMEA marketing director says PlayStation is "blessed with marketing funds" that team green doesn't have: "Regrettably they outspend us"

But that's "totally fine," he adds

Evening Standard

Why the CrowdStrike Microsoft tech crash reveals the need for clearer City scheduling

Investegate, the retail trader’s shop window on the Square Mile, plans an announcement timing service to help investors track news

TechRadar

Microsoft is trying to improve browsers like Edge and Chrome by tackling annoying video playback issues for smoother browsing

Microsoft aims to tweak Chromium to ensure we don't get 'phantom' audio playback with an embedded video clip.

International Business Times UK

Fund Manager Overseeing Top-3% Growth Funds Shares A Proven Strategy to Navigate the AI Boom

Ankur Crawford manages Fred Alger Management's top growth funds that invest heavily in tech stocks and have returned over 40% in 2023.

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Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft's EU agreement means it will be hard to avoid CrowdStrike-like calamities in the future

Last week's CrowdStrike crash was caused by the app's kernel level access to Windows. However, Microsoft cannot legally stop companies from that level of access because of an agreement it made with the European Commission in 2009.

Windows Central

Updated CrowdStrike recovery tool can save you from Blue Screen of Death, even without BitLocker recovery keys

Microsoft updated its guide and tools available to recovery PCs affected by the CrowdStrike outage. It is now possible to recover some PCs without using BitLocker recovery keys, though you need local administrator rights to do so.

TechRadar

Microsoft blames EU rules for its inability to lock down Windows following CrowdStrike incident

EU rules may have restricted Microsoft from being able to better protect its operating systems.

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US Flights Canceled After Global Tech Outage

US flights disrupted by a global tech outage caused by a Microsoft update, leading to chaos and economic losses.

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Option Volatility And Earnings Report For July 22 - 26

This week we have Tesla (TSLA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Visa (V), Abbvie (ABBV) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) all set to report.

PC Gamer

Smaller and faster Windows 11 updates are on the way as Microsoft switches to downloading just what you need and none of what you don't

The tyranny of huge Windows updates looks to be a thing of the past.

TechRadar

IceWarp review

This IceWarp email hosting review explains what the service excels at - storage - and where it falls down.

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