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CrowdStrike Chaos: IT Meltdown from Faulty Update Shocks Global Businesses
CrowdStrike’s latest software update caused global chaos with IT outages and Windows “blue screen of death” errors. Businesses from airlines to banks were affected.
Hot Take:
Oops! It looks like even cybersecurity giants need a little security of their own. CrowdStrike’s software update snafu has left businesses around the globe singing the blues—literally, with the infamous “blue screen of death.” Meanwhile, USPS got caught playing postal peekaboo with Meta, and OpenAI is serving up a more affordable GPT-4o, because who doesn’t love a budget-friendly AI? Welcome to the wild west of tech, folks!
Key Points:
- A faulty software update from CrowdStrike caused widespread IT disruptions.
- OpenAI released GPT-4o mini, a cheaper version of its latest AI model.
- USPS was found sharing customers’ postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn, and Snap.
- Alphabet is in talks to acquire cloud security service Wiz for around $23 billion.
- Kaspersky is exiting the U.S. market following a government ban on its software.
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