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CrowdStrike IT outage continues to cause global disruption | BBC News
A massive tech failure that caused chaos around the world on Friday is continuing to cause disruption into the weekend. Cyber-security firm CrowdStrike has apologised after an update to its antivirus software – which is designed to protect Microsoft Windows devices from malicious attacks – instead caused a global outage. The outage caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays across…
Read More »The Deadly Mining Complex Powering the EV Revolution
Nickel is a critical component of the batteries that power electric cars, and Indonesia has become a global giant in producing the mineral. But there is a dirty and sometimes deadly secret behind this success story. Environmentalists accuse Indonesia’s nickel industry of flouting regulations intended to protect ecologically sensitive islands, and fatal accidents at Chinese-owned mining facilities are not uncommon.…
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