Author: Rick Deckard
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Microsoft Windows Down Worldwide Affecting Travel, Banking, Emergency Services and More
Microsoft Windows’ users were hit by a bug caused by a security update early today, resulting in the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. The bug originated with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company which is mostly used by corporations to secure their networks. This affected thousands of computers, making them go into an unrecoverable boot loop, causing…
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Bangladesh Cuts Internet Access
This is precisely why you want apps and utilities that work well offline. Bangladesh has a population of 170 million. After student protests that killed at least 32 people, according to RTE news, the Bangladeshi government appears to have severely limited mobile internet access. Two days prior, internet providers cut off access to Facebook, which…