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Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally. Meanwhile, Microsoft's cloud services were restored after they also suffered an outage on the same day. CNBC's Karen Tso and Arjun Kharpal with the latest.

Major global cyber outage hits airlines, banks and media outlets, impacting millions

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Computer systems across Australia and overseas have failed this afternoon after an update was pushed out by global security software provider CrowdStrike.

The software affected by the update appears to be the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, which is installed by businesses or other organisations on desktop computers and notebooks to provide security monitoring.

What’s happening?

The software failure has caused a major IT outage affecting organisations across Australia and around the world. The websites of the Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, the ABC and many others have been affected, according to crowdsourced outage reporting website DownDetector.



The big four banks, Telstra and major media organisations including the...

Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame

An update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike led to a major IT outage on Friday, impacting businesses around the world. "The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed," CEO George Kurtz said in a statement on X. The comments came after widespread reports of technical issues, with...

CrowdStrike issue causes major outage affecting businesses around the world

CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin and Becky Quick report on the latest news.

Global IT outage grounds planes and sends broadcasters off air

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If you recently got an email from the Social Security Administration, don't ignore it. Millions of people who created an online my Social Security account before September 18, 2021, will soon have to switch to a Login.gov account to be able to continue to access their information, according to the agency.All users will soon need to have either a Login.gov or ID.me account to access their Social Security account and other online services, SSA said. More than 5 million account holders have already made the transition, part of an effort to simplify the process of signing in securely to access online...

Social Security recipients must update their online accounts.

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There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

Long delays are being reported at airports, with over 1,000 flights cancelled worldwide.

Flights grounded across the US during tech outage

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Spotting a few bugs in the house is typically a nuisance, but there's one in particular that should ring alarm bells for homeowners. If you come across the bug in the photo above, it's time to call in a professional.

Study This Photo--If You Find This Bug In Your House, You Need To Call in a Pro

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Google is making its dark web report feature available to all Google Account holders.Previously only available to Google One subscribers, the feature, designed to help users monitor if their personal information has been spotted in data breaches, will be integrated into the ‘results about you’ section of the Google app this summer.The news was spotted in a pop-up in the Google One app (via 9To5Google), which explains that the feature will “no longer be available on Google One,” but unlike the company’s VPN shutdown, dark web monitoring will just be reframed as a tool for all.
Google’s dark web monitoring will...

Google is making its dark web monitoring tool free for everyone to use

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Mick Jagger was booed by the crowd at the Rolling Stones' Vancouver concert as he expressed his love for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, before quickly changing tact

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How do you instantly gain someone's trust? Whether it's a new friend, a colleague, or a romantic prospect, genuinely connecting and building strong bonds might seem daunting, but emotional intelligence is absolutely an ability that you can learn. I'm a Harvard-trained emotional intelligence researcher and the founder of Mind Brain...

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Major international outages are affecting Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile roaming data plans. The root cause is unclear, possibly related to carrier transitions from 2G/3G to 4G/5G. Carriers are working on fixes, but it's recommended to use Wi-Fi, VPNs, local SIM cards, or eSIMs as alternatives in the meantime. If you're...

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers hit with major international roaming outage

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A mass IT outage has affected flights, banks, and media outlets around the world, causing widespread disruption.

Mass IT outage: here's a list of companies and operations affected

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How can Astrology tell you about your worst friends? Astrology is the concept of using the placement of the planets and their related astrological signs, or the Signs of the Zodiac, to determine the course of a life. These placements based on your birth date, time, and location can give you a wealth of information about your personality traits and character and predict events throughout your life based on your sign and current placements. Of course, this is a quick overview, and doing actual natal charts and horoscopes is much more complicated. But now you have a basic idea of what astrology is.

5 Zodiac Signs That Could Be Your Worst Friend

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This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. After graduating from Syracuse University in 2017 and spending three years working corporate jobs in both advertising and marketing in New York City, Vienna Hintze wanted a change.

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T-Mobile now offers home internet with a 5G-based modem-router gateway combo, which some customers have taken traveling with them. Recent internal documents have revealed T-Mobile's plan to crack down on home internet customers who aren't at their registered address. While T-Mobile had temporarily put these plans on hold, internal documents...

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The call and text message records of hundreds of millions of AT&T cellphone customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday.

Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach

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Here's faithful white supremacist and "White Boy Summer" fanboy Nick Fuentes taking to his podcast to ask, "Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?"
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Racist MAGAts Find Out Trump’s VP Pick J.D. Vance Has An Indian Wife And Family, And They Are Not OK

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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed a rule requiring all mobile carriers to unlock customers' phones within 60 days of activation.

FCC proposes 60-day cellphone unlocking rule

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CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

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'Largest IT outage in history' leaves world reeling

This is CNBC's live blog covering the latest news and updates on the IT outage impacting businesses worldwide. See below for updates. Financial services and doctors'...

'Largest IT outage in history' leaves world reeling

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