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Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike

NEW YORK (AP) - Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday. The breadth of the outages highlighted the fragility of a digitized world dependent on a few providers for key computing services. But the problem appeared to divide those affected into the haves and have nots. Major customers of Microsoft and CrowdStrike are getting IT support to resolve the issues, but smaller businesses whose Windows PCs may have received the problematic update are struggling.

What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass, though whether it actually will remains uncertain. Supporters, including parent and pediatrician groups say the bill is a necessary first step in regulating tech companies and requiring them to protect children from harmful online content and take responsibility for the harms their platforms can cause.

EA Sports College Football 25, among most anticipated sports video games in history, hits the market

EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play. The game officially launched Friday, with EA Sports increasing its server capacity ahead of time to handle the crush. More than 2.2 million people had already played the game during an early-access period before launch. EA Sports has said its goal for the game was “to feel like a love letter to college football and its fans.”

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure challenges the way you move

Fans of the original Legend of Zelda are sure to find Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure cozily familiar, with a green-clad protagonist fighting monsters and finding treasure across a 2D map. The gimmick here is that every time the intrepid Jemma moves, part of the landscape moves in the same direction. The developers promise a “playful sense of chaos, and a regular stream of small, thoughtful puzzles.” It’s the debut title from an indie studio called Furniture & Mattress, with peppy graphics by the artist who illustrated the cult classic Braid. The journey begins Thursday on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC.