The Crowdstrike outage disrupted many industries. Hospitals were especially vulnerable from NPR Selena Simmons-Duffin
We look at how the CrowdStrike update, which caused a major comms outage for airlines and banks, affected hospitals. Read More
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Vietnam’s most senior political leader has died, leaving behind a vacuum in the party from NPR Michael Sullivan
What does the death of the long-serving leader of Vietnam, one of the world’s last remaining communist regimes, mean for the country and the region? Read More
At the funeral of a senior Hamas leader, pride and hope for the future from NPR Jane Arraf
The war in Gaza has brought Sunni and Shiite armed groups closer together in Lebanon. Many there fear that fighting on its border with Israel could drag the country into war. Read More
Southwest Airlines is facing a unique climate change problem: exploding soda cans from NPR Ayesha Rascoe
Extreme temperatures have caused problems for the beverage service on some Southwest Airlines flights, with hot cans exploding when opened. Read More
Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: The Verge Microsoft has released a recovery tool that’s designed to help IT admins repair Windows machines that were impacted by CrowdStrike’s faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday. The tool creates a bootable USB drive that IT admins can use to help quickly recover impacted machines. While CrowdStrike has issued…
Two new must-have Android apps from the Verge David Pierce
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 46, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you like silly gadgets, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about Apple betas and AR gadgets, reading about Donald…
Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade from NPR Cheryl W. Thompson
More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe. (Image credit: Madeline Gray) Read More
Chinese companies offer to ‘resurrect’ deceased loved ones with AI avatars from NPR Emily Feng
Startups are catering to mourners who want a way to communicate with their lost loved ones — or at least digital likeness of them. (Image credit: Aowen Cao) Read More
Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a ‘shoot-on-sight-order’ following deadly protests from NPR The Associated Press
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Harris gets back on the trail as Biden recovers from COVID from NPR Asma Khalid
Vice President Harris was in Provincetown, Mass. raising money for the Biden-Harris campaign. Meanwhile, President Biden is stuck in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after COVID took him off the trail. (Image credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images) Read More