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A massive IT outage is currently affecting computer systems worldwide. In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, reports indicate computers at...
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Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
Displays at LaGuardia Airport in New York show the infamous "blue screen of death." AP Photo/Yuki IwamuraThe global information technology...
Major IT outage brings businesses around the world to a standstill – expert explains what happened and why
AAPPP / ShutterstockA major IT outage has hit businesses across the world, grounding planes as well as affecting banks and...
Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame
Computer systems across Australia and overseas have failed this afternoon after an update was pushed out by global security software...
Taming the machine: should the technological revolution be regulated – and can it be?
Phonlamai Photo/ShutterstockBack in 2005 – before the rise of social media or smart phones, let alone blockchain, metadata and OpenAI...
The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments
Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Maximilien Brice/CERN, CC BY-SAWhen you push “start” on your...
Supershoes have transformed competitive distance running, but they remain controversial
On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much since the Olympic Games were revived...
Pregnant Nigerian women need faster access to hospitals – technology helped us calculate travel times
Nigeria contributes 28% of the 280,000 maternal deaths and about 10% of almost two million stillbirths that occur annually across...
Flying in helicopters is safer than you might think – an aerospace engineer explains the technology and training that make it so
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in flight. Vlad Lazarenko/Wikimedia, CC BY-SAHelicopters draw a lot of attention with their almost magical...
AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts
A data center in Ashburn, Va., the heart of so-called Data Center Alley. AP Photo/Ted ShaffreyThe artificial intelligence boom has...
