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CrowdStrike boss apologises for ‘mistake’ that caused global IT outage | Science & Tech News
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A senior executive at CrowdStrike has apologised for a faulty software update that caused a global IT outage in July. The incident led to worldwide flight cancellations and impacted industries around the globe including banks, health care, media companies and hotel chains. The outage disrupted internet services, affecting 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices. Adam Meyers,…
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Bumble apologises for adverts appearing to mock celibacy | Science & Tech News
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Bumble has apologised after it appeared to make fun of celibate women in a new advertising campaign. The dating app ran a billboard campaign with slogans including “you know full well a vow of celibacy is not the answer”, and “thou shall not give up dating and become a nun”. Social media users called the…
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Apple apologises for crushing musical instruments and books in ‘tone-deaf’ iPad Pro advert | Science & Tech News
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Apple has apologised for its new iPad Pro advert where it crushed cameras, books and musical instruments, saying it “missed the mark”. The advert – shared online by Apple chief executive Tim Cook – also featured creative tools such as a record player and a metronome being crushed in an industrial press. It was intended…
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McDonald’s apologises after IT outage shuts restaurants worldwide but rules out cybersecurity attack | UK News
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McDonald’s customers say they were turned away from restaurants around the world, including in the UK, after the fast food chain was hit by major IT problems. British diners complained about outlets being shut, despite many being able to place orders through the company’s app. Follow live:Updates on McDonald’s tech issues McDonald’s Japan also halted…
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Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status…
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Hospital apologises after frozen eggs of more than 100 women may have been damaged | UK News
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A hospital has apologised to more than 100 women after their eggs and embryos were likely damaged during the freezing process. Guy’s Hospital in London contacted the 136 women after discovering its NHS-operated clinic may have inadvertently used some bottles of a faulty freezing solution in September and October 2022. The clinic said it did…
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Elon Musk apologises for antisemitic X post – but tells fleeing advertisers to ‘go f*** yourself’ | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has launched a fiery attack on advertisers who have stopped promoting on his social media platform X, telling them to “go f*** yourself”. At the New York Times DealBook summit on Wednesday, the X boss was asked about American firms – including Disney – who pulled ads after he apparently endorsed an antisemitic…
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Instagram apologises after inserting ‘terrorist’ into some Palestinian profiles | Science & Tech News
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Meta has apologised after Instagram inserted the word “terrorist” into some Palestinian users’ profile bios. Some bios containing the word “Palestinian” followed by the Palestinian flag emoji and the Arabic phrase “Alhamdulillah,” which means “Praise be to God”, were being auto-translated to: “Praise be to God, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom.” The issue…
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Labour MP apologises for sharing fake image of Rishi Sunak | Politics News
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A Labour MP has apologised after he shared a fake image of the prime minister on social media. Karl Turner, who represents Hull East, shared an image on X (formerly known as Twitter) showing Rishi Sunak with a badly pulled pint at the Great British Beer festival, along with a woman looking on disapprovingly in…
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Irish Times apologises and takes down ‘hoax’ AI-generated article | Science & Tech News
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The Irish Times has apologised after it published an opinion article that was generated by artificial intelligence. Editor Ruadhan Mac Cormaic said his paper was “genuinely sorry” after it published the comment piece called “Irish women’s obsession with fake tan is problematic” on Thursday. In the article, which was supposedly written by a 29-year-old healthcare…