A cascading cloud outage that took major parts of the web offline reverberated far beyond the engineering trenches, sparking a dramatic—and in some cases risky—surge in alternative AI search platforms like DeepSeek. As mainstream users were locked out of ChatGPT during the widely reported June...
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In the fast-spinning world of digital productivity and connected workforces, it sometimes takes a sudden jolt to remind us just how deeply we rely on cloud services. The Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 outage that unfolded on March 1, 2025, was one such jolt, rippling across the globe and...
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On July 19, 2024, a severe outage at CrowdStrike impacted approximately 8.5 million systems globally, particularly affecting numerous Windows 11 desktops. This incident has become a significant focal point in the IT community, prompting discussions about recovery methods and tools. In response...