There seems to be simultaneous issues affecting: (a) CrowdStrike failed update that is forcing Windows Servers into a blue-screen boot loop, and (b) An outage of Azure (not sure if this is same issue or different issues).
However, reports are coming in that Banks, Airlines, Grocery Stores, etc worldwide are down.
https://www.afr.com/technology/businesses-crippled-by-widespread-it-outage-20240719-p5jv2t
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/frontier-flights-grounded-microsoft.html
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