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A widespread technology outage is causing major disruptions globally, grounding flights, knocking banks offline, and affecting media outlets. The issue was traced back to a faulty update deployed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, specifically impacting Microsoft Windows users. CrowdStrike confirmed the incident was not a security breach or cyberattack and is working on a fix. The […]
Monroe County announced its IT systems are experiencing disruptions amid a Microsoft and CrowdStrike outage. The county released a statement that County Executive Adam Bello activated the Emergency Operations Center at 4 a.m. Friday morning. The statement clarifies that 911 and emergency communications are functioning as normal, but it’s not clear what services are affected […]
Apple has announced a groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI to enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities, unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference. This marks Apple’s first major AI collaboration, integrating OpenAI’s technology into Siri. Users can now get help with tasks like recipe ideas, room decorations, and creating custom bedtime stories. Apple software chief Craig Federighi emphasized […]
On May 16, 2024, the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly surpassed 40,000 points for the first time, reflecting investor confidence in an economic soft landing. This milestone follows strong earnings reports, with 77% of companies beating estimates. The Dow, weighted by share prices, often lags behind the S&P 500, which is market value-weighted and more […]
Microsoft and Mercedes Benz are teaming up and will be launching an optional. Artificial intelligent beta program to test the in-car ChatGPT. The two companies made the announcement earlier this week and the program will kick off starting Friday June 16th. After this beta test Mercedes Benz will decide if the company will dive deeper […]
Another big Tech company is getting ready to lay off a lot of workers. Alphabet, the parent company to Google said it will be laying off 12,000 employees. This comes days after Microsoft made the announcement that they were laying off 10,000 employees. All of these American big Tech companies are laying off tens of […]
Giant tech company Microsoft plans to lay off around 10,000 employees after revenue growth slows down and has been the slowest since 2016. One of the issues Microsoft is facing is the slow sales of their PC’s Compared to the height of a Coronavirus pandemic when companies and schools bought everything from laptops and desktop […]
For the last couple of years Consumers have been dealing with product shortages from everything to hygiene productsAnd food now the latest shortage is a good and bad thing. Microsoft has confirmed that there’s a shortage of xbox controllers. The company did say you may be able to find pre-owned controllers on Amazon but you […]
Less than two weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard. Sony is acquiring Bungie. The video game studio that created hit franchises such as “Halo” and “Destiny,” was buy for $3.6 billion. Sony (SONY) said the acquisition would help take its PlayStation platform “beyond the console” and flesh out the company’s efforts to develop live-service video […]
Wait!!!!! Before you overpay for an PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S online. Sony vowed in a tweet that more inventory would arrive at retailers before year-end. (Keep listening to WDKX for your chance to win a New Game Console) Here is what Playstation announced on twitter: We want to thank gamers everywhere for making the […]