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Boeing 737 Max crashes: How did it go so wrong? • The Register
WEBDec 15, 2021 · In 2019, the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, also a 737 Max, attempted to counteract the effects of MCAS but could not physically move the mechanical trim wheel due to the aerodynamic force from plunging toward the ground.. Boeing in January agreed to pay $2.5bn to settle criminal charges arising from the two fatal 737 Max crashes. The manufacturer did not admit guilt, however, which ...
A closer look at what caused the CrowdStrike Windows crashes
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Analysis Last week, at 0409 UTC on July 19, 2024, antivirus maker CrowdStrike released an update to its widely used Falcon platform that caused Microsoft Windows machines around the world to crash. The impact was extensive. Supply chain firm Interos estimates 674,620 direct enterprise customer relationships of CrowdStrike and Microsoft were ...
Enterprises spent whopping $80B on cloud in Q2 • The Register
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Plus: Oracle nudges to top of second tier providers. Dan Robinson. Mon 5 Aug 2024 // 18:34 UTC. Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to grow, now nearing $80 billion per quarter, with the big three continuing to dominate and Oracle emerging as leader of the second tier providers. …
Microsoft 365 remains 'degraded' as Azure outage resolved
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Updated Microsoft's 365 subscription services are down for some users, as the software titan also reports the Central US region of its Azure cloud is experiencing problems.. Azure's status page advises that since approximately 21:56 UTC on July 18 "a subset of customers may experience issues with multiple Azure services in the Central US region including failures with service management ...
BT puts old phone books online - The Register
WEBNov 29, 2007 · BT is putting its entire archive of old phone books online for genealogists, or anyone else, to browse, and a commercial genealogy company is opening up access to all UK burial records since 1538. The phone books date back to 1880 and contain 280 million names. They can be used to track down relatives, but you can also use the service to find ...
An interview with now-former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan
WEBSat 8 Jun 2024 // 14:40 UTC. Interview Joe Sullivan – the now-former Uber chief security officer who was found guilty of covering-up a theft of data from Uber in 2016 – remembers sitting down and thinking through the worst-case scenarios he faced following that guilty verdict in 2022. Federal prosecutors wanted to jail Sullivan for 15 ...
Twitter owes half a billion in severance pay: lawsuit
WEBJul 13, 2023 · There are only 1,300 souls left from 7,500 before Musk, complaint claims. Former Twitter employee Courtney McMillian has filed a complaint claiming the company owes $500 million in severance pay to the thousands of people that were chopped from its once 7,500-strong workforce. The lawsuit also claims that only a …
Palo Alto Networks apologizes as sexist marketing misfires
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Nikesh Arora, PAN's chairman and CEO, doubled down on the apologies on Tuesday, echoing the points made by Unni, adding that what happened was "unacceptable." "To our community, customers, partners, and colleagues, let me begin with a sincere apology for a recent marketing decision at an event hosted by Palo Alto Networks during Black Hat in ...
Yes, I am feeling smug – I ignored you and saved the project
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The boss was "not happy about my smugness, but extremely grateful that I'd saved the relationship with that client." "Ever since that experience, the boss developed a newfound respect for my attention to detail," Nina smugly told The Register. She signed off with advice to "Always check the little things you take for granted first, because it ...