A software update by Crowdstrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, prompted a far-flung tech outage globally that impacted close to 8.5 million Microsoft devices, according to a Saturday blog post by Microsoft.

Tech outage subsides following extensive disruption

Friday saw a global tech outage that turned out to be quite a headache for social media giant Meta, with massive disruptions at airports, banks, and hospitals. According to a spokesperson at Meta, among those hit by the outage were a number of external vendors who police content on Meta's platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.

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