Global Tech Outage- Back to the Future :D

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Grab your popcorn and brace yourselves because our digital world just hit a massive speed bump!
Check out this news segment from DW about a recent global tech outage that’s causing chaos from airlines to stock exchanges! Hospitals are canceling surgeries, and airports are going old-school with handwritten boarding passes:

Check out the video to see the full scoop and let’s discuss:
Are we too hyper-connected for our own good? How can we prevent such chaos from even small tech hiccups in the future?

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

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I thought this was too funny not to share! :smiley:

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@Grzegorz_Szmidt Nice one :slight_smile:
For once, I’m glad I’m not travelling today :smiley:

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A great example on how dependent mankind has become on internet and technology. But mankind will forget this and move on, until next technical disaster will strike . :smirk:

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This just proves that one big tech company has way too much influence over the tech landscape of the world.

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I can agree with that!

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There will be far worse moments to come I am sure. Outages for longer and spread across the globe. Let’s not make ourselves so reliant on technology. Big tech companies assume we all want to be online 24/7 and extol the virtues of ‘convenience’. But was this outage ‘convenient’? Haha.

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Also, can we see Big Tech’s days being numbered? I mean the Googles etc. As more and more AI models flood the market, will they begin to dominate?

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Courtesy of XDA, some more companies we rely heavily on -

  • Okta manages cloud logins and could cause havoc if it goes down, impacting access to work accounts globally.
  • Fastly powers popular sites like Reddit and Spotify, so an outage could make many websites inaccessible.
  • ServiceNow runs help desks and IT support - an outage could lead to chaos, impacting countless companies.
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