A worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday before services started coming back online after hours of disruption. Global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the issue arose from a defect in its software update for Windows systems.
The Democratic National Committee’s rules committee is meeting Friday to discuss the virtual voting process to nominate President Joe Biden before the in-person convention begins on Aug. 19. The party is seeking to hold a virtual vote before Aug. 7, but no earlier than Aug. 1.
A Russian court has found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony. His employer, The Wall Street Journal, called it “a disgraceful sham conviction.”
Topics in this episode include:
- Global Tech Outage Delays Flights, Disrupts Services
- Stranded in Minnesota by Cyber Outage
- Global Tech Outage Highlights Online Vulnerabilities
- RNC Day 4: Trump Accepts GOP Presidential Nomination
- Delegates React to Trump’s RNC Address
- Bar Patrons on Trump Nomination
- Highlights From Last Day of RNC, Trump’s Speech
- Where Does Trump Sit With Undecided Voters?
- Assessing GOP Efforts to Appeal to Gen Z
- What RNC Lineup Says About State of GOP
- Trump–Vance Ticket Policy and Appeal
- DNC Discusses Virtual Voting Process to Nominate Biden
- Harris Campaigns Amid Biden’s COVID Isolation
- Hunter Biden Asks for Convictions to Be Thrown Out
- What We Know About the Assassination Attempt on Trump
- Georgia Man Charged With Threatening FBI Director
- DOJ: Housing Provider Sexually Abused Migrant Kids
- Alleged Human Smuggling: US Sanctions Mexican Group
- Court Upholds Ban on Felons Voting in Mississippi
- Progress in Boeing Plea Agreement With DOJ
- Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Drag Show Law
- Econo Lodge Must Pay $2 Million for Scalding Shower Death
- Shoppers Spent Record $14 Billion on Amazon Prime Day
- Houthi Attack Drone Kills 1 Person in Tel Aviv
- Hezbollah Drone-Trafficking Suspects Arrested
- Israeli Forces Keep Intense Pressure on Hamas
- WSJ Reacts to Russia’s Sentencing of Gershkovich
- Zelenskyy Tells UK: Long-Range Capability Is Key
- UK Resumes Funding UN Palestinian Refugee Agency
- Ukraine Develops New Drones to Level Battlefield
- Taiwan Official: Taiwan Must Rely on Itself for Defense
- Chinese, Canadian Foreign Ministers to Meet in Beijing
- First Wave of Olympic Athletes Arrives in Paris
- Eggshell Powder Remedy Makes a Comeback
- 55 Years Since NASA’s Moon Landing
