Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage

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Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
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'We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,' it said in the blog...

- A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday.

Air passengers worldwide faced delays, flight cancellations and headaches checking in as airports and airlines were caught up in the IT outage that affected numerous industries ranging from banks to media companies.The Microsoft Windows outage that affected foreign businesses and luxury hotels in China on Friday left the country's key infrastructure, from airlines to banks, largely unaffected, according to industry sources and social media posts.

Huawei Technologies has made a rare price cut for its Pura 70 smartphones, three months after the series hit the shelves, following a strong performance by the brand during China's 618 midyear shopping festival. All models in the Pura 70 series are on sale for a nearly 10 per cent discount, meaning the top-of-the-line Ultra model is available for 1,000 yuan less, according to a statement from Huawei's official Weibo account on Thursday.

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