What should be done about the situation of Google being a monopolist?
A US judge has ruled that Google has unlawfully maintained its monopoly in search by using anti-competitive deals to keep rivals from gaining traction. The judge ruled that there is only one Dominant Player in both general search and general search text ads. Google could be fined up to $950 million for violating antitrust laws, according to The Verge.
Hospitals Around the World are in a state of crisis because of the IT crash
The global ‘blue screen’ of death was caused by an update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, The Verge reported. According to the report, the update caused a bug in CrowdStrike’s antivirus software which caused many Windows machines to crash and cause them to boot into a boot loop. CrowdStrike said it has deployed a fix for the bug but this could take days to resolve.