Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines (David Weston/The Official Microsoft Blog)

David Weston / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines  —  On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally.  Although this was not a Microsoft incident …

The CrowdStrike debacle may have accidentally provided cybercriminals and countries like China a more detailed road map to disrupt US critical infrastructure (David E. Sanger/New York Times)

David E. Sanger / New York Times:
The CrowdStrike debacle may have accidentally provided cybercriminals and countries like China a more detailed road map to disrupt US critical infrastructure  —  With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge.  The latest chaos wasn't caused by an adversary …

CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD on impacted systems (CrowdStrike)

CrowdStrike:
CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD on impacted systems  —  What Happened?  —  On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC, as part of ongoing operations, CrowdStrike released a sensor configuration update to Windows systems.

Trump's comments on Taiwan hollowing out the US chip industry are incorrect, and risks opening up a fissure for China to exploit and push its own tech sector (Tim Culpan/Bloomberg)

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
Trump's comments on Taiwan hollowing out the US chip industry are incorrect, and risks opening up a fissure for China to exploit and push its own tech sector  —  Viewing the US-Taiwan relationship as contentious, instead of cooperative, risks opening up a fissure for China to exploit.

Microsoft says it fixed a configuration issue causing Microsoft 365 apps and services outage and restored several services; some services remain degraded (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Simon Sharwood / The Register:
Microsoft says it fixed a configuration issue causing Microsoft 365 apps and services outage and restored several services; some services remain degraded  —  Central US region is back in business but Office apps still in trouble  —  UPDATED Microsoft's 365 subscription services are down for some users …

Netflix added 8M subscribers in Q2 vs. 5M est., as it benefited from a crackdown on password-sharing and popular titles like Bridgerton and Baby Reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters:
Netflix added 8M subscribers in Q2 vs. 5M est., as it benefited from a crackdown on password-sharing and popular titles like Bridgerton and Baby Reindeer  —  Netflix (NFLX.O) said on Thursday it added more than 8 million subscribers in its second quarter as the streaming service benefited …

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says "the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed", and CrowdStrike is working with impacted customers (George Kurtz/@george_kurtz)

George Kurtz / @george_kurtz:
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says “the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed”, and CrowdStrike is working with impacted customers  —  CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We

CCData: crypto coin listings on higher-volume exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in H1 2024, surpassing all of 2023 (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
CCData: crypto coin listings on higher-volume exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in H1 2024, surpassing all of 2023  —  - Bybit has been the biggest lister among high-volume bourses  — Some exchanges, such as Coinbase, have been more conservative

German AI startup DeepL releases its new translation model with support for German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese to and from English, available in DeepL Pro (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
German AI startup DeepL releases its new translation model with support for German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese to and from English, available in DeepL Pro  —  DeepL SE, a well-funded translation software startup that leverages customized artificial intelligence models for improved accuracy …

Rotterdam-based chip gear maker Nearfield raised a €135M Series C led by Walden Catalyst Management and Temasek, and "is on track to become a unicorn by 2026" (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
Rotterdam-based chip gear maker Nearfield raised a €135M Series C led by Walden Catalyst Management and Temasek, and “is on track to become a unicorn by 2026”  —  Dutch chip-machine maker Nearfield Instruments BV raised €135 million ($148 million) from investors including …

Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office  —  Israel's CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million in a private funding round.

Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that aims to cut down on administration and compliance work, raised $267M in equity and debt at a $1.33B valuation (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that aims to cut down on administration and compliance work, raised $267M in equity and debt at a $1.33B valuation  —  Human Interest helps small companies set up 401(k) services.  —  LEARN MORE  —  Financial technology startup Human Interest Inc …

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's AI-generated "sketch to image" tool: turns rough sketches into images, ridiculous, fun, and slightly worrying (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's AI-generated “sketch to image” tool: turns rough sketches into images, ridiculous, fun, and slightly worrying  —  The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge.

Apple device management platform Kandji raised $50M equity and $50M debt from General Catalyst, after raising $100M in 2021, taking its total funding to $288M+ (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Apple device management platform Kandji raised $50M equity and $50M debt from General Catalyst, after raising $100M in 2021, taking its total funding to $288M+  —  At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an exception.

London-based Huma Therapeutics, which uses AI to help developers make health apps, raised an $80M Series D at a near-$1B valuation, for $300M in total funding (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
London-based Huma Therapeutics, which uses AI to help developers make health apps, raised an $80M Series D at a near-$1B valuation, for $300M in total funding  —  The Series D financing for the London-headquartered firm includes investments by drug makers AstraZeneca Plc and Bayer AG …