The outage caused days of widespread technological havoc, highlighting how much of the world depends on a few key providers of computing services and drawing the attention of regulators who want more details on what went wrong.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday announced the investigation into Delta’s response to the outage, which he said has affected more than half a million of the airline’s passengers.
Chrome is the world’s dominant web browser, and many others, including Microsoft’s Edge, are based on the company’s Chromium technology.
The scope of the disruptions has also caught the attention of government regulators, including antitrust enforcers, though it remains to be seen if they take action against the company.
The technical issues stem from an update issued for systems that run on Microsoft Windows by the security firm CrowdStrike, whose software is widely used by businesses seeking to defend themselves against hackers.
Total cancellations within, into or out of the U.S. on Sunday clocked in at 1,461, according to the latest data from FlightAware.
Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with a faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, and its repercussions continued through the weekend.
A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday.
The AgriNovus Indiana report quantifies agbiosciences as contributing $22.7 billion to the state’s gross domestic product. It also identifies several key areas of opportunity for growth in this sector.
Amazon Web Services executive White joins a speaker lineup that includes Alex Rodriguez and Marcus Lemonis.
Indianapolis-based information technology firm Sondhi Solutions has rebranded as Exos Cos. and plans to add 250 new employees by the end of 2028.
State and corporate leaders believe a tech park taking shape on the western edge of downtown could be a launchpad for health sciences innovation and commercialization as part of the state’s ambitious economic development portfolio.
Approximately 109 million customer accounts were impacted, according to AT&T, which said that it currently doesn’t believe that the data is publicly available.
AnalytiXIN is a collaborative effort between major Indiana corporations, industry groups and academic institutions to share information on data sciences, including digital, AI and advanced analytic capabilities.
In January, the Federal Trade Commission said it would look into whether the investments and partnerships between AI companies and Big Tech are stifling true competition.
The first semiconductor-focused conference of its kind in the Midwest will convene industry leaders and public officials in Indianapolis in 2025, the governor announced Tuesday.
Fishers-based Vibenomics has signed a deal with home improvement retailer Lowe’s, which is using Vibenomics digital advertising technology in its more than 1,700 stores nationwide.
The national “Internet for All” initiative, dubbed the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program, was created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The CHIPS and Science Act is starting to tackle its goal of fueling domestic innovation and high-tech manufacturing in the areas of microelectronics, biotechnology, artificial intelligence and more, in Indiana and nationwide.
UKG informed employees earlier this week that it was cutting about 14% of its workforce so the company could “aggressively focus on critical areas of growth.”
