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ReutersCrowdStrike down after report Delta Air to seek compensation over IT outage
The cyber outage led to more than 2,200 flight cancellations on July 19 and Delta has canceled over 6,000 flights so far since then. CrowdStrike's "Falcon Sensor" software had caused Microsoft Windows to crash and display a blue screen, known informally as the "Blue Screen of Death".
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba Cloud raises prices for domain name auctions amid AI compute price war
Alibaba Group Holding's cloud computing unit - the service handling the online broadcasting of the 2024 Summer Olympics - has announced that it raised prices on its domain name auction platform, as the company tries to deal with rising costs while grappling with price competition for artificial intelligence (AI) services. Starting from August 1, starting bids for domain names on Alibaba Cloud will be raised to 199 yuan for ".com" addresses and 99 yuan for other top level domains, the company sai
- USA TODAY
His son died by suicide. He wants every parent to know what he found on his kid's phone.
His 23-year-old son died by suicide in February. What he saw on his son's phone was horrifying: “If he hadn't seen this, he would be alive today."
- Cinema Online
Jenny Tseng makes fun of Na Ying's "Singer 2024" win
The opinionated singer expresses her annoyance over the result that matched what she had previously speculated
- The Independent
Prince William ‘banned’ Meghan Markle from wearing Princess Diana’s jewellery
Prince William reportedly wanted Meghan Markle to know her rank
- The Independent
US woman found chained to tree and left to die in India jungle
Police file case of attempted murder against former husband of woman identified as Lalita Kayi Kumar
- The Independent
Republicans are beginning to have second thoughts about JD Vance
Former White House communications director calls Vance ‘a vibes pick by an overconfident Trump that is proving to be a disaster’
- The Telegraph
Japan puts the brakes on electric rideable suitcases
Japanese authorities are clamping down on the use of electric rideable suitcases after a surge in incidents from foreign visitors using them illegally on the roads.
- Associated Press
Chinese women beat reigning Olympic champion United States in volleyball
The U.S. women’s volleyball team had a bad enough start in its Olympic title defense. The Americans lost the first two sets to China on Monday in a pool play format where total points and sets won can become playoff tiebreakers. “We obviously didn’t have the start that we wanted, but the third, fourth and fifth were really promising,” blocker Haleigh Washington said.
- The Independent
Kim Jong-un surveys massive flooding in North Korea from his Lexus as 5,000 rescued
Kim Jong-un criticises negligence of authroities that created ‘disastrous situation’
- The Hill
Republican Arizona mayor backs Harris over Trump, evoking McCain
The GOP mayor of Mesa, Ariz. — Phoenix’s largest suburb — endorsed Vice President Harris on Monday, saying only the vice president can “put country over party” in the November election. Mesa Mayor John Giles wrote in an op-ed for The Arizona Republic that Republicans should reject former President Trump at the ballot box. “Our…
- AFP News
Japan's Yoshizawa, 14, makes a big leap to land Olympic skateboard gold
Japan's 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa grabbed gold in the all-teenage women's street skateboard final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, after nailing a high-risk ride down the hand-rail. With defending Olympic champion Yuto Horigome, Sora Shirai and 14-year-old Ginwoo Onodera, Japan could again be set to dominate. pb/rox
- Associated Press
1 dead and dozens sickened after eating roasted eel from a Japanese department store
One person died and nearly 150 others were sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo, officials said. Keikyu Department Store said 147 customers as of Monday had reported symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after eating grilled eel dishes sold in the grocery section of the department store based in Yokohama, near Tokyo, between July 24 and July 25. The only common denominator among the sickened was the grilled eel, sold separately or as part of box lunches served with rice, prepared by the Tokyo-based restaurant chain Nihonbashi Isesada, and sold at the department store, the health center said.
- The Telegraph
Ruud van Nistelrooy is offering Manchester United more than his legend status
It would be tempting to think it is Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund and Manchester United’s other strikers who might have the most to benefit from Ruud van Nistelrooy’s return to Old Trafford.
- The Guardian
Ruqia was murdered by the man she was forced to wed. Her mother has now been jailed over the marriage
Sakina Muhammad Jan to serve at least 12 months in prison in Australia’s first forced marriage conviction
- HuffPost
'Oh My F**king God!': Jon Stewart Nails GOP's Most Clueless Attack On Harris Yet
The "Daily Show" host put Donald Trump and his allies on blast over this hypocritical line of attack.
- The Independent
Prince William shouted ‘I’m free’ after dumping Kate Middleton – but she won him back in surprising way
William reportedly broke up with Kate in 2007 because he thought he was too young to settle down
- LA Times
'Every parent's worst nightmare': Teen who was sexually assaulted by passenger sues Delta Air Lines
A 13-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted during a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Orlando is suing Delta Air Lines, claiming it was negligent for serving her attacker alcohol and failed to restrain him after he was found to be molesting the teen.
- Evening Standard
When is iPhone 16 release date? Leaked prices, features and colours for Apple’s AI powerhouse
A cheaper iPhone packed with ChatGPT-style AI tricks? Here’s what we know about Apple’s next big smartphone
- The Independent
Archaeologists perplexed by strange skeleton uncovered in Italy’s 2,200-year-old ‘Tomb of Cerberus’
Findings may shed more light on cultural demographics of Naples 2,000 years ago