EP-68 Global It Outage Chaos 🌐, Microsoft’s 15-reboot Fix 🔄, Trump’s Twitch Return 🎥

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, july 22! dive into today's top tech stories:

• global it outage: a massive it outage caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm crowdstrike impacts businesses worldwide, affecting sectors like airlines, banks, and media companies. crowdstrike ceo george kurtz confirms the defect and assures a fix is being rolled out.
• microsoft troubleshooting: microsoft recommends an unconventional fix for the crowdstrike-induced it outage: rebooting affected machines up to 15 times. alternatively, users can delete the faulty crowdstrike driver.
• twitch reinstates trump: twitch reinstates former president donald trump’s account after an "indefinite" suspension post the january 6th, 2021 attacks on the u.s. capitol. twitch emphasizes the importance of hearing from presidential candidates and maintains equal application of their community guidelines.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!