https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/07/19/a-faulty-software-update-causes-havoc-worldwide-for-airlines-hospitals-and-governments/

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY, ELAINE KURTENBACH, DAVID McHUGH and HALELUYA HADERO

NEW YORK (AP) — A faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, grounding flights, knocking media outlets offline, and disrupting hospitals, small businesses and government offices. The breadth of the outages highlighted the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a few providers for key computing services.