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#MicrosoftDown: what caused ‘world’s worst IT failure’?

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The world’s IT infrastructure went into meltdown with many Microsoft cloud-based systems hobbled after a CrowdStrike cybersecurity Windows update.  The Covid-19 inquiry’s bombshell report has found successive UK governments were totally unprepared for the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic, which killed over 235,000 Britons.

Also in this episode:

  • Parent army fighting kids’ digital device addiction - with Smartphone Free Childhood’s Léa Henry
  • Nasa cancels mission to moon’s dark side...as China races ahead
  • ‘My life after year on Mars’




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