Crowdstrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
The latest CrowdStrike update caused widespread BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) errors, affecting numerous Windows hosts globally, including major institutions like banks, hospitals, and aviation systems. CrowdStrike identified the issue as related to a specific sensor version and reverted the changes, providing a workaround involving deleting a problematic driver file in Safe Mode. The incident led to massive disruptions, with IT teams worldwide working to resolve the boot loop and system crashes, highlighting significant reputational and operational impacts.
FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
The FCC unanimously voted to drastically lower phone and video communication costs for incarcerated individuals, establishing new rate caps and prohibiting fees, which is expected to save affected families $500 million annually and impact 83% of incarcerated people. This decision, influenced by the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act, excludes security and surveillance costs from being passed onto ratepayers, correcting decades of exploitation by prison telecoms. The move marks a significant victory for advocacy groups and aims to improve the well-being and reentry success of incarcerated individuals while financially benefiting millions of Americans with incarcerated loved ones.
Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer
SENDUNE released an open-source, lightweight HTML email designer focusing purely on HTML, without any intermediate code wranglers, ensuring compatibility with any email service provider. Despite decades since the invention of email and HTML, there are still no truly seamless, dependency-free open-source email designers, prompting SENDUNE to address this gap. Users are encouraged to fork the repository, enhance the tool, and contribute back via pull requests.
Foliate: Read e-books in style, navigate with ease
Foliate is a feature-rich, open-source e-book reader for Linux that supports various file formats such as EPUB, PDF, and Kindle. It offers customizable reading modes, easy navigation, and handy tools like dictionary lookup, translation, and text-to-speech. User data like bookmarks and annotations are stored in plain JSON files for easy export or sync, and the software is freely available under the GNU General Public License.
It\'s not just CrowdStrike – the cyber sector is vulnerable
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