It exposed the centralised nature of modern air travel, but not all airlines were equally affected. ADVERTISEMENTFriday 19 July was set to be one of the busiest days of the summer for Europe’s airports. But the world’s biggest IT outage had other plans for hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers.A defective software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike was to blame, bringing down the online systems of numerous big and small businesses that use Microsoft services.Yesterday, Microsoft pointed the finger at the European Commission, saying the bloc’s competition rules prevented it from overriding the update.While the Big Tech fallout continues, airports and…

“The Tonight Show” host imagined an exchange between the X-owning billionaire and the Republican presidential nominee.“I know I owe millions but I’m just not going to pay,” Fallon joked about Musk saying.“Game recognize game,” Fallon pretended Trump replied.Trump then repeated the same three words in response to statements from Musk about “tanking” businesses, ruining Twitter and more.Watch the full video here: Read the full article here

As millions prepare to attend the 2024 Olympics in Paris, some are concerned about unwanted spectators: bedbugs. Just nine months ago, in October 2023, a bedbug crisis in the French capital made international headlines and sparked panic after videos of the insects crawling on the Paris metro went viral online. As the outbreak drew widespread media attention, French officials pledged to take action against bedbugs, or “punaises de lit.”Although the panic calmed down, Paris’s bedbug scare stoked fears about infestations during the Olympic Games, which begin on Friday, July 26. The boom in tourism and surge in crowds means more…

Agricultural pesticide use in the U.S. is linked to various cancers as strongly as smoking cigarettes, a new population-based study shows.The study analyzed local records throughout the country to make the first national map of cancer risks associated with pesticide use.The authors note that as potentially toxic as individual pesticides may be, most often they are deployed in combination, and the study’s findings document the resulting enhanced risks of cancer.Given the importance of food security, the study recognizes the tradeoff between having enough food and an increased risk of cancers.In areas near agricultural production, pesticides increase the risk of developing…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a $23.4 billion education budget Tuesday that’s been met with a surprising amount of disapproval from teachers’ unions.  Traditionally reliable sources of support for Democratic policies, teachers’ unions and advocacy groups say Whitmer’s budget reduces contributions to their pension funds and slashes mental-health and safety resources. Michigan Democrats passed their state budget with ease not even a month ago, giving Republican legislators fewer than 45 minutes to review the final budget before the vote. I’m in Flint today fired up to sign my sixth record education budget.We’re writing a new chapter for Michigan’s…

Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Michael Novogratz said that he’s waiting to see if Vice President Harris, who became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee following President Biden’s withdrawal from the race, moderates her progressive policy positions before endorsing her candidacy. Novogratz, a leading investor in cryptocurrency, said in a Tuesday appearance on FOX Business Network’s “The Claman Countdown” that he wants to see signs that Harris is moving to the center on some of the progressive positions she took as a senator representing California and during her presidential campaign.”The presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris, has come up with good energy and,…

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account – free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News’ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. A big summer celebration is set to take place this weekend in upstate New York.Harborfest in Oswego, New York, is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2024. The free event takes place from July 25-28 along the Oswego waterfront.Since a…

New Zealand’s independent inquiry into abuse of children and vulnerable adults over five decades found that state agencies and churches failed to prevent, stop, or admit to abuse, despite being aware of it.The report estimated that 200,000 people were abused, with lax scrutiny of institutions and rare repercussions for predators.The government acknowledged that historical treatment of some children in a state-run hospital amounted to torture and pledged an apology to all those abused in state, foster and religious care since 1950.New Zealand’s wide-ranging independent inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in care over the span of five…

Digital nomads could soon combine stays in Taiwan and Japan for an extended stint in East Asia. ADVERTISEMENTTaiwan is set to join the growing list of East Asian countries offering digital nomad visas.In an announcement last Thursday, National Development Council (NDC) Minister Paul Liu said he hopes the six-month visa will attract global talent.Rather than rivalling recently launched digital nomad visas in Japan, South Korea and Thailand, Taiwan’s visa could complement them.For example, remote workers could head to Taiwan after using Japan’s non-extendable six-month visa.EU tourists currently enjoy 90-day visa-free access to Taiwan but they are not permitted to work…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Politicians, regulators and City grandees are all focused on revitalising the UK’s struggling stock market. The problem is two-fold: companies are disappearing and not enough new ones are arriving to make up for the losses. The market is shrinking at a pace that will dislodge the UK from its top spot in Europe, amid fears of a terminal decline. This phenomenon is a result of multiple factors. But the belief that UK stocks trade at a discount relative to international peers is…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Clifford Chance partners were paid more than £2mn last year as the law firm achieved double-digit profit growth, driven in part by high-profile litigation work, such as the defence of former Autonomy chief executive Mike Lynch.Equity partners — the top tier of lawyers at the firm — took home £2.04mn on average in its past financial year, which ran to the end of April. Partnership profits, as a whole, were up 10 per cent, to £856mn, excluding non-equity partners and partner annuities.Clifford…

A toxic mix of surging rental rates and vanishing support for renters has catapulted evictions above pre-pandemic levels in some major cities. Evictions have increased most significantly in Sun Belt cities where housing affordability has worsened and where renters often have fewer protections. Tenant eviction filings are well above the pre-Covid average in Gainesville, Florida (+46%); Las Vegas (+43%); Houston (+42%); Phoenix (+35%), Nashville (+31%) and Fort Worth, Texas (+25%), according to records tracked by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Other cities, including Minneapolis (+44%) and Columbus, Ohio (+37%), are also experiencing higher levels of evictions than before the…

Jen Psaki took great delight when highlighting the significance of where Vice President Kamala Harris chose to hold her first official campaign stop as she seeks to replace President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket for the 2024 election.Harris “did it with a delicious, and I mean delicious dose of trolling Donald Trump and the Republicans,” the former Biden White House press secretary-turned-MSNBC anchor said of Tuesday’s event.“You know why?” Psaki asked viewers. “Because her first campaign stop today was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is the same city where just last week the Republican Party held their…

The conversation around collagen typically focuses on its benefits for the skin on the face, but some dermatologists are keen to highlight that the scalp—and therefore the health of your hair—can also reap rewards from collagen supplements.Sanja Zivanovic, biomedical doctor and founder of ingestible brand Skin Molecule X, explains: “Collagen is a protein naturally produced by our body and represents about 25% of our protein mass.” It’s found in cartilage and hair as well as the skin, and the natural depletion of collagen as we get older means that our hair can lose its vitality. Collagen “strengthens the hair follicle…

Ashley Dedmon’s parents always told her knowledge is power.Discussions about health, she says, were the norm growing up. “They were educators,” Dedmon says of her parents. “They were always wanting my brother and (me) to have all the knowledge that we needed.” And so, they stressed openness about family medical history. It’s a practice that’s long given Dedmon the courage to advocate for herself in medical spaces, where Black people’s pain has been historically underestimated.Because she knew the illnesses that were prevalent in her family, Dedmon underwent genetic testing to assess her risk for disease at 21 years old. She…