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Major Democratic donor tells Biden to choose ‘vanity or virtue’

Major Democratic donor Michael Mortiz has joined calls for President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race against former President Trump. Mortiz, a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist, became one of the Democratic Party’s largest donors to pressure Biden to drop his campaign after his public comments. “Sadly, President Biden has a choice between vanity […]

CloudStrike shares plunge 10% as global IT outage prompts mass chaos: ‘A major black eye’

Shares of cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike Inc. plunged 10% to $307.65 per share in trading on Friday after a flawed software update caused shocking mass shutdowns at businesses around the world. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz issued a hasty apology for the crisis, which affected millions of customers who use Microsoft Windows and disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals […]

Major global IT network outage affecting banking services, flights, television, supermarkets – New Zealand Herald

A global IT outage is causing chaos tonight, halting banking services, disrupting flights, preventing supermarket shopping and causing chaos for public transport users. There were reports of disruptions to parts of the national bank payment system this evening, as well as global network outages for television and Microsoft services. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights […]

Scottie Scheffler in British Open mix, seeking 2nd major of 2024

TROON, Scotland — Scottie Scheffler has won six times already this year, including the Masters Championship and the Players Championship. It’s not out of the question that he could win his seventh title and his second major championship. Scheffler shot 70 in the first round of the British Open on Thursday at Royal Troon and […]

Xander Schauffele plots his way around Royal Troon, contending at another major

Surprisingly, Xander Schauffele is on the top page of the major championship leaderboard. The 2024 PGA Championship winner shot a 2-under 69 on Thursday for a round with three birdies and just one bogey — a blemish that came on the par-3 14th hole after briefly sharing the lead with Justin Thomas and Shane Lowry. […]