'Largest IT outage in history' leaves world reeling
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Financial services and doctors’ offices were disrupted on Friday, while TV broadcasters went offline as businesses worldwide grappled with an ongoing major IT outage. Air travel has been particularly hit, with planes grounded, services delayed and airports issuing advice to passengers. Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike experienced a major disruption following an issue with its latest tech update. Microsoft cloud services were also affected but have since been restored. The Federal Reserve said its critical systems are operating normally. Charles Schwab, Union Pacific, FedEx, and Amazon Web Services were among the other companies impacted. The global IT outage is being called the largest in history.

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