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Numerous Windows PCs and computer systems across the world are down, affecting businesses like airlines, supermarkets, broadcasters, software providers, and more.

The issue stems from a faulty update in the Falcon Sensor software from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, and it's

Schim is one of the games I was most looking forward to this year, and I generally had a pleasant time with it. It’s a pretty platformer in which every object and living thing has a soul called a Schim. These frog-like critters live in the shadow of their host but can become lost when its object or creature is neglected, damaged or going through something life-changing.

You play as a Schim that

Have you seen the memes online where someone tells a bot to “ignore all previous instructions” and proceeds to break it in the funniest ways possible?

The way it works goes something like this: Imagine we at The Verge created an AI bot with explicit instructions to direct you to our excellent reporting on

Evo 2024 starts Friday, July 19th, kicking off a weekend full of one of the most intense fighting game competitions in the world. This year, over 10,000 players will participate in a host of games, making this the largest Evo ever while also setting the record for the largest esports tournament.

Evo has been getting bigger and bigger, with

• A massive IT outage linked to a CrowdStrike update has disrupted the global economy.
• Major airlines, fast-food chains, and Microsoft Windows systems have faced significant issues.
• Experts warn against auto-updating and encourage multiple

Mario and Donkey Kong have been rivals, frenemies, go-kart competitors and tennis partners. The Italian plumber once kidnapped Donkey Kong’s son. DK once, uh, took over Mario’s toy company (?) and stole a bunch of little figurines for some reason. They have history. What they haven’t done, however, is appear as playable characters in one another’s platforming adventures. Thanks to a nifty bit of

• The motives of the man who attempted to kill Donald Trump remain mysterious.
• 20-year-old nursing home aide Thomas Crooks has been described as normal, if nerdy

• Windows devices suffered a global outage, but Mac and Linux remain unaffected, CrowdStrike said.
• The issue, caused by a defective update, halted airlines, hospitals, and public transport.
• But Apple's ecosystem control and limited third-party exposure shielded its devices from the defect.

While Windows users