The only solution to the 'blue screen of death' may be a manual fix — here's what you can try

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Many Windows computers are displaying a "blue screen of death" message.

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AT&T Users Report Major Problems Making Calls in U.S.

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Update, 7:50 p.m. ET: AT&T says the issue has now been fixed, telling Gizmodo over email, “We collaborated with the other carrier to find a solution and appreciate our customers patience during this period.” The original article remains below.

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What it will take to modernize the American grid and usher in the clean-energy revolution

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To reach a carbon-pollution-free grid by 2035, we'll need to build up to 10,100 miles of new transmission lines.

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McDonald's outlets across Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have been hit by a technical outage

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A McDonald's Australia spokesperson told Business Insider that a "technology outage" was affecting its restaurants nationwide.

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Meta says Facebook and Instagram issues are fixed after an apparent outage earlier

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Users reported difficulties logging in to their Facebook accounts.

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New York's Attorney General Wants To Hear From You About the AT&T Outage

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New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Thursday that she’s opened an investigation into the recent AT&T outage that left customers across the country without service. And if you live in the state of New York, James would like to hear from you.

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AT&T says its nationwide cellular outage was caused by a software update, not a cyberattack

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AT&T says an "initial review" indicates the outage that left many Americans without service was caused by a software update.

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AT&T Says Outage Wasn't Cyberattack Despite Widespread Conspiracy Theories Online

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AT&T issued a statement Thursday night to explain that the telecom’s widespread network outage earlier in the day wasn’t caused by a cyberattack.

FBI and Homeland Security are looking into the AT&T cellular outage, White House says

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National security spokesman John Kirby said the AT&T cellular outage is being looked into.

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Twitter appeared to suffer a new glitch during the Met Gala, logging out desktop users seemingly at random

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The Twitter logo, and Vogue editor Anna Wintour with Billy Nighy at the Met Gala.

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