Elon Musk took his latest online humor on Microsoft after the major global outage that disrupted services for millions of users, saying humbly that the tech giant was comparable to a fictional company named “Macrohard,” suggesting Microsoft underperformed.
The bold-commenting billionaire entrepreneur, who has been active on social media, did not miss the opportunity to troll the powerful software leader. The memes posted with the tweets by Musk ended up very popular and began getting huge online shares and comments.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024
Ten minutes prior, another post shared from a different account joked that while all other systems were crashing, platform X still runs. Post captioned, “Everything else is down, but this app still works?” and included for added measure a meme photo.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024
Global Microsoft Outages Impact
On Friday outages hit Microsoft users worldwide—banks and airlines included—hours after the technology company declared and began working on an issue that had affected access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. In India, three large airlines such as IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air are experiencing technical glitches that have hampered bookings, check-ins, and updating the status of flights. Consequently, these airlines are undertaking manual check-in of passengers that is delaying and hassling the process.
Microsoft 365 announced on X that the company was actively rerouting affected traffic to alternative systems to minimize disruptions quickly. They also noted improvements in service availability. However, the company did not respond to a request for comment or provide further details about the cause of the outage.
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Europe Faces Flight Disruptions
The situation is no better in Europe. Technical problems have delayed check-in at Amsterdam Airport, while flight operations at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Germany were canceled due to a “technical problem,” a spokeswoman told AFP. She could not specify when normal flight operations would resume.
The Blue Screen of Death is being displayed on millions of Windows users’ computers worldwide, causing them to shut down or restart unexpectedly. Other computers are stuck in a cycle of restarting, which further impacts productivity by losing unsaved data and wastes valuable productive time.
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