Windows global IT outage: what we know so far

Windows global IT outage: what we know so far

Microsoft IT outage, Technology, Business, Stock markets, Currencies, Microsoft, Computing Business | The Guardian ​Outage linked to Windows workstations has caused widespread disruption, hitting banks, airlines, rail services, supermarkets and other institutionsGlobal Microsoft IT outage: latest updatesBusiness and institutions around the world have been been knocked offline after an IT outage. In the UK, GP doctors’…

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Ofcom to ban inflation-linked mid-contract price rises on phones, pay-TV and broadband

Ofcom to ban inflation-linked mid-contract price rises on phones, pay-TV and broadband

Ofcom, Telecommunications industry, Business, Media, Television industry, UK news, Broadband, Money, Consumer affairs, Mobile phones, Regulators, Inflation Business | The Guardian ​From January 2025 providers will have to tell customers upfront in ‘pounds and pence’ about expected increasesPhone companies, broadband providers and subscription TV services will be banned from imposing inflation-linked price increases in the middle…

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Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it | Polly Toynbee

Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it | Polly Toynbee

Benefits, Society, Children, Parents and parenting, Politics, Labour, Poverty, Inequality, Social exclusion, UK news Business | The Guardian ​On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even furtherI will eat my hat – or several – if Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves don’t…

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