Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage

(Reuters) – A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday. “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the blog….

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US Secret Service says it previously denied Trump requests for additional resources, New York Times reports

(Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service said it had turned down requests from Donald Trump’s security detail for additional resources in the two years leading up to his attempted assassination last week, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing a spokesman. This is a reversal from earlier statements by the agency denying that such…

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Biden campaign outraises and outspends Trump campaign in June 

By Jason Lange (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s election campaign last month outraised and outspent his challenger Donald Trump, according to disclosures published on Saturday that showed the president’s coffers initially swelling even after a disastrous debate performance. The main campaign account for Biden, a Democrat, took in $64 million in June and spent $59…

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