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A global IT outage has knocked thousands of Microsoft computers offline. Northeastern experts explain what this means
Numerous passengers wait in front of a black display board at the capital’s BER airport. Air traffic has been suspended at BER Airport. AP Photo by: Christoph Soeder Flights were being canceled around the world. Bank and hospital systems were in a deadlock …