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Is This a Cyberattack? A Week of Outages and Breaches, and What Actually Caused Them

A long, dim network equipment room at night: rows of dark server racks with blue status lights and blue and turquoise fiber cables, one rack door standing open with a small warm amber work lamp inside, nobody present

A Microsoft outage, a nationwide FAA ground stop and five confirmed attacks in one week. What the people responsible say caused each, and why no evidence so far does not mean ruled out.

Thorsten Meyer
November 15, 2026

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FAA Halts Flights at Every US Airport for Over 4 Hours: What Failed, What Is Still Unknown

Rows of plain white airliners without markings parked at the gates and on the apron of a large airport at blue-hour dusk, runway lights glowing blue, no aircraft moving

For about 4 hours and 23 minutes on Friday, the FAA held departures at every US airport after radar and communications data became unreliable. What failed, what officials said, what is still unknown.

Thorsten Meyer
November 14, 2026

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A row of large unbranded gas generator units in a power plant hall at night, steel pipes overhead and a data center building with glowing server lights behind a glass wall, one small amber light on a generator

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Anthropic’s Reported $3.4 Billion Gas Generator Deal: What Is Confirmed and What It Means

A bank record confirms a $3.4 billion sale of a gas power platform to an AI lab; the FT…

Thorsten Meyer
November 15, 2026

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Inflation, Interest Rates and Central Banks: What the Fed Has to Do With Your Job

In 1979, Paul Volcker declared war on inflation, and by 1982 one in ten American…

Thorsten Meyer
November 15, 2026

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15 Best AI Workflow Automation Tools in 2027

Compare 15 AI workflow automation guides to find the right fit for no-code beginners,…

Thorsten Meyer
November 15, 2026

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Is This a Cyberattack? A Week of Outages and Breaches, and What Actually Caused Them

A Microsoft outage, a nationwide FAA ground stop and five confirmed attacks in one…

Thorsten Meyer
November 15, 2026