Crews are restoring power and clearing roads in Hawaii after Tropical Storm Lala caused flooding and one death. While the storm has moved west toward the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, recovery efforts continue across the Big Island, Maui, and Oahu.
The U.S. air traffic control system faces severe instability, marked by radar outages and record flight delays. While the Trump administration has directed billions toward AI-driven software upgrades via contractors like Palantir, critics cite critical staffing shortages.
Petlibro founder and CEO York Wu issued an apology and explanation for a cloud server outage that disabled smart pet feeders and companion app controls, prompting widespread user frustration.
The USS Benfold, a US Navy destroyer, experienced a 4-day power outage in the South China Sea due to an engineering failure, affecting essential services. This is the second such incident in the Indo-Pacific this year, raising concerns about naval readiness amid growing strategic demands.
Telstra network upgrades in Gnowangerup, Western Australia, causing week-long outages have raised concerns among emergency responders and local businesses over communication gaps and crippled eftpos systems.
Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii's Big Island, triggering flash floods, power outages for tens of thousands, and one weather-related death as search and rescue operations began for homes potentially swept away.
Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall, leaving over 60,000 households without power, causing one traffic fatality, and prompting airport and port closures as heavy rain and winds lashed the region.
Heavy rain in eastern Japan has left nine people dead after an unprecedented deluge flooded over a thousand homes and severely disrupted transportation in the Chiba region.
Hurricane Lala strengthened into a Category 1 storm, threatening Hawaii's Big Island with heavy rain, powerful winds, and potential flooding, prompting emergency warnings and transport closures.
At least five people died and thousands were stranded at Narita airport after unprecedented heavy rain triggered landslides and power outages in Chiba prefecture, eastern Japan.
Card payments were declined for shoppers across Australia due to a scheduled Mastercard system update. The global issue affected transactions, Apple Pay, and ATM withdrawals before being resolved.
At least five people died in eastern Japan after heavy rain hit Chiba prefecture, triggering landslides, power outages, and stranding thousands at Narita airport.
Smart pet-feeder company Petlibro suffered an outage on Tuesday, disrupting app access and device control. While Petlibro claims services are restored, conflicting user reports indicate some offline feeding schedules failed.
Bangladesh tightens electricity-saving measures amid gas shortages, with shopping malls and markets closing by 8pm, as gas supply falls to 2,100 mmcfd against a demand of 3,800 mmcfd, leading to 8-12 hour power outages in some areas.
A lightning strike at Grafton Correctional Institution in Ohio injured 16 inmates, leaving one seriously hurt, as deadly severe storms and potential derecho conditions swept across the US Midwest.
Solana nearly stopped finalizing transactions on Wednesday after a misconfigured routing error at hosting provider Teraswitch knocked 28.83% of staked SOL offline across multiple international data centers.
China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration has ordered museums nationwide to strengthen emergency management during the summer peak season following operational failures, including a sudden power outage at Xian’s Terracotta Warriors museum.
Hong Kong's intense heatwave triggers power and air-conditioning outages, affecting residents, office workers, and a funeral parlour, with experts warning of potential outages in older districts due to high energy demand.
Telecom services restored in Cape York, Far North Queensland, after a bushfire disrupted phone and emergency (000) services, impacting remote communities reliant on mobile coverage.
Moody's warns that big banks rushing to adopt artificial intelligence are becoming dangerously dependent on a small group of Silicon Valley tech firms, exposing them to potential system outages, price gouging, and cybersecurity risks.
Thousands of Verizon customers in major U.S. cities experienced a multi-hour service outage on Saturday afternoon, which the company later announced its engineers had resolved.
A short power outage at a Network Rail operations centre in Manchester led to widespread travel chaos across the North West. The incident prompted scrutiny over communication systems, backup reliability, and ongoing funding pressures.
Thousands of rail passengers faced severe delays and cancellations across northern England due to a power failure and backup system delay at Network Rail's Manchester Rail Operating Centre.
Cuba's state energy company announced a nationwide power grid failure on Sunday, plunging the entire country, including Havana, into darkness. The blackout is the latest in a series of collapses, attributed to ageing infrastructure and a US energy embargo.
