On Friday, over 85 million computers across the world crashed due to a faulty update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. The affected machines, mostly Windows systems, kept restarting repeatedly and showing a blue screen with an error message, leading to a halt in operations across air travel, hospitals, banks, and more.

This whole messy incident shows how easy it is to break the internet, even by accident. Everything’s so connected that one glitch can snowball fast.

The Rise of Starlink in Africa

  Quick Bite: As of July 2024, Starlink, a high-speed internet service beamed down from space by SpaceX, is now available in 10 African countries. They’re planning to launch in even more soon, with South Africa being the only holdout in the southern region so far. Could Starlink shake things up for other internet providers in Africa?

Last updated: January 31, 2026