Outages

Customers are reporting credit-card payment outages nationwide at restaurants and stores across the US, including Chick-fil-A and Ikea

9 hours ago | Business Insider | 3 articles

Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A Customers at McDonald's, Ikea, Popeyes, and others say they can't pay using their credit cards. Earlier in the day, Chick-fil-A experienced an outage...
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Chick-fil-A customers across the US faced chaos - and free chicken - when the chain's payments system crashed

10 hours ago | Business Insider | 3 articles

Chick-fil-A customers received free food in the face of a system outage. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo Chick-fil-A was unable to process payments for roughly an hour on Friday. The...
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GameStop surges another 58% along with top Reddit meme-stocks including AMC and Koss

1 day ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images GameStop shares extended their rally early on Thursday, along with other Reddit favorites AMC and Koss. Renewed activity...
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Texas Lt. Gov. says that people getting huge energy bills 'gambled on a very, very low rate' - but suggests they won't have to pay the full amount

1 day ago | Business Insider

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick addressed the power outages in the state during the winter storms in a Fox News interview on February 24. Fox News Texas Lt. Gov, Dan Patrick said...
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One of Texas' most prominent left-leaning economists knows exactly why its power grid failed

2 days ago | Business Insider | 3 articles

Power lines in Texas City, Texas. THOMAS SHEA/AFP via Getty Images Economist James K. Galbraith said policymakers failed Texas during the state's recent power outage. Texas'...
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Five of Texas's ERCOT board members resign after massive power grid outage during winter storm

3 days ago | Business Insider

Ice and snow blanketing roads in Odessa, Texas, on February 15, 2021. Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP Five members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas submitted...
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LinkedIn said it's investigating issues that appear to be affecting users in North America

3 days ago | Business Insider

The logo of LinkedIn can be seen at the digital fair dmexco in Cologne, Germany, 13 September 2017. Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa/Getty Images LinkedIn is currently experiencing...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton and wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, left for Utah during Texas freeze to have meetings about antitrust lawsuits

4 days ago | Business Insider

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testifies in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three...
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Ted Cruz stayed at this luxury 5-star hotel during his trip to Cancun

4 days ago | Business Insider

Shutterstock.com Sen. Ted Cruz visited a Ritz-Carlton hotel amid the Texas storm last week. The five-star resort has 9 dining options and a panoramic ocean-front view. Amid...
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Ted Cruz called for state energy regulation despite lauding Texas' lack of regulation 2 years ago

4 days ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz gestures as he speaks to members of the media during the fifth day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, February 13, 2021. Erin...
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Emirates and Dubai Health Authority to create seamless digital verification...

Emirates and the Dubai Health Authority today signed a Memorandum of Understanding which aims to position Dubai as one of the first cities in the world to implement digital... Read more ...

Qantas and Jetstar Prepare To Resume International Flights From Late October

Qantas and Jetstar are now planning to restart regular international passenger flights to most destinations from 31 October 2021 - a four month extension from the previous... Read more ...

Students from Rep. Madison Cawthorn's college said he used 'fun drives' to...

Rep. Madison Cawthorne . Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images Former classmates of Rep. Madison Cawthorn told... Read more ...

FBI pinpoints a single suspect in the death of US Capitol Police Officer...

A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands at the door of the Capitol Rotunda near where the late U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick will lie in honor Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021... Read more ...

Biden to talk migration with Mexico's López Obrador, who spent weeks...

The US and Mexican flags are carried side by side during a march for peace near the US/Mexico border on March 11, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. Mario Tama/Getty Images President... Read more ...

Nissan Should Have Made The Ariya Years Ago

The Ariya is one of Nissan's best designs in a while. It feels like a return to form for the carmaker but I can't help feel a sense of déjà vu as I take in its contours. Read more ...

'Oath Keeper' Jessica Watkins denounced the extremist group but will stay in...

Jessica Marie Watkins and Donovan Ray Crowl , both from Ohio, march down the east front steps of the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers militia group among supporters of U.S... Read more ...

A day pass will get you poolside at 8 of the hottest hotels in L.A

L.A. is full of phenomenal pools, spectacular spas and supercool five-star hotels waiting for us to explore. Now there's a way to do that on a budget. Read more ...

If Airplane Parts Land On Your Lawn, Can You Keep Them? We Find Out

Remember early this week when that Boeing 777's right-side engine failed , blowing off the entire engine housing and other parts, which rained down onto the Denver-area homes... Read more ...

Rural communities are pushing back against vaccine-scheduling bots they say...

Some communities are fighting back against vaccine scheduling bots that they say give the tech savvy out-of-towners the upper hand. Getty Vaccine-scheduling bots intended to... Read more ...