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Understanding the global impact of the Facebook outage

Understanding the global impact of the Facebook outage

Apple News Today
Oct 5, 2021 9 min
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have started to come back online after a massive outage. </span><a href="https://apple.news/A-QFzxAEKS1mL4rJ1s5-JSg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://apple.news/AdHV94RhrQmKz30YY9MNqvw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington Post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have more on the cause and the impact.</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A0ek0RMLUQuiFWGMnPN0B0w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has the story of the newest winners of the Nobel Prize in physics. They include scientists who did groundbreaking work on predicting climate change.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As crews race to clean up the massive oil spill in California, the </span><a href="https://apple.news/AlW61j_oIRHedzKBM3d6mlQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">L.A. Times</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports on how a previous spill in the state drove policy changes about offshore drilling that had nationwide impact.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many people say work has taken over their lives during the pandemic. The </span><a href="https://apple.news/AKBhLYLN0Qsux4D5iCb2dsA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> looks at how to gain perspective and fight burnout.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Premium economy has turned into the most profitable section of the plane for many airlines. </span><a href="https://apple.news/AuflU_OGITa6uLjQACokdAg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloomberg Businessweek</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explains why they&rsquo;re giving us the hard sell to trade up.</span></p>

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