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Starbucks mobile ordering falls victim to the CrowdStrike BSOD outage

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Look, in the grand scheme of the global outage that’s wreaking havoc across airlines, banks, supermarkets, TV stations, and countless businesses, being unable to order a trenta iced coffee from Starbucks with my smartphone is a minor inconvenience. CrowdStrike has already deployed a fix for the bug that caused headaches worldwide today, and the company’s CEO issued an apology. Break out that cold brew maker that’s been collecting dust in a kitchen cupboard somewhere — or support a local coffee shop, maybe.

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