• On Friday, a major computer outage affected Uber, Coinbase, and other major companies. The outage was caused by a problem with Fastly, a content delivery network (CDN) that many websites and online services rely on. Fastly has apologized for the incident and offered a $10 Uber Eats voucher to affected customers as compensation.

• The outage lasted for about an hour and caused widespread disruption, with many popular websites and online services becoming inaccessible during that time. Fastly has acknowledged the issue and stated that it was caused by a service configuration change that triggered a bug, leading to the global outage.

• The incident has highlighted the dependence of many businesses on third-party service providers like CDNs, and the potential vulnerabilities that can arise from such dependencies. Experts have emphasized the need for companies to have robust contingency plans and backup systems in place to mitigate the impact of such widespread outages in the future.