Category Archives: Technical Glitches

The New York Times – September 22, 2017 IMPACT: The false alarm was … set off when the satellite mistook the sun’s reflection off the tops of clouds for a missile launch. FOLLOW UP: The computer program that was supposed to filter out such information had to be rewritten. ROOT CAUSE: the system had been rushed […]

the Guardian – September 14, 2017 IMPACT: During the first ever public demonstration of the £999/£1,149 iPhone X, Apple executive… attempted to unlock the device using the company’s new Face ID feature… the feature failed, bumping … to an old-fashioned passcode entry screen and forcing him to switch to a backup phone. IMPACT: Many assumed that […]

Huffington Post South Africa – August 30, 2017 IMPACT: a university student who accidentally received R14 million in her student account ROOT CAUSE: a technical glitch

The Sydney Morning Herald – September 11, 2017 IMPACT: many overcharged and without the pizzas they ordered ROOT CAUSE: a technical glitch on the store’s new website and app IMPACT: charged three times “for pizza that I’m not even getting because the order for delivery won’t go through…Almost $150 gone and nothing to show for […]

The Sun – September 12, 2017 IMPACT: several unable to check emails or use its Maps or Google Drive service IMPACT: Google Drive is not loading files and results in a 500 error ROOT CAUSE: technical issues worldwide  

Livemint — September 4, 2017 IMPACT: Trading stopped on MCX platform for over 45 minutes ROOT CAUSE: The technical glitch could be due to the exchange upgrading and migrating today to a new trading system RESOLUTION: After assessing all the hardware, software & network aspects, it was decided to restart the trading system

The Verge — September 6, 2017 IMPACT: some developers’ home addresses had all been changed to the same address in Russia ROOT CAUSE: the address… has a spelling error in it — “Saint-Petesburg” — which could indicate sloppiness on the part of a bad actor rather than a technical glitch ROOT CAUSE: unclear whether this […]

Times of India — September 6, 2017 ROOT CAUSE: technical glitch in Sevaarth portal IMPACT: the policemen too have to pay for milk, mobile phone bills, tuition fees of kids, monthly grocery, loan instalments, hand loans and so on. A delay of a single day make things difficult  

People — September 21, 2017 IMPACT: the Edlyn Two-Piece Sectional had been discounted from the usual $7,798 to a remarkable $0 ROOT CAUSE: an error in the system  

BBC News — September 4, 2017 IMPACT: It seemed the ban on women attending men’s football matches had been lifted … when an option for women’s tickets for a World Cup qualifier against Syria appeared online ROOT CAUSE: Iranian authorities have blamed a “technical glitch” IMPACT: A number of women bought tickets, expressing their surprise […]