Facebook says ‘faulty configuration change’ to blame for 6-hour outage

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Facebook late Monday apologized for a six-hour outage that impacted the company’s flagship social network, as well as ancillary services, blaming the downtime on a “faulty configuration change.”Facebook and its related services, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus VR, went offline at around 11:30 a.m. Eastern and remained inaccessible for about six hours. Subsequent …

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Ericsson files suit against Apple to prove FRAND compliance amid 5G licensing talks

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Cellular technology firm Ericsson is looking to accelerate licensing negotiations for 5G technologies with Apple and on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory judgment that it fulfilled commitments to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and is ready to deal under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms.Lodged with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, …

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