By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) A catastrophic Microsoft outage has taken down Windows systems across the globe, but while no Apple systems are affected, some stores are unable to use their terminals to accept Apple Pay.An unknown number of Apple Pay terminals are affected by the Microsoft outage worldwideWhile the failure is confined to Windows systems, it’s significantly worse than previous Microsoft outages, because of the scale. American Airlines, Delta, and United, each grounded all aircraft, according to BBC News, TV stations including MTV, VH1, CMT, Sky News, and ABC News Australia went off air.What’s directly affecting Apple users is that there are now reports of supermarkets around the world having problems accepting Apple Pay and other contactless payments. This will be because they are using Windows-based terminals, but it’s not clear either how widespread this issue is, nor why it isn’t affecting all users. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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