🔥 A CrowdStrike outage could ignite an IT outage worldwide, taking several days to fix.

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• 🎧 AFP's Podcast: Search Among the Sunflowers - MH17 Tragedy Uncovered

• 🔥 A CrowdStrike outage could ignite an IT outage worldwide, taking several days to fix.

• 🌏 Radiodays Asia: The Future of Audio and Radio in Asia

🎧 AFP's Podcast: Search Among the Sunflowers - MH17 Tragedy Uncovered

A new podcast led by the AFP, launched other day, reveals remarkable firsthand accounts of a tragedy that became one of the world's most complex policing missions: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Revelations:

The AFP podcast 'Search Among the Sunflowers: Looking for Truth in the World's Biggest Crime Scene' details the story of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine back in 2014.

It focuses on the impacts of the tragedy on Australian families and the Australian response to the emergency, including that of the AFP's mission to repatriate the victims. The five-part series investigates the stories of family members, investigators, and specialist police that worked in conjunction with the loved ones of the victims in their fight for answers.

The podcast includes 18 new interviews, culled from over 21 hours of audio tapes, detailing intimate stories associated with the tragedy and how it has emotionally scarred its victims. Just ahead of the tenth anniversary of the tragedy, the podcast was released on July 17.

Why does this matter to you?

It personalizes the experiences and emotional damage of those affected by tragedy, giving meaning to the human cost behind the headlines. The podcast serves as a reminder of the need to keep supporting the families and communities affected by disaster, and the great acts of resilience and REAL strength shown in times of crisis by individuals.

Our View

We, as podcasters, firmly believe that through listening to these stories, it can increase one's empathy. Just like a recent study we went through pointed out, personal storytelling can help increase empathy by about 30%. We would thus like to show respect to the memories of the deceased which we will be sharing and also contribute towards inspiring other people to help those in need through our stories.

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🔥 A CrowdStrike outage could ignite an IT outage worldwide, taking several days to fix.

The global technology blackout which threw air and rail journeys into chaos on Friday persists in causing widespread disruptions.

The Timeline :

Microsoft communicated that this outage began at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, when some customers using various Azure services in the Central US region were hit.

Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides users with tools for managing services and applications.

According to CyberCX, an Australian cyber security company, it is aware of this and discloses to its customers that "an outage affecting organisations in Australia and New Zealand."

The National Cyber Security Coordinator said there was a widespread technical issue hitting people from all parts of Australia.

The fault was caused by an update issued by US anti-virus firm CrowdStrike. The company said it had released a fix, but that it might take time for everything to get back to normal.

Podwires Asia has tried to reach out to some of the major podcast hosting companies—Transistor.fm, Captivate.fm, Triton Digital, Libsyn, Podbean, Acast—for their status determination. Some of them are running with Linux systems, though, and at this point, it has not heard from them.

Why does this matter for how podcasts are hosted?

It may greatly affect the podcast hosting due to technical outages, knocking out uploading, downloading, and streaming episodes. Accessibility of the audience to the content can be hampered; this may result in the depreciation of listenership. Podcast hosts should keep themselves updated about such incidents and have a backup plan to lessen the impact on their shows.

Our view

This, therefore, means that podcast producers must always be up to date on any technical issues a hosting platform may be experiencing to ensure a seamless experience to our listeners. Staying vigilant to the situation and keeping the audience informed at good timing is important.

🌏 Radiodays Asia: The Future of Audio and Radio in Asia

Radiodays Asia is the only conference in Asia for radio, audio, and podcasts.

Radiodays Asia is a professional, international meeting place for the radio, audio, and podcasting industry in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to share experience and provide insight into international trends in media, new technology, content development, and business opportunities.

Radiodays Asia lets you learn about the future of radio and podcasting and be prepared for your media and business.

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• ⏰ What time: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

• 📍 Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

👋🏼 Who’s this for?

• For podcasters, Podcast producers and Podcast industry leaders

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