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Salesforce outage: What happened as customers faced delays and errors worldwide

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Salesforce services faced a major outage affecting customers worldwide. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (AP)

Salesforce customers around the world faced a major service outage on Wednesday, with users reporting severe delays, intermittent errors and problems accessing some Salesforce services. The outage affected hundreds of Salesforce instances across several countries, including the US, Japan, India, the UK, France and Germany. Salesforce services faced a major outage affecting customers worldwide. (AP … Read more

Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

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Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected from coastlines and waterways worldwide in a massive volunteer cleanup effort that began 40 years ago with just 2,800 people on the Texas Gulf Coast. The International Coastal Cleanup, organised by Ocean Conservancy, drew about 630,000 volunteers in 2025, who removed nearly 13.9 million pieces of rubbish … Read more

By 2060, discarded solar panels could total 297 to 402 million tonnes worldwide; recycling them could generate almost $1 trillion in economic benefits

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By 2060, discarded solar panels could total 297 to 402 million tonnes worldwide; recycling them could generate almost $1 trillion in economic benefits

Solar Panel Waste: The Unknown Side of Solar Power Discarded solar panels could become a major global waste problem, with as much as 402 million tonnes of photovoltaic (PV) waste expected by 2060. But if these panels are recycled properly, the materials inside them could create almost $1 trillion (£770 billion) in economic value.According to … Read more

What is the Patriot missile system and why are supplies depleted worldwide?

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What is the Patriot missile system and why are supplies depleted worldwide?

WASHINGTON, – First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. Patriot air defense system has seen demand spike sharply this year, with supplies of interceptor missiles depleted by Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion and the widening war in the Middle East. What is the Patriot missile system and why are supplies depleted worldwide? … Read more