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Slack back worldwide as platform digs what went wrong

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Hours after suffering a global outage, the professional messaging platform Slack has been restored and is now working properly across the globe, according to the Slack status page Thursday.

Slack went down Thursday worldwide leaving thousands of workers without communication, as most of them are not able to send or receive messages, bringing their operations to a partial halt.

This screenshot taken on July 27, 2023, shows Slack announcing the outage. — Slack Website
This screenshot taken on July 27, 2023, shows Slack announcing the outage. — Slack Website

The people who rely on Slack for its communication were only seeing the old conversation as their messages could not be delivered.

There are companies around the world that lean on the instant messaging platform for their communications as after Covid-19, thousands of people started working remotely making it a crucial part of their professional lives.

In United Kingdon, the breakdown started Thursday around 10am UK time. According to tracking website Down Detector, it received a rapid spike in the number of reports of problems.

According to the Independent report, the official Slack status page was not updated after the outage started. So far, there has not been any update from the platform regarding its status and its outage though it often posts such technical issues on Twitter.

More than half an hour after the outage, Slack said it has come across the issue but could not still find the source of the problem.

“Users may be experiencing trouble with sending messages in Slack,” the message on its official status page read.

“Slack experiencing an outage across the app. Users may be experiencing trouble with sending messages, using workflows, and various other actions in Slack.”

This screenshot taken on July 27, 2023, shows Slack announcing the outage. — Slack Website
This screenshot taken on July 27, 2023, shows Slack announcing the outage. — Slack Website

“We’re investigating and will let you know as soon as we know more. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.”

Numerous Twitter users took to social media and reported the issue.

A user wrote,” Slack is down globally but their downtime page shows that they’re up! What good monitoring system.” 

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Moon train operations are planned by NASA.

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The goal is to construct the first lunar train system, which will enable safe, independent, and effective cargo transportation on the moon, according to robotics specialist Ethan Schaler of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

He went on, “The day-to-day functioning of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030s will depend heavily on a robust, long-lasting robotic transport system.”

The Flexible Levitation on a Track, or FLOAT, is the name of the proposed lunar rail system. According to NASA, the establishment of a railway system on the moon is “critical to the daily operations.”

According to the space agency, the primary objective of FLOAT is to offer transportation services in regions of the moon where astronauts are engaged in activities. To do this, cargoes of lunar soil and other materials will need to be transported to various regions of the moon.

Each robot will be able to transport cargo of various sizes and shapes at a pace of roughly 1 mph (1.61 km/h), according to Dr. Schaler.

Notably, NASA also declared new initiatives last month to create and test new vehicle models intended for moon exploration.

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Pakistan’s lunar mission ‘ICUBE-Q’ reaches the moon orbit.

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Pakistan’s lunar mission (ICUBE-Q) entered orbit around the moon on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s historic lunar mission (ICUBE-Q) launched from Hainan, China, on Friday aboard China’s Chang’E6 spacecraft.

According to the IST, the satellite ICUBE-Q was planned and developed in partnership with China’s Shanghai University SJTU and Pakistan’s national space agency SUPARCO.

The ICUBE-Q orbiter is equipped with two optical cameras to image the lunar surface. ICUBE-Q has now been integrated into the Chang’e6 mission after successfully qualifying and testing it.

Chang’e6 is the sixth lunar exploration mission launched by China.

The launch event was streamed live on the IST website and social media platforms. Chang’6, China’s Lunar Mission, will land on the Moon’s far side to collect surface samples before returning to Earth for further research.

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The establishment of IT labs in Islamabad’s educational establishments

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SIFC was established to improve the ease of doing business for potential investors through a “Whole of Government”Approach”—achieving optimal horizontal-vertical synergy and facilitation by the Pakistan Army—and to attract investments from friendly countries in selected sectors through an empowered organisation that serves as a “single-window” platform for facilitation.

The children will learn the newest skills in these state-of-the-art IT labs, expanding their employment prospects.

These IT laboratories will be constructed in sixteen degree colleges spread throughout various parts of Islamabad.

Students will take six-month courses in artificial intelligence (AI), game development, data science, and block chain in these IT labs.

Approximately 1,000 students will have access to courses in the first phase, which is being implemented in response to market demand.

The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has worked with esteemed universities such as NUST, National Skills University, COMSATS, and NUML to produce these courses.

The second week of this month will mark the start of these classes. For these courses, about 3,600 students have signed up.

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