The Digital Revolution, also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, refers to the advancement of technology from analog electronics and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today.

The Joint Commission has started citing facilities for using instruments that have been laser etched. The issue is that the laser etching process happens after the instrument is passivated, which creates a hole in the passivated layer.

On July 18th 2024, CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, released a software update that wasn’t fully vetted and contained errors. Crowdstrike’s primary business is anti-virus and intrusion detection software that needs to be installed at the kernel level on the machine’s it protects.