US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’

TechCrunch - Nov 13, 2026

A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers."

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'Is it a mere coincidence? I don't think so': Social media users joke the Microsoft outage is linked to wacky 1960 study claiming 'doomsday' will occur on November 13, 2026

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PostgreSQL Patches 52 Flaws, Including 22-Year-Old Bug Enabling Authenticated RCE

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SpaceX to attempt first-ever Starship land recovery and tower catch in historic 15th Flight

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Nov 13, 2026

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New Mior and Skyfall Attacks Let Rogue Cloud Hosts Steal Secrets From AMD SEV-SNP VMs

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