Amaya Toman Today we commemorate two events, one of which - the death of pop singer Michael Jackson - at first glance has nothing to do with the world of technology. But the connection here is only apparently missing. The moment his death was announced, people literally took the internet by storm, which resulted in a number of outages. Warren Buffett will also be discussed. In this context, let's go back to 2006, when Buffett decided to significantly support the Gates Foundation.
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Warren Buffett donates $30 million to the Gates Foundation (2006)
On June 25, 2006, billionaire Warren Buffett decided to donate more than $30 million in Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation. With his contribution, Buffett wanted to support the activities of the Gates Foundation in the field of combating infectious diseases and in the field of supporting education reform. In addition to this donation, Buffett then distributed another six billion dollars among charitable foundations managed by members of his own family.
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Michael Jackson Fans Busy the Internet (2009)
On June 25, 2009, the news of the death of the American singer Michael Jackson shocked many fans. According to later information, the singer died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine poisoning at his home in Los Angeles. The news of his death caused strong reactions around the world, resulting in not only a rapid increase in sales of his albums and singles, but also an unusually high increase in Internet traffic. A number of websites dedicated to media coverage of Jackson's death experienced either a significant slowdown or even a complete blackout. Google saw millions of search requests that were even initially mistaken for a DDoS attack, resulting in Michael Jackson-related results being blocked for half an hour. Both Twitter and Wikipedia reported the outage, and AOL Instant Messenger in the United States was down for several tens of minutes. Jackson's name was mentioned in 5 posts per minute following the announcement of his death, and there was an increase in overall internet traffic of about 11%-20% over normal.
