Europe s biggest blackout made me confront my dependence on tech
Get the Full StoryUnprecedented power cuts swept across Portugal, Spain, and parts of France on Monday instantly unravelling the tech-dependent lives of me and tens of millions of others. At first, I wasn t worried. Then the owner of my Lisbon apartment forwarded me a link: an article in The Sun newspaper titled Spain & Portugal hit by huge power cuts I tried to open it, but the page wouldn t load. After a few minutes of backup power, the mobile networks were dead. I walked down to my local caf , hoping to get some more information. We have no idea what s going on This story continues at The Next WebShare: