McDonald's outage shows challenge of going from Big Mac to Big Tech

The "technology outage" that impacted McDonald's restaurants and the company's app on Friday underscores the fast-food giant's growing reliance on tech systems that are becoming increasingly common in the food service industry. Friday's outage impacted McDonald's locations across some of its global markets, including Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom, which forced many stores to temporarily accept only cash or shut down entirely in some cases. The company hasn't disclosed how widespread the outages we ...