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Massive Outage Hits Microsoft 365 Outlook Users

A global glitch shut down Microsoft 365 applications like email, calendars, and Powerpoint. The tech giant said it was working on a fix.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

Taiwan’s soaring energy prices and growing outages hit chipmaker TSMC

Industry loses competitiveness as government struggles to afford cheap-power incentives

World - Financial Times - November 5

CrowdStrike hits a sales milestone in first full quarter after sparking IT outage

An executive says the cybersecurity company ‘saw incredible success with our customer commitment packages’ meant to appease customers after the July incident.

Business - MarketWatch - 14 hours ago

Reddit Back After Tens of Thousands of Users Report a Second Outage

Reddit users reported having problems with the site two days in a row.

Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Bomb cyclone causes deaths, outages in Pacific Northwest

A monster storm known as a bomb cyclone knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers in Washington state and Oregon and caused major damage across the region. The storm's powerful winds ...

Microsoft 365 is experiencing an outage. Here's what to know.

Microsoft said it's investigating an issue impacting access to Microsoft 365 and its Teams app.

Microsoft investigating outages affecting Outlook, Teams

Microsoft said Monday it is investigating outages impacting its Microsoft 365 service, with thousands of users reporting issues with their Outlook, Exchange or Teams features. Microsoft 365 ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Microsoft Outage Takes Outlook and Teams Offline

The software giant said it was working on a fix for the issue, which has affected the many companies that use Microsoft’s products. It later said it had fixed all affected services except Outlook ...

Tech - The New York Times - Yesterday

Rapidly Moving Brush Fire in California Burns Homes and Prompts Evacuations

Firefighters were working to contain fires in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties amid dangerous weather conditions.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 7

Netflix Livestream Outages Reported During Mike Tyson-Jake Paul Fight

Users across the U.S. reported being unable to load the high-profile boxing match.

Business - The New York Times - November 16

Power Outages Affect 600,000 in Washington State as Storm Kills at Least 1

A storm system approaching the Northwest with hurricane-force winds was expected to drench the region with rain. At least one death was reported.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Bomb cyclone in Northwest causes vast power outages, kills at least 1

A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person.

Atmospheric River Brings Rain, Snow and Power Outages to California and West Coast

The “atmospheric river” storm disrupted travel and left at least two people dead in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Seattle Power Outages Could Linger as Strong Storms Pelt the West Coast

A series of atmospheric rivers is flooding the Pacific Northwest and parts of California, with more wind and rain forecast as utilities try to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Is Outlook down? Thousands of Microsoft 365 users report outage issues

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported issues with Outlook, Teams and other services on Monday

Tech - ABC News - Yesterday

Microsoft 365 working to address potential Outlook and Teams outage

If you're a Microsoft 365 user, this Monday may have been a little more frustrating for you than usual.

Delta, CrowdStrike sue each other over widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations

Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Ukraine war live: Emergency power outages after Russia launches massive missile strike on energy grid

Biggest air strike in months also hits residential areas and raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter. The exiled Russian opposition will hold its first major demonstration ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Microsoft’s Response to Its Major Outage Is the 1 Thing No Company Should Ever Do

Microsoft Outlook and Teams went down, and the company’s response isn’t helping anything.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

After Office Software Outage, Microsoft Faces Allegations of Data Scraping in Word and Excel

Reports that the tech giant is taking user data through its best known business software to train its AIs follows a global crash on Monday.

Business - Inc. - 23 hours ago

UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt sell-off intensifies

Bond markets unnerved by scale of extra borrowing in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Western consumer groups unconvinced by China’s economic stimulus efforts

Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Trump hits three battleground states

Former President Donald Trump held campaign events in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia on Sunday. Nikole Killion reports.

Trump and Harris make final push to break US election deadlock

Presidential candidates descend on Pennsylvania as polls in most crucial swing state show a dead heat

Business - Financial Times - November 5

How violence became a theme of America’s election

Voters are on edge after a campaign season characterised by ‘unprecedented’ levels of extreme rhetoric

Business - Financial Times - November 4

FirstFT: Bitcoin hits a record high

Also in today’s newsletter, Kremlin denies Putin spoke to Trump last week and America Inc’s new chief executive

World - Financial Times - November 11

Typhoon Man-yi Pounds the Philippines With Rain and High Winds

The storm, a Category 4, regained strength on Sunday afternoon.

World - The New York Times - November 17

The rehabilitation of KPMG in the UK

The years of audit failings and regulatory fines at its UK business are over, but some worry the firm is still losing ground to rivals

Business - Financial Times - November 19

China’s Baidu joins Meta in race to make AI-integrated smart glasses

Launch comes as Chinese internet groups jostle for dominance in hardware

Business - Financial Times - November 13

US hits Russia’s Gazprombank with sanctions

Move in effect bans state-owned bank from global financial system in blow to payments for Moscow’s war effort

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Chile’s leftwing government hit by rape scandal

President Gabriel Boric’s flagging popularity falls further amid allegations against his former security secretary

Business - Financial Times - October 28

Trump hits 'nasty' Michelle Obama at Atlanta rally

Former President Trump attacked former first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in Atlanta on Monday, calling her “nasty” after Obama lobbed attacks at the former president while stumping for ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

FirstFT: Twin scandals hit PwC’s Asia profits

Also in today’s newsletter, the fallout from the Madison Square Garden rally and what happened to Project 2025?

World - Financial Times - October 29

Washington Post cancellations hit 250,000 – 10% of subscribers

Reader backlash against decision not to make presidential endorsement rolls on despite Bezos defense of decision. Deterioration of the Washington Post’s subscriber base continued on Tuesday, hours ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Biogen’s stock hit by soft sales of Alzheimer’s treatment

“We continue to see momentum with ongoing product launches and we are increasingly excited about the potential of our pipeline,” the company’s CEO said.

Business - MarketWatch - October 30

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