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Microsoft's Historic 365 Outage Nears 24 Hours After Deep Workforce Cuts

When a massive Microsoft 365 outage abruptly knocked Outlook and Teams offline for users worldwide yesterday, it sparked not just workplace chaos, but also speculation over whether the company's recent layoffs had something to do with it.

We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX1550543.— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) November 12, 2026

At the start of this work week, millions of people and organizations across 74 countries found themselves completely locked out of their Microsoft 365 apps. Redmond says that the outage was due to server failure and that a recovery is in progress, although things are still far from normal for users.

Of course, speculation has quickly risen regarding whether the recent corporate buyout layoff (involving some 60,000 individuals) might have played a role...

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The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World

A dramatic Microsoft 365 outage impacting widely used services like Outlook, Teams, and Copilot dragged into a second day on Friday after the company failed overnight to resolve an issue that left institutions and individuals around the world without crucial communication tools. The services did seem to be on a

You Can Now Tempt Fate And Give Your Banking Information To ChatGPT

The new Wallet feature will allow its AI agents to make purchases on your behalf. OpenAI just announced ChatGPT Wallet, a payment feature that enables its newly-released Dots AI agents to make purchases on behalf of users. Of course, that requires handing over your payment information to a chatbot, which

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After 3 Weeks and More Than 451,000 Folds, the iPhone Duo's Hinge Is Finally Starting to Fail - CNET

Three weeks ago, we put Apple’s new iPhone Duo on our custom foldable phone testing rig, the Fold-a-Phone, to find out how many times it could fold until it broke. It’s not fully broken yet, but the hinge has started to break down. I initially detected some looseness

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Bose’s Early Black Friday Deals Knock Up to $350 Off Its Prized Audio Gear - CNET

Save up to $350: Right now, we’ve spotted Bose gear for up to $350 off at Amazon thanks to early Black Friday discounts. Though the shopping event doesn’t arrive until Nov. 27, now is an excellent opportunity to grab Bose’s high-quality audio gear for some of the

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The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World

You Can Now Tempt Fate And Give Your Banking Information To ChatGPT

After 3 Weeks and More Than 451,000 Folds, the iPhone Duo's Hinge Is Finally Starting to Fail - CNET

Bose’s Early Black Friday Deals Knock Up to $350 Off Its Prized Audio Gear - CNET