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What caused Outlook outage? Microsoft reacts amid email failures, authentication issues

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Microsoft is addressing a significant outage affecting Exchange Online, resulting in authentication problems and email delivery delays. (Unsplash)

Microsoft is currently looking into a significant service disruption that is leading to authentication problems and delays or failures in email delivery for Exchange Online users. Microsoft is addressing a significant outage affecting Exchange Online, resulting in authentication problems and email delivery delays. (Unsplash) The company first recognized this situation (identified as EX1464935 in the … Read more

Microsoft 365 outage update: When will Outlook, Teams and other services be back up? Company probes Exchange issues

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Microsoft 365 services down for thousands in the US. (UnSplash)

Microsoft users are facing widespread issues with Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services as the company investigates problems with Exchange Online. Microsoft 365 services down for thousands in the US. (UnSplash) When did the outage begin? According to outage-tracking website Downdetectorreports of issues with Microsoft Outlook began coming in around 12:15 p.m. EDT on Monday. … Read more

NEW YORK: The tech billionaire lives on his 233-foot superyacht for six months a year to avoid paying property taxes on land in California and New York

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NEW YORK: The tech billionaire lives on his 233-foot superyacht for six months a year to avoid paying property taxes on land in California and New York

Decades before billionaires started fleeing, this genius built and lived on a 233-foot superyacht Decades before the world’s richest people began leaving high-tax states like California and New York for Florida and Texas, one tech mogul quietly found his own way to avoid local taxes, strict building rules and the need for a permanent home.Charles … Read more

Microsoft defends Asha Sharma, saying she is a US CEO and Xbox layoffs have nothing to do with H-1B

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Microsoft defends Asha Sharma, saying she is a US CEO and Xbox layoffs have nothing to do with H-1B

Microsoft responds with nasty comments to Asha Sharma after she announced Xbox layoffs. When Microsoft’s gaming division announced 3,200 job cuts, Xbox CEO Asha Sharm was viciously abused. Microsoft came to the rescue and clarified that it had nothing to do with replacing Americans with foreign workers. Microsoft communications chief Frank Frank X Shaw on … Read more

Microsoft’s $7.3 billion AI data center sued by neighbors because non-stop noise keeps them from sleeping World News

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Microsoft's $7.3 billion AI data center sued by neighbors because non-stop noise keeps them from sleeping World News

Sometimes being a good neighbor can make others feel like they don’t have good neighbors at all. The same appears to be true of recent lawsuits facing Microsoft over its much-touted $7.3 billion U.S. artificial intelligence data center. In early 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is proud to announce that its company’s data center in … Read more

Microsoft exec’s $1M donation connects North Carolina to Virgin Islands: ‘I could only dream of this in high school’

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Microsoft exec's $1M donation connects North Carolina to Virgin Islands: 'I could only dream of this in high school'

Microsoft executive Rashida Hodge says you don’t need extraordinary wealth to be a philanthropist. In 1998, Rashida Hodge came to Raleigh, North Carolina, with dreams of reaching beyond the island of St. Thomas where she grew up. The path she took through North Carolina State University led her to Microsoft today. But she hasn’t forgotten … Read more

AI’s Secret Water Crisis: How Data Centers Are Depleting Freshwater Reserves Around the World

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AI’s Secret Water Crisis: How Data Centers Are Depleting Freshwater Reserves Around the World

Each time the AI ​​uses ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, it consumes approximately 519 milliliters of water, which is almost the volume of a standard water bottle. This number comes from Peer-reviewed 2025 papers Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren of the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues publish in ACM Communications. It includes both the … Read more

Microsoft Copilot outage update: Why Copilot is so slow today. How to solve the problem?

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Microsoft’s AI tool was experiencing some issues on Friday morning, with more than 500 issues reported, according to DownDetector. The glitches began to appear after 10 a.m. ET, and by 1:07 p.m., there were approximately 700 issues. Many users reported issues with Microsoft Copilot on Friday, as the artificial intelligence assistant experienced interruptions and slow … Read more

Windows updates are no longer mandatory, but there’s a catch

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Windows updates always feel a little forced and intrusive. Frequent updates coupled with the requirement to download all updates and update your computer before restarting or shutting down not only disrupts your workflow, but also prevents you from working more efficiently. But that’s about to change as Microsoft announces new features that will make forced … Read more