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# Last30Days research: Microsoft
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- Date range: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13
- Sources: 12 active (Digg, GitHub, Web, Hacker News, Instagram, Pinterest, Polymarket, Reddit, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube)
## Resolved Entities
- **Microsoft**: X @Microsoft | Subs r/microsoft, r/windows | GitHub - (microsoft/vscode) | Ticker MSFT (host search) | Context: -
## Ranked Evidence Clusters
### 1. Microsoft posts $92.3 billion in quarterly revenue as Azure grows 48% (score 81, 1 item, sources: Digg)
1. [digg] Microsoft posts $92.3 billion in quarterly revenue as Azure grows 48%
- 2026-10-28 | Digg | [232 Digg Score, 34posts, 25auth] | score:81
- URL: [https://digg.com/tech/mon7nzhs](https://digg.com/tech/mon7nzhs)
- Why: Provides specific, high-value financial data (revenue, Azure growth) directly relevant to Microsoft's corporate strategy.
- Evidence: Azure brought in $33.17 billion in Microsoft's fiscal 2027 first quarter, up 48%, according to its earnings release. Total revenue rose 19% to $92.3 billion; Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $63.9 billion. Under a new segment structure, Devices and Consumer revenue fell 3%. GAAP net income grew 32% to $36.6 billion, while adjusted net income, excluding the...
- [@IngJuanPa7](https://x.com/IngJuanPa7/status/2115535257214627943) via Digg: 📈Microsoft $MSFT 💰Resultados💰 💲Beneficios por Acción: 4,89 dólares Vs 4,72 dólares esperados. ✅ 💵 Ingresos: 92,2 B Vs 90,61 B esperados. ✅ 2. 🚀 Resumen de operaciones y estrategias de crecimiento L...
- [@Microsoft](https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2115535611801248094) via Digg: We just announced our quarterly earnings results. $92.3 billion in revenue. $63.9 billion in Microsoft Cloud revenue. 48% Azure revenue growth. See our full FY27 Q1 results here: https://msft.it/60...
- [@Techmeme](https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2115536915965612527) via Digg: Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $92.3B, Azure revenue up 48% to $33.2B, operating income up 21% to $45.9B, and net income up 32% to $36.6B (Microsoft) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the lin...
### 2. Microsoft outage impacts millions. Tech expert explains the ripple effects (score 78, 1 item, sources: YouTube)
1. [youtube] Microsoft outage impacts millions. Tech expert explains the ripple effects
- 2026-11-13 | [194,778views] | score:78
- URL: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4tEwnevjY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4tEwnevjY)
- Why: Jev: subject and topic supported
- Evidence: It's now been more than 15 hours since Microsoft Outlook suffered a global outage on Thursday that's so severe it has left millions of people without their email. Now, it started around noon eastern time on Thursday and has dragged on ever since. The internet performance site Downdetector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in abo...
- @akd8525 (409 likes): "We have no idea what happened" = they know and it is bad
- @TheTruth_Is_OutThere (159 likes): Hmmm... you fire 25% of your global workforce then a few weeks later a core service goes down....coincidence?...I think not.
- @grahamashe9715 (286 likes): Let me guess. Some developers used AI without checking and verifying at least 27 times.
- Highlights (auto-generated transcript; may contain transcription errors):
- "It's now been more than 15 hours since Microsoft Outlook suffered a global outage on Thursday that's so severe it has left millions of people without their email."
- "The first country waking up on this Friday the 13th to see just the slew of problems from court feeds being down, schools not being able to host online classes, people missing job interviews becaus..."
- "Alex, on that question of security, a lot of us, when we first heard about this thought maybe cyber attack hack, what is Microsoft saying about that?"
- "The internet performance site Downdetector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour."
- "Microsoft indicating that they're seeing marginal success with getting the fix rolled out."
### 3. Global Microsoft outage continues to impact millions (score 77, 1 item, sources: YouTube)
1. [youtube] Global Microsoft outage continues to impact millions
- 2026-11-13 | [132,322views] | score:77
- URL: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSE-ChjfOOg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSE-ChjfOOg)
- Why: Jev: subject and topic supported
- Evidence: Well, Microsoft technicians are working into the night as they try to get Microsoft services back up and running. A global outage still preventing millions from accessing emails on Microsoft Outlook. Other services like Teams and the Microsoft AI program Copilot are also impacted. NBC4's Darcia Phillips is live for us in downtown LA with the latest develo...
- Highlights (auto-generated transcript; may contain transcription errors):
- "Well, Microsoft technicians are working into the night as they try to get Microsoft services back up and running."
- "A global outage still preventing millions from accessing emails on Microsoft Outlook."
- "Other services like Teams and the Microsoft AI program Copilot are also impacted."
- "NBC4's Darcia Phillips is live for us in downtown LA with the latest developments on this major tech outage."
- "This is causing a massive disruption to businesses and people and organizations who depend on Microsoft Outlook and its service products."
### 4. Microsoft unveils tools to monitor and restrict risky AI agents (score 72, 1 item, sources: Digg)
1. [digg] Microsoft unveils tools to monitor and restrict risky AI agents
- 2026-10-19 | Digg | [79 Digg Score, 11posts, 11auth] | score:72
- URL: [https://digg.com/tech/x9hwch9e](https://digg.com/tech/x9hwch9e)
- Why: Contains specific, factual information about new Microsoft AI risk management tools, directly addressing the AI strategy intent.
- Evidence: GeekWire reports that Microsoft’s new features continuously assess AI agents’ risk. When risk rises, they can remove an agent’s ability to make changes while preserving read access, require human approval for a high-stakes step or shut it down. The features were in private preview when GeekWire reported on October 19, with broader availability planned for...
- [@satyanadella](https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2112168320946634932) via Digg: I recently wrote about why we need to treat models as insider risks, with security controls sitting outside the model itself. Today, we're putting that principle into practice by expanding Project...
- [@Techmeme](https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2112173356590260678) via Digg: Microsoft unveils new security tools in its 365 E7 bundle and Project Perception system to treat AI agents as potential insider threats via risk assessments (@toddbishop / GeekWire) (Visit Techmeme...
- [@skupor](https://x.com/skupor/status/2112181644853440872) via Digg: Another good example (following on the heels of the @nvidia release a few weeks back) of the industry using software to address potential security concerns around SI. This is the familiar pattern w...
### 5. 60,000 voluntary exit offer by Microsoft. 27% of workforce 😱 (score 63, 1 item, sources: Reddit)
1. [reddit] 60,000 voluntary exit offer by Microsoft. 27% of workforce 😱
- 2026-10-27 | r/Layoffs | [3,247pts, 792cmt] | score:63
- URL: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xghnff/60000_voluntary_exit_offer_by_microsoft_27_of/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xghnff/60000_voluntary_exit_offer_by_microsoft_27_of/)
- Why: Discusses a significant corporate event (voluntary buyouts) and its perceived impact on Microsoft's AI-driven strategy.
- Evidence: It’s a race to the bottom I’ve been at Microsoft over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI . The most productive devs are essentially AI code reviewers now, and devs that don’t use AI stick out like sore thumbs because of how insanely slow they are. It used to be that 20% of the people did 80% of the work, but in the A...
- u/FernGully_is_racist (361 upvotes): It’s a race to the bottom
- u/Candid_Cat_5921 (357 upvotes): I’ve been at Microsoft
over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI
. The most productive devs are essentially AI code reviewers now, and devs that don’t use AI stick out like sore thumbs because of...
- u/Swampage (233 upvotes): At some point the AI bubble
will burst, however...
If the AI bubble bursts soon, the economy tanks, then mass layoffs.
If the AI bubble doesn't burst for a while, mass layoffs due to AI costs and "efficiencies", and yes once again th...
- Insight: I’ve been at Microsoft
over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI
.
### 6. Our Microsoft AI team just introduced a streaming transcription model and new voice models. Built for accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency, (score 60, 1 item, sources: X)
1. [x] Our Microsoft AI team just introduced a streaming transcription model and new voice models. Built for accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency,
- 2026-11-10 | @bizdataviz | score:60
- URL: [https://x.com/bizdataviz/status/2120180985425780878](https://x.com/bizdataviz/status/2120180985425780878)
- Why: Provides specific details on new AI product releases (transcription and voice models) from the Microsoft AI team.
- Evidence: Our Microsoft AI team just introduced a streaming transcription model and new voice models. Built for accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency, they open new possibilities for customer service and multilingual experiences.
### 7. Microsoft's CEO isn't buying the AGI hype 👀 Satya Nadella says a company declaring its own AGI milestone is "nonsensical benchmark hacking." (score 59, 1 item, sources: TikTok)
1. [tiktok] Microsoft's CEO isn't buying the AGI hype 👀 Satya Nadella says a company declaring its own AGI milestone is "nonsensical benchmark hacking."
- 2026-11-13 | ailiteracylab | [274views, 7likes] | score:59 | fun:65
- URL: [https://www.tiktok.com/@ailiteracylab/video/7707483848170392845](https://www.tiktok.com/@ailiteracylab/video/7707483848170392845)
- Why: Captures a specific, recent strategic stance from CEO Satya Nadella regarding AGI benchmarks.
- Evidence: Microsoft's CEO isn't buying the AGI hype 👀 Satya Nadella says a company declaring its own AGI milestone is "nonsensical benchmark hacking." His real test: is the world economy growing at 10%? What would convince YOU that AGI is here? Tell me below 👇 Follow for more AI news made simple 🤖 #AILiteracyLab #SatyaNadella #Microsoft #AGI #AI
### 8. AI adoption - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn (score 55, 1 item, sources: Web)
1. [grounding] AI adoption - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn
- 2026-10-15 | learn.microsoft.com | score:55
- URL: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/strategy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/strategy)
- Why: First-party documentation providing direct insight into Microsoft's strategic framework for AI adoption.
- Evidence: Business groups can then pursue AI opportunities within those boundaries.
...
|AI solution |When to use |Main cost factors |
| --- | --- | --- |
|[Microsoft Foundry](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/what-is-foundry) |Use when you need a managed Azure platform to
...
\#\#\#\# 3\.2.3 AI on Azure infrastructure
Azure infrastructure shouldn't...
### 9. Windows 11 is now force-enabling Memory Integrity, a feature Microsoft admitted can hurt gaming performance, and here’s how to turn it off (score 55, 1 item, sources: Reddit)
1. [reddit] Windows 11 is now force-enabling Memory Integrity, a feature Microsoft admitted can hurt gaming performance, and here’s how to turn it off
- 2026-11-10 | r/pcmasterrace | [3,597pts, 400cmt] | score:55
- URL: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1xt2qbv/windows_11_is_now_forceenabling_memory_integrity/](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1xt2qbv/windows_11_is_now_forceenabling_memory_integrity/)
- Why: Relevant to product strategy/user experience, but focuses on a specific Windows feature rather than broader AI/Cloud strategy.
- Evidence: It barely makes a difference on modern hardware anyway. I leave it enabled. It's been around since Windows 10. It definitely affected performance on my old 8600k but I don't notice it on my 13600KF. But I can only really speak for myself. At least the option can be re-disabled for those who have issues with it. With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know...
- u/BryAlrighty (662 upvotes): It barely makes a difference on modern hardware anyway. I leave it enabled. It's been around since Windows 10. It definitely affected performance on my old 8600k but I don't notice it on my 13600KF.
But I can only really speak for myse...
- u/Pimpwerx (594 upvotes): With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know if disabling this is a good idea. There might be a new class of trojans that MS is trying to block with this.
The difference in performance needs to be significant to risk lowering your secur...
- u/ZealousidealRub4619 (301 upvotes): Turning off Memory Integrity yields immediate framerate stability on older CPUs struggling with virtualisation overhead.
- Insight: With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know if disabling this is a good idea.
### 10. microsoft/vscode (195K stars) - 21611 open issues (score 50, 1 item, sources: GitHub)
1. [github] microsoft/vscode (195K stars) - 21611 open issues
- 2026-11-11 | microsoft/vscode | [195,362stars, 21,611open] | score:50
- URL: [https://github.com/microsoft/vscode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode)
- Why: First-party evidence of Microsoft's ongoing open-source commitment via VS Code, though lacks recent specific news.
- Evidence: Project: microsoft/vscode (195K stars, 21611 open issues, TypeScript)
Visual Studio Code
README: # Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS")
[](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request+sort%3Areactions-%2...
### 11. Microsoft and Epic Games Suddenly Agree That AI Is Theft (score 48, 1 item, sources: Hacker News)
1. [hackernews] Microsoft and Epic Games Suddenly Agree That AI Is Theft
- 2026-10-28 | Hacker News | [71pts, 40cmt] | score:48 | fun:75
- URL: [https://kotaku.com/now-that-the-shoe-is-on-the-other-foot-microsoft-and-epic-games-suddenly-agree-that-ai-is-theft-2000749316](https://kotaku.com/now-that-the-shoe-is-on-the-other-foot-microsoft-and-epic-games-suddenly-agree-that-ai-is-theft-2000749316)
- Why: Discusses a strategic shift in AI policy, but the source is less authoritative than primary reporting.
- Evidence: Microsoft and Epic Games Suddenly Agree That AI Is Theft
### 12. Service degradation on Microsoft 365 (score 46, 1 item, sources: Hacker News)
1. [hackernews] Service degradation on Microsoft 365
- 2026-11-12 | Hacker News | [1,077pts, 903cmt] | score:46
- URL: [https://status.cloud.microsoft/](https://status.cloud.microsoft/)
- Evidence: Ex-MSFT here, sharing my outdated POV based on working on a product that was using Microsoft Exchange and therefore was hooked onto the email delivery pipeline. Note that the infra for M365, Azure etc is different. They would be running on servers hosted in MSFT DCs but have completely different CI/... Copied this from my post in the other thread: The Sta...
- AbbeFaria: Ex-MSFT here, sharing my outdated POV based on working on a product that was using Microsoft Exchange and therefore was hooked onto the email delivery pipeline.
Note that the infra for M365, Azure etc is different. They would be running... — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50479360
- beowulfey: Copied this from my post in the other thread:
The Status page is not working well, but I managed to subscribe to their RSS feed and it has been sending out updates periodically. I'll post some of them here.
9:02 PM UTC: We've validated a... — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50473305
- pwthornton: Nadella stripped mined the company for AI jank, and everything has been falling apart. Github has been unreliable a lot lately. Xbox is basically imploding. A lot of Azure, Entra, Intune, etc. is shockingly janky, and there is clearly ve... — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50477000
- Insight: Ex-MSFT here, sharing my outdated POV based on working on a product that was using Microsoft Exchange and therefore was hooked onto the email delivery pipeline.
### 13. The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI… (score 45, 1 item, sources: X)
1. [x] The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
- 2026-11-12 | @omgsidewalks | [64,748likes, 9,210rt, 367re] | score:45 | fun:55
- URL: [https://x.com/omgsidewalks/status/2121005714223337598](https://x.com/omgsidewalks/status/2121005714223337598)
- Evidence: The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
### 14. The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI… (score 44, 1 item, sources: Threads)
1. [threads] The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
- 2026-11-12 | healthtechbff | [116,527likes] | score:44
- URL: [https://www.threads.com/@healthtechbff/post/DfqC1DCIME1](https://www.threads.com/@healthtechbff/post/DfqC1DCIME1)
- Evidence: The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
### 15. Amsterdam is fed up with Microsoft data centers (score 43, 1 item, sources: Reddit)
1. [reddit] Amsterdam is fed up with Microsoft data centers
- 2026-11-06 | r/antiai | [13,848pts, 343cmt] | score:43
- URL: [https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1xpo0y9/amsterdam_is_fed_up_with_microsoft_data_centers/](https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1xpo0y9/amsterdam_is_fed_up_with_microsoft_data_centers/)
- Evidence: This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis. But when you show your government that if they don't fix a problem you'll fix it yourselves, then they'll either fix it or be the next problem to fix. Watch out we ate our prime minister once I find it very funny how the biggest protests lately all happen outsid...
- u/AnarchistTerrarist (881 upvotes): This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis. But when you show your government that if they don't fix a problem you'll fix it yourselves, then they'll either fix it or be the next problem...
- u/Xullstudio (218 upvotes): Watch out we ate our prime minister once
- u/Longshot02496 (92 upvotes): I find it very funny how the biggest protests lately all happen outside the US. Especially with anti-AI stuff
like this, that's something that seems to be universal. Not a single spine to be found over there.
- Insight: This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis.
### 16. I bet Microsoft really regrets laying off 60,000 workers right now. AI will be the WORST at responding to clients about this. I hope they ha (score 42, 1 item, sources: Threads)
1. [threads] I bet Microsoft really regrets laying off 60,000 workers right now. AI will be the WORST at responding to clients about this. I hope they ha
- 2026-11-12 | runmellierun | [2,057likes] | score:42
- URL: [https://www.threads.com/@runmellierun/post/Dfp1LxOGn9R](https://www.threads.com/@runmellierun/post/Dfp1LxOGn9R)
- Evidence: I bet Microsoft really regrets laying off 60,000 workers right now. AI will be the WORST at responding to clients about this. I hope they have the day they deserve.
### 17. Microsoft $MSFT falls 3% in just 30 minutes after Anthropic launches Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Data. Excel has owned the spreadsheet market for over 40 years. Now an AI company is coming straight for it. (score 40, 1 item, sources: Reddit)
1. [reddit] Microsoft $MSFT falls 3% in just 30 minutes after Anthropic launches Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Data. Excel has owned the spreadsheet market for over 40 years. Now an AI company is coming straight for it.
- 2026-11-11 | r/MarketVibe | [1,036pts, 427cmt] | score:40
- URL: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketVibe/comments/1xtd2ej/microsoft_msft_falls_3_in_just_30_minutes_after/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketVibe/comments/1xtd2ej/microsoft_msft_falls_3_in_just_30_minutes_after/)
- Evidence: None
### 18. Microsoft announces a massive 25% voluntary buyout layoffs program. This is an absolute bombshell in the tech sector (score 40, 1 item, sources: Reddit)
1. [reddit] Microsoft announces a massive 25% voluntary buyout layoffs program. This is an absolute bombshell in the tech sector
- 2026-10-26 | r/cybersecurity | [10,195pts, 2,135cmt] | score:40
- URL: [https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1xg2ez2/microsoft_announces_a_massive_25_voluntary_buyout/](https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1xg2ez2/microsoft_announces_a_massive_25_voluntary_buyout/)
- Evidence: All these layoffs are keeping me up at night man Usually if one big company does this, it can set a precedent for others to do the same.
If other big techs start laying off people to this magnitude, that's the entire "AI taking our jobs" into a real thing and no longer speculation
This is not small news. It's the biggest we've ever seen WTF is the wor...
- u/Salty-Sound6432 (1591 upvotes): All these layoffs are keeping me up at night man
- u/Exact-Advantage-3190 (892 upvotes): Usually if one big company does this, it can set a precedent for others to do the same.
If other big techs start laying off people to this magnitude, that's the entire "AI taking our jobs" into a real thing and no longer speculation...
- u/WizardWell (544 upvotes): WTF is the worst of all of them? How many employees is this? Oracle had 30k right?
60K STAFF WTF
- Insight: This thread has reached trending status on r/popular.
### 19. The future’s looking bright and there’s room for everybody to shine. 💫 #AfroTech26 (score 40, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] The future’s looking bright and there’s room for everybody to shine. 💫 #AfroTech26
- 2026-11-12 | microsoft | [155,978views, 491likes, 681cmt] | score:40
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnzI8_AGeT/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnzI8_AGeT/)
- Why: First-party, but lacks substantive information regarding corporate or product strategy.
- Evidence: The future’s looking bright and there’s room for everybody to shine. 💫 #AfroTech26
### 20. #outlook #microsoft #corporate (score 36, 1 item, sources: TikTok)
1. [tiktok] #outlook #microsoft #corporate
- 2026-11-12 | buneraccount12345 | [1,160,095views, 216,321likes, 416cmt] | score:36
- URL: [https://www.tiktok.com/@buneraccount12345/video/7707378862048529694](https://www.tiktok.com/@buneraccount12345/video/7707378862048529694)
- Evidence: #outlook #microsoft #corporate
### 21. Microsoft is giving voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees. THAT is a BIG number - but who is not included is data center workers, sales, ma (score 31, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] Microsoft is giving voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees. THAT is a BIG number - but who is not included is data center workers, sales, ma
- 2026-10-27 | arshgoyalyt | [54,420views, 1,639likes, 33cmt] | score:31
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/De_Xmy-zHFV/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/De_Xmy-zHFV/)
- Evidence: Microsoft is giving voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees. THAT is a BIG number - but who is not included is data center workers, sales, marketing, quantum computing. Majorly tech and people who are working in other domains including operations, engineering, product, etc. This is alarming and the number is quite significant i.e 27%. We can also conclude t...
### 22. Anthropic + OpenAI vs Microsoft - higher valuation on December 31? (score 30, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Anthropic + OpenAI vs Microsoft - higher valuation on December 31?
- 2026-11-13 | [5437.6liquidity] | score:30
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/anthropic-openai-vs-microsoft-higher-valuation-on-december-31](https://polymarket.com/event/anthropic-openai-vs-microsoft-higher-valuation-on-december-31)
- Why: Speculative market data; lacks factual insight into actual corporate strategy.
- Evidence: down 11.0% this month
### 23. What will Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) hit in November 2026? (score 30, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] What will Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) hit in November 2026?
- 2026-11-13 | [16391.6volume, 97410.5liquidity] | score:30
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/what-price-will-msft-hit-in-november-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/what-price-will-msft-hit-in-november-2026)
- Evidence: down 4.5% this week
### 24. The Original XBOX // Nov 15, 2001 Where it all started. XBOX launched the most powerful console of its generation and changed the landscap (score 30, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] The Original XBOX // Nov 15, 2001 Where it all started. XBOX launched the most powerful console of its generation and changed the landscap
- 2026-11-11 | xbox | [2,182,056views, 156,329likes, 1,509cmt] | score:30
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnLngWviIZ/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnLngWviIZ/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: This is a test.
### 25. Microsoft (MSFT) closes above ___ on November 13? (score 29, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Microsoft (MSFT) closes above ___ on November 13?
- 2026-11-13 | [4185.6volume, 28012.9liquidity] | score:29
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/msft-close-above-on-november-13-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/msft-close-above-on-november-13-2026)
- Evidence: Microsoft (MSFT) closes above ___ on November 13? Will Microsoft (MSFT) close above $510 on November 13?
### 26. Microsoft (MSFT) Up or Down on November 13? (score 29, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Microsoft (MSFT) Up or Down on November 13?
- 2026-11-13 | [1658.4volume, 19160.8liquidity] | score:29
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/msft-up-or-down-on-november-13-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/msft-up-or-down-on-november-13-2026)
- Evidence: down 3.5% today
### 27. To everyone who pressed start, stayed up late, chased achievements, found a new favorite, and came back for more: thanks for 25 years. Your (score 28, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] To everyone who pressed start, stayed up late, chased achievements, found a new favorite, and came back for more: thanks for 25 years. Your
- 2026-11-12 | xbox | [1,155,292views, 22,333likes, 372cmt] | score:28
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfpm6VZsv2V/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfpm6VZsv2V/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: To everyone who pressed start, stayed up late, chased achievements, found a new favorite, and came back for more: thanks for 25 years.
Your XBOX Playback is ready at the link in bio ⏯️
### 28. Open Source Projects Looking for Contributors: A Starter Guide (score 28, 1 item, sources: Web)
1. [grounding] Open Source Projects Looking for Contributors: A Starter Guide
- date unknown [date:low] | osssoftware.org | score:28
- URL: [https://osssoftware.org/blog/open-source-projects-looking-for-contributors-a-starter-guide](https://osssoftware.org/blog/open-source-projects-looking-for-contributors-a-starter-guide)
- Why: Mentions Microsoft's general open-source status but lacks recent, specific contributions.
- Evidence: Browse sites like GitHub, GitLab, and SourceForge to discover projects related to your skills or passions. Look for active projects with recent commits and issues.
* **Start small** .
...
According to recent statistics, Microsoft is one of the largest corporate contributors to open source projects on GitHub. Some key points about Microsoft's open source...
### 29. Master Chief is lookin’ good in his 25th anniversary skin (score 28, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] Master Chief is lookin’ good in his 25th anniversary skin
- 2026-11-11 | xbox | [694,527views, 38,131likes, 337cmt] | score:28
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnEp0yMt-N/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfnEp0yMt-N/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: Master Chief is lookin’ good in his 25th anniversary skin
### 30. Had the best time celebrating 25 years of XBOX together at FanFest! (score 28, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] Had the best time celebrating 25 years of XBOX together at FanFest!
- 2026-11-13 | xbox | [384,880views, 25,645likes, 197cmt] | score:28
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfq5ytEs9x3/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfq5ytEs9x3/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: Had the best time celebrating 25 years of XBOX together at FanFest!
### 31. Microsoft (MSFT) closes week of Nov 9 at ___? (score 28, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Microsoft (MSFT) closes week of Nov 9 at ___?
- 2026-11-13 | [405volume, 31878.6liquidity] | score:28
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/msft-week-november-13-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/msft-week-november-13-2026)
- Evidence: up 16.0% today
### 32. 20 years of Gears. Happy anniversary @GearsofWar! (score 28, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] 20 years of Gears. Happy anniversary @GearsofWar!
- 2026-11-07 | xbox | [1,026,653views, 90,063likes, 771cmt] | score:28
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfcqzLktu77/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfcqzLktu77/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: Are you gonna eat it?
### 33. We love seeing a piece of our history reimagined through your art. Beautiful work, @alealejndro. 💙💚 (score 27, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] We love seeing a piece of our history reimagined through your art. Beautiful work, @alealejndro. 💙💚
- 2026-11-11 | microsoft | [116,390views, 693likes, 47cmt] | score:27
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfm8VteGRii/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfm8VteGRii/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: We love seeing a piece of our history reimagined through your art. Beautiful work, @alealejndro. 💙💚
### 34. Will Microsoft (MSFT) finish week of November 9 above___? (score 27, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Will Microsoft (MSFT) finish week of November 9 above___?
- 2026-11-13 | [259.3volume, 22669.3liquidity] | score:27
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/msft-above-on-november-13-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/msft-above-on-november-13-2026)
- Evidence: down 10.5% today
### 35. Will Microsoft (MSFT) close above ___ end of November? (score 27, 1 item, sources: Polymarket)
1. [polymarket] Will Microsoft (MSFT) close above ___ end of November?
- 2026-11-13 | [145.6volume, 34951.4liquidity] | score:27
- URL: [https://polymarket.com/event/msft-above-in-november-2026](https://polymarket.com/event/msft-above-in-november-2026)
- Evidence: down 15.5% this week
### 36. Bring this as a plus one to your next adventure. The XBOX Nano Controller is available now! (score 27, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] Bring this as a plus one to your next adventure. The XBOX Nano Controller is available now!
- 2026-11-04 | xbox | [1,511,390views, 63,934likes, 635cmt] | score:27
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfVDKiwsiIh/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfVDKiwsiIh/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: I can feel your vibe, your energy, it is so inviting and it makes me want to be near you forever.
### 37. AI Strategy - Recommendations for organizations developing an AI adoption strategy - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn (score 26, 1 item, sources: Pinterest)
1. [pinterest] AI Strategy - Recommendations for organizations developing an AI adoption strategy - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn
- date unknown [date:low] | Design Inspiration | score:26
- URL: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/ai/strategy#define-an-ai-technology-strategy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/ai/strategy#define-an-ai-technology-strategy)
- Evidence: AI Strategy - Recommendations for organizations developing an AI adoption strategy - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn
### 38. For everyone building something they can’t stop thinking about, this one’s for you. ❤️ #AfroTech26 (score 26, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] For everyone building something they can’t stop thinking about, this one’s for you. ❤️ #AfroTech26
- 2026-11-10 | microsoft | [35,443views, 384likes, 50cmt] | score:26
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfkpae9pJeh/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfkpae9pJeh/)
- Why: fallback-local-score (first-party authorship)
- Evidence: For everyone building something they can’t stop thinking about, this one’s for you. ❤️ #AfroTech26
### 39. UNSW to open source its Microsoft classroom platform on GitHub | ZDNet (score 19, 1 item, sources: Pinterest)
1. [pinterest] UNSW to open source its Microsoft classroom platform on GitHub | ZDNet
- date unknown [date:low] | Educate | score:19
- URL: [https://www.zdnet.com/article/unsw-to-open-source-its-microsoft-classroom-platform-on-github/](https://www.zdnet.com/article/unsw-to-open-source-its-microsoft-classroom-platform-on-github/)
- Evidence: UNSW to open source its Microsoft classroom platform on GitHub | ZDNet
### 40. XBOX 360 // Nov 22, 2005 The XBOX 360 found new ways to Kinect us to our games and each other. Storied franchises continued and new legend (score 10, 1 item, sources: Instagram)
1. [instagram] XBOX 360 // Nov 22, 2005 The XBOX 360 found new ways to Kinect us to our games and each other. Storied franchises continued and new legend
- 2026-11-12 | xbox | [2,271,640views, 170,079likes, 1,437cmt] | score:10
- URL: [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfppmEvsjps/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfppmEvsjps/)
- Why: Irrelevant historical marketing content (Xbox 360 anniversary).
- Evidence: Are you going to the party tonight?
## All Items by Source
### Reddit (16 items)
**R5** (score:51) (2026-11-10) [3597 score, 400 num_comments]
Windows 11 is now force-enabling Memory Integrity, a feature Microsoft admitted can hurt gaming performance, and here’s how to turn it off
[https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1xt2qbv/windows_11_is_now_forceenabling_memory_integrity/](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1xt2qbv/windows_11_is_now_forceenabling_memory_integrity/)
*pcmasterrace*
It barely makes a difference on modern hardware anyway. I leave it enabled. It's been around since Windows 10. It definitely affected performance on my old 8600k but I don't notice it on my 13600KF. But I can only really speak for myself. At least the option can be re-disabled for those who have issues with it. With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know if disabling this is a good idea. There might be a new class of trojans that MS is trying to block with this. The difference in performance...
Top comment u/BryAlrighty (662 upvotes): It barely makes a difference on modern hardware anyway. I leave it enabled. It's been around since Windows 10. It definitely affected performance on my old 8600k but I don't notice it on my 13600KF...
Top comment u/Pimpwerx (594 upvotes): With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know if disabling this is a good idea. There might be a new class of trojans that MS is trying to block with this.
The difference in performance needs to be...
Top comment u/ZealousidealRub4619 (301 upvotes): Turning off Memory Integrity yields immediate framerate stability on older CPUs struggling with virtualisation overhead.
Insights:
- With AI hacking being a thing, I don’t know if disabling this is a good idea.
- Turning off Memory Integrity yields immediate framerate stability on older CPUs struggling with virtualisation overhead.
- It barely makes a difference on modern hardware anyway.
**R8** (score:50) (2026-11-11) [1036 score, 427 num_comments]
Microsoft $MSFT falls 3% in just 30 minutes after Anthropic launches Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Data. Excel has owned the spreadsheet market for over 40 years. Now an AI company is coming straight for it.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketVibe/comments/1xtd2ej/microsoft_msft_falls_3_in_just_30_minutes_after/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketVibe/comments/1xtd2ej/microsoft_msft_falls_3_in_just_30_minutes_after/)
*MarketVibe*
None
**R21** (score:50) (2026-11-13) [270 score, 16 num_comments]
Microsoft nails Ai rebrand to align with their service performance
[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv1z2d/microsoft_nails_ai_rebrand_to_align_with_their/](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv1z2d/microsoft_nails_ai_rebrand_to_align_with_their/)
*microsoftsucks*
None
**R2** (score:49) (2026-11-06) [13848 score, 343 num_comments]
Amsterdam is fed up with Microsoft data centers
[https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1xpo0y9/amsterdam_is_fed_up_with_microsoft_data_centers/](https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1xpo0y9/amsterdam_is_fed_up_with_microsoft_data_centers/)
*antiai*
This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis. But when you show your government that if they don't fix a problem you'll fix it yourselves, then they'll either fix it or be the next problem to fix. Watch out we ate our prime minister once I find it very funny how the biggest protests lately all happen outside the US. Especially with anti-AI stuff
like this, that's something that seems to be universal. Not a single spine to be found over there.
Top comment u/AnarchistTerrarist (881 upvotes): This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis. But when you show your government that if they don't fix a problem you'll fix it yourselves, then they...
Top comment u/Xullstudio (218 upvotes): Watch out we ate our prime minister once
Top comment u/Longshot02496 (92 upvotes): I find it very funny how the biggest protests lately all happen outside the US. Especially with anti-AI stuff
like this, that's something that seems to be universal. Not a single spine to be foun...
Insights:
- This needs to be the bare minimum. The rich fucks ain't gonna do anything on a morality basis.
- Watch out we ate our prime minister once
- I find it very funny how the biggest protests lately all happen outside the US.
**R33** (score:46) (2026-11-13) [13 score, 3 num_comments]
Microsoft, why don’t you fire more people now and ask AI to fix your servers :)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv41wq/microsoft_why_dont_you_fire_more_people_now_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv41wq/microsoft_why_dont_you_fire_more_people_now_and/)
*microsoftsucks*
None
**R16** (score:45) (2026-11-06) [320 score, 108 num_comments]
Why Google, Microsoft, and Meta are all paying people to leave right now?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xp56ry/why_google_microsoft_and_meta_are_all_paying/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xp56ry/why_google_microsoft_and_meta_are_all_paying/)
*Layoffs*
Microsoft has opened voluntary exit packages to around 60,000 employees
Google has expanded its buyout program across five countries.
Meta is doing the same in France.
Source: https://www.news18.com/world/after-google-microsoft-meta-offers-voluntary-exits-to-employees-amid-widespread-layoffs-ws-lr-10413841.html
All three tech gaints are pouring billions into AI infrastructure while keeping cos
**R3** (score:42) (2026-10-26) [10195 score, 2135 num_comments]
Microsoft announces a massive 25% voluntary buyout layoffs program. This is an absolute bombshell in the tech sector
[https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1xg2ez2/microsoft_announces_a_massive_25_voluntary_buyout/](https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1xg2ez2/microsoft_announces_a_massive_25_voluntary_buyout/)
*cybersecurity*
All these layoffs are keeping me up at night man Usually if one big company does this, it can set a precedent for others to do the same.
If other big techs start laying off people to this magnitude, that's the entire "AI taking our jobs" into a real thing and no longer speculation
This is not small news. It's the biggest we've ever seen WTF is the worst of all of them? How many employees is this? Oracle had 30k right?
60K STAFF WTF
Top comment u/Salty-Sound6432 (1591 upvotes): All these layoffs are keeping me up at night man
Top comment u/Exact-Advantage-3190 (892 upvotes): Usually if one big company does this, it can set a precedent for others to do the same.
If other big techs start laying off people to this magnitude, that's the entire "AI taking our jobs" into a...
Top comment u/WizardWell (544 upvotes): WTF is the worst of all of them? How many employees is this? Oracle had 30k right?
60K STAFF WTF
Insights:
- This thread has reached trending status on r/popular.
- Usually if one big company does this, it can set a precedent for others to do the same.
- Note: Reuters is saying security is unaffected. that's good..
**R4** (score:42) (2026-10-27) [3247 score, 792 num_comments]
60,000 voluntary exit offer by Microsoft. 27% of workforce 😱
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xghnff/60000_voluntary_exit_offer_by_microsoft_27_of/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Layoffs/comments/1xghnff/60000_voluntary_exit_offer_by_microsoft_27_of/)
*Layoffs*
It’s a race to the bottom I’ve been at Microsoft over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI . The most productive devs are essentially AI code reviewers now, and devs that don’t use AI stick out like sore thumbs because of how insanely slow they are. It used to be that 20% of the people did 80% of the work, but in the AI era I feel like it’s 10% of the people do 95% of the work. At some point the AI bubble will burst, however... If the AI bubble bursts soon...
Top comment u/FernGully_is_racist (361 upvotes): It’s a race to the bottom
Top comment u/Candid_Cat_5921 (357 upvotes): I’ve been at Microsoft
over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI
. The most productive devs are essentially AI code reviewers now, and devs that don’t use A...
Top comment u/Swampage (233 upvotes): At some point the AI bubble
will burst, however...
If the AI bubble bursts soon, the economy tanks, then mass layoffs.
If the AI bubble doesn't burst for a while, mass layoffs due to AI costs a...
Insights:
- I’ve been at Microsoft
over 20 years and a lot of people have effectively already been replaced by AI
.
- At some point the AI bubble
will burst, however...
- Got my offer today, it was the same as a normal sev package so I declined.
**R6** (score:39) (2026-11-12) [1240 score, 1089 num_comments]
Microsoft biggest outage
[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1xuq1oz/microsoft_biggest_outage/](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1xuq1oz/microsoft_biggest_outage/)
*microsoft*
None
**R19** (score:38) (2026-10-27) [247 score, 115 num_comments]
I kinda support Microsoft's layoffs if they're cutting people like this...
[https://www.reddit.com/r/myclaw/comments/1xgvijj/i_kinda_support_microsofts_layoffs_if_theyre/](https://www.reddit.com/r/myclaw/comments/1xgvijj/i_kinda_support_microsofts_layoffs_if_theyre/)
*myclaw*
Background: Microsoft just offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, about 27% of its workforce, while pouring billions into AI. And it's not their first rodeo. They've already done buyouts and multiple rounds of layoffs.
Original post from: https://x.com/ifOnlyKantala/status/2115028901378314477
**R14** (score:38) (2026-11-12) [528 score, 29 num_comments]
Microsoft today
[https://www.reddit.com/r/corporate/comments/1xuomgd/microsoft_today/](https://www.reddit.com/r/corporate/comments/1xuomgd/microsoft_today/)
*corporate*
None
**R25** (score:38) (2026-10-27) [107 score, 85 num_comments]
Microsoft should just give up on AI, who would ever use copilot.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/RandomThoughts/comments/1xgfr65/microsoft_should_just_give_up_on_ai_who_would/](https://www.reddit.com/r/RandomThoughts/comments/1xgfr65/microsoft_should_just_give_up_on_ai_who_would/)
*RandomThoughts*
None
**R30** (score:36) (2026-11-13) [49 score, 33 num_comments]
Microsoft Lay Off
[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1xv3ynj/microsoft_lay_off/](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1xv3ynj/microsoft_lay_off/)
*microsoft*
None
**R36** (score:35) (2026-11-13) [3 score, 7 num_comments]
Microsoft is cooked
[https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbetsGER/comments/1xv4lgn/microsoft_is_cooked/](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbetsGER/comments/1xv4lgn/microsoft_is_cooked/)
*wallstreetbetsGER*
None
**R37** (score:35) (2026-11-13) [3 score, 3 num_comments]
Microsoft is Microslop!
[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv7tel/microsoft_is_microslop/](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xv7tel/microsoft_is_microslop/)
*microsoftsucks*
None
**R34** (score:34) (2026-11-13) [5 score, 7 num_comments]
Microsoft Outage
[https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckMicrosoft/comments/1xv2xmw/microsoft_outage/](https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckMicrosoft/comments/1xv2xmw/microsoft_outage/)
*FuckMicrosoft*
This is what monopoly is causing!
### X (21 items)
**X9** (score:53) omgsidewalks (2026-11-12) [64748 likes, 9210 reposts, 367 replies]
The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
[https://x.com/omgsidewalks/status/2121005714223337598](https://x.com/omgsidewalks/status/2121005714223337598)
The irony in Microsoft not recovering from this outage AFTER laying off 60,000 employees to rely on AI…
**X23** (score:43) TarnowIP (2026-11-09) []
Microsoft Files a Patent for AI That Can Alter What People Say.
[https://x.com/TarnowIP/status/2119932617923662327](https://x.com/TarnowIP/status/2119932617923662327)
Microsoft Files a Patent for AI That Can Alter What People Say.
**XA17** (score:43) MSFTnews (2026-11-09) [15 likes, 3245 views]
@Microsoft and @NorthernTrust are using AI to transform client onboarding, cutting data-preparation by 83%. Built with Microsoft Frontier Co
[https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2119833982795915556](https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2119833982795915556)
@Microsoft and @NorthernTrust are using AI to transform client onboarding, cutting data-preparation by 83%. Built with Microsoft Frontier Company’s forward deployed engineers, it shows how AI can amplify human expertise while keeping trust at the core. https://t.co/djRMNPf0Hm https://t.co/Bl180Vfhip
**X22** (score:42) bizdataviz (2026-11-10) []
Our Microsoft AI team just introduced a streaming transcription model and new voice models. Built for accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency,
[https://x.com/bizdataviz/status/2120180985425780878](https://x.com/bizdataviz/status/2120180985425780878)
Our Microsoft AI team just introduced a streaming transcription model and new voice models. Built for accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency, they open new possibilities for customer service and multilingual experiences.
**X16** (score:40) webtechalfred (2026-11-07) []
Microsoft has announced Maia 300, its latest in-house AI chip, with production deployment scheduled for 2027. Designed to power long-context
[https://x.com/webtechalfred/status/2119068253221994967](https://x.com/webtechalfred/status/2119068253221994967)
Microsoft has announced Maia 300, its latest in-house AI chip, with production deployment scheduled for 2027. Designed to power long-context reasoning, low-latency conversations, and sustained agentic tasks.
**X12** (score:38) Polymarket (2026-10-23) [7137 likes, 734 reposts, 215 replies]
JUST IN: Microsoft develops new AI tool that diagnoses complex medical cases more than twice as accurately as general physicians.
[https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2113437684408447279](https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2113437684408447279)
JUST IN: Microsoft develops new AI tool that diagnoses complex medical cases more than twice as accurately as general physicians.
**X11** (score:35) tomwarren (2026-10-22) [504 likes, 61 reposts, 46 replies]
Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions. The company claims to have developed an AI-powered tool it says
[https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2113347903536382333](https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2113347903536382333)
Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions. The company claims to have developed an AI-powered tool it says can diagnose conditions up to four times more accurately than human doctors.
**XF1** (score:30) satyanadella (2026-10-28) [9323 likes, 1846537 views, 587 reposts, 986 replies]
Just wrapped our earnings call. It was a fast start to our fiscal year. Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed $63B, with growth accelerating to
[https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2115577764300693644](https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2115577764300693644)
Just wrapped our earnings call. It was a fast start to our fiscal year. Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed $63B, with growth accelerating to 30% YoY. Lots of innovation as we build the new tech stack for the agentic wave. A few highlights:
**XF5** (score:29) Microsoft (2026-11-10) [149 likes, 244712 views, 16 reposts, 13 replies]
We're committed to caring for the communities that make Washington home. Microsoft is proud to honor 25 nonprofits who are making an outsize
[https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2120242213930045610](https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2120242213930045610)
We're committed to caring for the communities that make Washington home. Microsoft is proud to honor 25 nonprofits who are making an outsized impact in King County, helping deliver access to food, neighborhood safety, educational programs, and sustainability efforts. https://t.co/cyciKzmIKg
**XF6** (score:28) Microsoft (2026-11-09) [116 likes, 165733 views, 19 reposts, 33 replies]
Parsing complex financial data doesn't have to take forever. Northern Trust and Microsoft Frontier Company cut client onboarding from 2.5
[https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2119871769444003936](https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2119871769444003936)
Parsing complex financial data doesn't have to take forever. Northern Trust and Microsoft Frontier Company cut client onboarding from 2.5 weeks to 3 days, with human expertise still at the center. Here's how they made it happen: https://t.co/e7MZNFMxYC https://t.co/MF2k5Oy33J
**XF4** (score:28) Microsoft (2026-11-10) [50 likes, 25668 views, 10 reposts, 3 replies]
RT @BradSmi: Yesterday, Cal Raleigh and @jwhittenbergK5 joined me to announce the first 25 nonprofits that will receive @Microsoft Community
[https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2120254548803817602](https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2120254548803817602)
RT @BradSmi: Yesterday, Cal Raleigh and @jwhittenbergK5 joined me to announce the first 25 nonprofits that will receive @Microsoft Community-First Grants. What a great opportunity to celebrate local organizations making a real difference in our backyard. https://t.co/4kZD1tlgsd
**XF4** (score:28) BillGates (2026-11-12) [2071 likes, 1719995 views, 187 reposts, 1 replies]
The world has made real progress on maternal mortality, with deaths falling by about 40 percent over the last two decades. But the pace of p
[https://x.com/BillGates/status/2121011755937919228](https://x.com/BillGates/status/2121011755937919228)
The world has made real progress on maternal mortality, with deaths falling by about 40 percent over the last two decades. But the pace of progress has slowed, and women are still dying from causes we know how to prevent. Getting the right tools and care to more mothers could change that.
**XF2** (score:26) Microsoft (2026-11-13) [73 likes, 6990 views, 22 reposts]
We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of a
[https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2121266842451034492](https://x.com/Microsoft/status/2121266842451034492)
We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected infrastructure. We know our customers rely on our services to get important work done every day, and regret the impact these outages had on those who depend on us. We will continue to share more information as we have it, and for now we can confirm that there is no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity. Our teams are reviewing
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RT @brijones: Finance teams help the business understand what's happening and decide what to do next. That takes expertise, and a lot of routine work to get to the insights. Today we're introducing more than 25 new finance skills and plugins in Microsoft Copilot, across Excel and Cowork, to take on more of that work and give you more time for the insights. Copilot understands accounting workflows and can work the way you do. Here's a variance analysis in Excel, using the formulas and layout yo
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Microsoft outage impacts millions. Tech expert explains the ripple effects
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4tEwnevjY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4tEwnevjY)
It's now been more than 15 hours since Microsoft Outlook suffered a global outage on Thursday that's so severe it has left millions of people without their email. Now, it started around noon eastern time on Thursday and has dragged on ever since. The internet performance site Downdetector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour. Some workers in America got so fed up they went home early. Businesses in Australia couldn't print bills in schools, canceled so...
Top comment @CNN (18 likes): Microsoft says it’s ‘seeing improvements’ in global outage that has impacted millions: https://bit.ly/3WKwpka
Top comment @akd8525 (409 likes): "We have no idea what happened" = they know and it is bad
Top comment @TheTruth_Is_OutThere (159 likes): Hmmm... you fire 25% of your global workforce then a few weeks later a core service goes down....coincidence?...I think not.
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- "It's now been more than 15 hours since Microsoft Outlook suffered a global outage on Thursday that's so severe it has left millions of people without their email."
- "The first country waking up on this Friday the 13th to see just the slew of problems from court feeds being down, schools not being able to host online classes, people missing job interviews becaus..."
- "Alex, on that question of security, a lot of us, when we first heard about this thought maybe cyber attack hack, what is Microsoft saying about that?"
- "The internet performance site Downdetector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour."
- "Microsoft indicating that they're seeing marginal success with getting the fix rolled out."
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It's now been more than 15 hours since Microsoft Outlook suffered a global outage on Thursday that's so severe it has left millions of people without their email. Now, it started around noon eastern time on Thursday and has dragged on ever since. The internet performance site Downdetector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour. Some workers in America got so fed up they went home early. Businesses in Australia couldn't print bills in schools, canceled some of their online classes. I want to go straight to Gage Golding now, who is standing by in Seoul with the latest on this for us. Gage, I'm just going to ask the question we are all asking right now, which is when is this going to get fixed? You know, I imagine that there's somebody in like this tech room closet somewhere with a really big switch that they can just flip and just get it all fixed for us. But it seems like that's not necessarily the case right now. Microsoft indicating that they're seeing marginal success with getting the fix rolled out. So I guess that's better than no success. But marginal isn't necessarily the word that we're looking for here. In some of you said it right there. Australia. The first country waking up on this Friday the 13th to see just the slew of problems from court feeds being down, schools not being able to host online classes, people missing job interviews because they can't access Microsoft Teams. It's not just email, it's teams, OneDrive, Microsoft, Copilot, AI, SharePoint, you name it. It's across much of the 365 suite. And again, it's not just here in the Asia-Pacific region, but across the world, in Europe, as they're waking up, many people figuring out that I can't communicate via email, in the United States, many cities, I'm going to rattle off just a few. But yeah, Miami Beach, Austin, Texas, Jacksonville, Pasadena, California, Burbank, Santa Barbara, all of those are impacted. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office in Colorado is actually having delayed bond payments for their prisoners. So people sitting in jail because their bond payments can't be made. So it's a widespread problem. And from what we know right now, according to the Australian Home Affairs Minister, that this seems to be not not some sort of cyber attack. That's the good news. But it was, according to the Home Affairs minister, a failed update, that went awry somehow causing, kind of a catastrophic failure, if you will. And they've been working to fix that. But I spoke with one analyst with two questions. A how does this happen in 2026 after many other large scale failures? Even as recent as last year, the year before. But how many people are truly impacted by this? Take a listen. I would estimate that it could be anywhere over 100 million or more, customers that are impacted by this outage today. The idea that after the CrowdStrike outage and after other outages that we've seen, that a company like Microsoft could have an outage that would be global in nature, is unthinkable. Unthinkable. And today, traders are already showing this in after hours trading, or I should say, early hours trading at this point for the US. Microsoft stock down, nearly 3%. As we go into this Friday the 13th, there is no end in sight, I would reckon, at least in the past. Usually when these things are fixed, that happens pretty quickly. You just magically get a flood of emails. So hopefully that happens sooner rather than later. But many folks across the world may wake up in Europe and America and realize that they're going to have a lot easier of a day, especially if you work remote. I definitely woke up to that this morning, but we still got our show on the air, didn't we? Gage, thank you so much for that. Very spooky. The Friday the 13th update from Seoul. Thank you. Let's get more on this from Jacob Ward, a CNN contributor and founder of the Rip current.com. Jacob. Good to have you with us. We couldn't email you to coordinate this because we use Microsoft Outlook here, but we had to do an old school on the phone. But but talk to us about how does this even happen? Yeah. You know, Microsoft has not, really told us what exactly, caused this. All we know, and I have to glance down at this because it's so technical that that basically the servers that, are trying to basically make a connection basically keep getting knocked over, that every time they, they, try to bring the affected servers back online. Something about the way it makes a cure connection gets overwhelmed and the whole thing goes down again. So they've been really having trouble bringing this back up. And so what exactly caused this? It's not entirely clear there. I think have been some configuration changes recently, a sort of, you know, software update that they seem to have been doing that may have caused this, but right now it seems to be sort of a mystery to the world as to why exactly this happened. And it's even more of a mystery as to when this thing is...
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Well, Microsoft technicians are working into the night as they try to get Microsoft services back up and running. A global outage still preventing millions from accessing emails on Microsoft Outlook. Other services like Teams and the Microsoft AI program Copilot are also impacted. NBC4's Darcia Phillips is live for us in downtown LA with the latest developments on this major tech outage. Darcia? >> Yeah, Carolyn. This is causing a massive disruption to businesses and people and organizations who depend on Microsoft Outlook and its service products. Now, as you mentioned, Microsoft has been working to try and fix this problem. At one point, I actually saw some emails on my phone start to populate, but just as quickly, it stopped. So, the problem isn't fixed. And right now, we do not have a clear timeline on when it will be fixed. Microsoft battling to repair a widespread Outlook outage that is impacting users across the globe as well as products like Teams and Copilot. Emergency services were not affected, but businesses, city government, schools, and more all trying to find alternative ways to communicate. Microsoft posting on X that they are engaged in multiple work streams to alleviate impact. But another post described that the changes were not taking as expected. Microsoft is claiming that it was a problem with or what they describe as their load balancers. Uh you have so many people that are using Outlook. It can't all be handled by one computer, by one server. >> Clifford Newman, a computer science professor at USC says that in order to redirect, the machines have to report back as healthy. >> If machines are not reporting as healthy, then the request will not be routed to those particular machines. That seems to be what the problem was in this particular case. >> The outage began early this morning, likely causing billions of dollars in lost productivity. Many workers across the country reported simply going home because they were paralyzed without outlook and its connected products. Newman says while these services are supposed to be highly resilient, we may need to rethink our dependence on them. >> What we're finding is that so many entities are dependent upon just one service. whether it is uh Microsoft Outlook uh or whether it is Google's cloud service and mail infrastructure uh that this is rippling through the entire economy through the entire ecosystem when one particular problem arises >> and Newman says for those who can't find a workaround they really are at the mercy of how quickly Microsoft can get the problem fixed >> for the typical end user there's not really much that one can do other than have a backup plant >> and Microsoft has not said what has caused the outage. Reporting live tonight from downtown Los Angeles, I'm Darcia Phillips, NBC4 News. Darca, thank you.
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Joining us now is senior director of the Iran program at FDD, Ben Behnam Taleblu. Great to see you along with former FBI special agent and cyber division executive staff member Josh Lanarelli. Great to see you. John, rather not Josh. Good to see you. So John, let's start with you. You spent years at the FBI investigating cyber crime. What's your initial reaction to today's outage? I want to emphasize again, we don't have any details about whether this was an attack or if this is an internal problem, but what is your assessment of the hours-long outage that we saw at Microsoft today? >> Well, to the average person, they would normally assume there's been some sort of hack. Yet what Microsoft is telling us, it's more logically so that it's an internal problem, that something failed in their software. Likely the their monitoring of their various servers to make sure they're okay is telling them incorrectly they're not okay and shutting them down. Hence we're seeing the cascading problems. >> So Behnam, as we mentioned, there have been suspected and confirmed in some cases Iranian cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure around the world and civilian targets in addition to US military targets. Is Microsoft the kind of thing that Iran would target or even have the capability to do so? >> Well, great to be with you Katie. Indeed it's the thing that the Islamic Republic is positioning itself for. The regime is trying to engage in some kind of digital deterrence, particularly after its conventional capabilities were trimmed so much during the 12-day war and the 40-day war. But when we're looking at increasingly sophisticated Iranian cyber attacks, their targets are actually quite unsophisticated. Their targets are actually critical infrastructure that are often not password protected and actually have a major contagion point, whether you're looking at a grid or a casino or a business or a water facility or even hospitals, which this regime has unfortunately successfully been able to hack. So it would be quite the reach for this regime, but again, they subcontract out, they learn tactics and they get trade craft from America's great power competitors, which are also superpowers like Russia or China, so I wouldn't write that off yet. >> Just as a follow-up to that, I mean, what is the goal of of some of these attacks? You know, obviously taking out freezers to spoil the few the food is an attack on civilian infrastructure. Is it just to cause chaos uh or of course maybe potentially take people's lives depending on how serious the attack is? >> Well, causing chaos is something much more strategic that might meet the eye. You know, having uh you know, millions of euros of spoiled food might sound kind of random, but the point is in the aggregate pain generation for the West. And any way that the Islamic Republic can do that, particularly when you can't attribute the point of pain generation to them is something that I think that they're likely to do, which is why when it comes to the kinetic stuff like terrorism, they've moved away from lone wolf, away from proxy, and really towards guns for hire using local and transnational criminal syndicates. So unfortunately, I think this cyber campaign is something that compares nicely uh with what we've seen in the kinetic world from this regime. >> Yeah, I mean, John, the good guys are always working overtime to try and prevent things like this. They have to be right 100% of the time. The bad guys have to be right, you know, one time. Um but at what point does the FBI get involved in something like the Microsoft problem? Um again, we don't know what caused this, but does a company more broadly like Microsoft or anyone else who thinks they're having a problem uh with some sophisticated adversary attacking them, do they have to request help first or does the FBI see something like this and say we're investigating proactively? >> Well, the good news is the FBI has regular liaison with big companies like Microsoft because there's information sharing. The FBI sees things and passes it along and vice versa. In this case here, until they determine that there's actually been some sort of crime intrusion, Microsoft is going to keep the FBI informed, but the FBI is not going to take any action. Taxpayer dollars, don't spend it unless you have to unless Microsoft says yes, we have an investigation here. >> So John, do you think that these companies are ready for this next stage of cyber warfare that we're in? We talk about AI, super intelligence all the time on this show and the capabilities and technology that is moving so quickly. Um but do you think that these companies are really ready to protect all of this information that is in the digital atmosphere with all these new systems that they're building? >> We're getting better, but there's so much more work that needs to be done. The reality is a lot of companies think of cyber security as something, well, I'm spending money...
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begin this hour with a huge problem and a headache for Microsoft. It has been more than 12 hours now since its Outlook app suffered a global outage on Thursday. It was so big it left millions of users without their emails. This all started around noon Eastern time on Thursday and has dragged on ever since. The internet performance site Down Detector reports that the outage reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour. The site indicates that there has been progress in restoring some email. But meanwhile, some workers in the US got so fed up earlier they went home early. Businesses in Australia couldn't print their invoices and schools canled some online classes. For more on this, let's bring in CNN's Gage Golding in Soul. Good to see you, sir. This must be causing huge issues all across the world. What's the latest? >> Yeah, Ben, it's causing issues. I mean, right here in the CNN newsroom just trying to communicate with one another. uh woke up this morning and didn't have a lot of emails popping in thinking it was a slow news day. But boy were we mistaken. And that's a sentiment that's being shared amongst many here in the Asia-Pacific region. Europe as they start to wake up will also be greeted with that. Uh waking up to the fact that they don't have access to platforms like Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Copilot, AI, One Drive, SharePoint. Uh basically if you rely on Microsoft at this point to communicate with the outside world, there's some sort of struggle uh to to get that access. in the latest update that Microsoft shared within the last half hour saying that they're still working on I quote recovering our front-end servers. Uh so exactly what that means uh basically means that things are not fixed yet. So how did all this happen Ben? I think that's the big question. This was a failed update roll out. So they were trying to make the services better rolling out an update. Something very clearly went very wrong. Uh and systems started dropping like flies. The good news is is that this isn't a cyber attack. At least that's what uh is believed right now. But uh you know, one of the first countries to wake up and deal with this is uh down under. In Australia, they had schools that could not host online classes. Uh the court of law there had trouble with their live streaming abilities. A slew of different things. Businesses even simply not able to earn money because they can't print invoices. I want to take you to a quick uh part of a a press conference with Australia's home minister. the perspective of Microsoft at this stage, they do not believe they are dealing with a cyber event. Uh they believe that they are they believe they're dealing with a cyber attack. They believe that they're dealing uh in some ways similar to what we saw with respect to crowd strike uh where there is an an update uh that has that has gone arry. >> You hear him talk about the crowd strike impact that was back in 2024. that uh incident there very similar from what we're understanding uh was an update that was being ruled out failed to some degree knocking off airlines had problems hospitals had problems it was a widespread problem back in 2024 and this seems to be a very similar situation Microsoft not taking a big uh impact as of right now in after hours trading they're only down uh less than a percent uh in after hours trading um so uh good news there but it's interesting though Ben is on social media, you're getting the take of people frustrated, uh, wanting to get emails, and then you have other people saying, you know what, take your time, Microsoft, go visit family. Enjoy the long weekend. Uh, as people waking up in Europe and America potentially may not even have to work today if they are relying on systems uh, like Microsoft Teams or Microsoft Outlook. So, could be a good thing, but also a really annoying thing at the same time. >> Yes, indeed. I've just checked and I still don't have access to email. So, let's see if that changes within the next two hours. See you next get going insult. Thank you very much. She said,
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Millions of Outlook users around the world have been unable to send or receive emails. It might even be you after a Microsoft outage that began early yesterday afternoon. >> All right, Outlook isn't the only Microsoft service that's not working, but we may start seeing some signs of progress. Jessica Formoso taking a look at it. You checking your email this morning, Jessica? >> Uh, I did check my email this morning and it wasn't working. And this continues to be a widespread Microsoft outage. But I have to tell you that we are starting to get our emails back here. So that means things are turning around for Microsoft. At the height of the outage Thursday, nearly 130,000 users reported problems accessing Outlook alone. Although the number of people affected is much, much higher as the outage hit um software used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. This all started just after 1 in the afternoon. People were left unable to access their email, send messages, or get work done because the outage didn't only affect Microsoft's email service, but also Microsoft 37 uh 365, its workplace messaging app, Teams, uh Copilot AI software, and other platforms. Microsoft said it was investigating disruptions caused by servers becoming unavailable and overloaded, placing the blame on a cluster of servers unexpectedly failed automated health checks. We spoke with Marlo, a security expert sec I mean a cyber security expert who explains what went wrong. >> The reports from Microsoft is just basically there are updates that have to have from their that they have to have from their servers. There are things that applied unfortunately in many servers. They just stopped reacting, stopped working. And what Microsoft is saying is that they had to load balance. It just means move people onto other servers and that just continue to bring things down. >> In its most recent post, Microsoft says they've made additional progress towards recovery and we're seeing that now. The company said recovery actions are ongoing and progress is being made in phases. Now, they did say that this is this was no uh cyber attack and that there is no timeline right now as to when this problem will be completely resolved. But Dan and Tashani, we are starting to get our emails, which is a good sign. >> Yes. And it's also a good sign that it wasn't a cyber attack. >> Yes, absolutely. Thank you, Jessica.
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And that breaking news at four, your email may be offline, but not to worry, we are here for you. A widespread outage continues to impact Microsoft platforms including Outlook. Good afternoon everyone, I'm Colleen Williams. >> I'm Jonathan Gonzalez in for Michael Brownlee. The outage was first reported just before 10 this morning. 6 hours later, millions of people are still offline. Here's what we know so far. Several cities from South El Monte to Malibu, even some LA County departments have all reported email issues, but the outage goes well beyond email. It's affecting other Microsoft apps too. >> NBC 4 is Conan Nolan live in our newsroom right now with uh some new details on this. Conan. >> That's right. So uh it is a component of the modern office and system of corporate communications that most people don't think about until it's not there. That's been the issue with the globe's most dominant digital network when Microsoft Outlook and all of its sister components today went down. It happened earlier this morning, a widespread outage disrupting Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other Microsoft 365 services. The impact untold billions of dollars in lost productivity. For some businesses, workers just took the day off. >> And you know that old adage where America runs on Dunkin? Well, American businesses run on Microsoft. >> Shama Haider is a professor at the Link School of Business in Florida. She says that Microsoft's statement that quote, we found a core process on affected servers is becoming overwhelmed causing capacity loss is tech speak for something went wrong. >> Basically, you have a certain number of servers that run all of these operations and emails and so forth, right? That all the data flows through. Now, a couple of those servers went offline. And so the other servers had to pick up slack. Like that's basically what's happened. So imagine going to your your workplace and usually there's like four doors where you can enter your workplace. And now all of a sudden there's only two doors. And so everyone's going to rush trying to make, you know, get through those two doors. And that's kind of what's happened today. >> Why those servers went down is yet to be determined. And while a cyber attack is always a possibility, Heider says it's unlikely. >> Most often it's routine. It's, you know, some mistake in a code, someone didn't do what they were supposed to do, some routine checkup went out. Like believe it or not, things still run on wires. Some wire someplace got cut. >> Now some servers apparently have been slowly brought back online. Microsoft has not said exactly what caused the outage or when it will be completely up and running. I'm Conan Nolan, NBC 4 News.
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Have you noticed? Are you at work? Did you just get off of work? Are you still at work? Are you having problems with your email? Welcome to the club. Huge outage. Thousands of people. Oh no. Can't get on your work email. What are you going to do? Microsoft says it's investigating reports from tens of thousands of people who can't get on Outlook. Started spiking around noon Eastern today, right in the morning for our West Coast viewers who are probably just logging on. It's not clear why the shutdown happened. Microsoft says it wasn't some big spike in traffic. Apparently, uh a bunch of servers unexpectedly went dark. Obviously, that's raising questions about why that is. Let's get right to Marquise Francis. Um in in layman's terms here, what's Microsoft saying is going on here and when's it going to get back online? >> Yeah, Hallie. I mean, what an afternoon for so much of corporate America. Many of whom that use Microsoft platforms for their critical work. Some 130,000 users lost access to such things as their email, including myself and many of our colleagues. And those numbers coming from outage tracker Down Detector. And at last check, around 50,000 users still remain without access. That said, given all the updates that we know coming out of Microsoft, which is more than two dozen since this afternoon, it appears they're still trying to figure out what exactly is the issue. And one of its latest updates on X on their Microsoft 365 page, want to pull that up. They said, quote, we found a core process on affected servers is becoming overwhelmed, causing capacity loss. And the next sentence added, to validate up potential recovery, we're isolating a portion of infrastructure, restarting affected components, and reintroducing traffic to confirm the services remain stable before applying the change more broadly. And you mentioned kind of decoding that tech speech. In short, Hallie, what I got from it is pretty much restart and pray just like you do with a lot of household items. That appears to be what Microsoft is doing right now. >> Turn it off and turn it back on, Marquise Francis. We'll see how that goes. Thank you much. >> [music] [music] [music]
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This morning, connectivity chaos around the world. >> Well, Outlook's down. >> Microsoft, the world's biggest office software company, experiencing a major outage Thursday. That's still happening this morning. Many of the tech giants 450 million users unable to send or receive emails. The shutdown affecting the entire Microsoft 365 suite of products including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint online, Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft Defender XDR, which are widely relied on by business worldwide. Lance Yulanov, an editor at Tech Radar, says there was no indication this was a cyber attack, but the disruption has been farreaching and widespread. >> It cuts across business, small business, big business, uh all kinds of industries. It cuts into universities, school work. >> Over a million businesses worldwide rely on Microsoft's products to communicate, including everything from emails to work calendars. Microsoft saying data was not lost. Customers are just not able to access it. The outage bringing the workday for millions to a grinding halt. >> Oh no, I'm devastated. [laughter] With some workers taking to social media to express their frustration, while others thankful for the unexpected break, having a little fun with it. >> Calendar isn't working. Email isn't working. And you know what is working? Netflix is working. So, it's an early day for us. >> Good for you. Lots of folks had early days yesterday. We should point out here, like even for me, my email is starting to come back online on there in Outlook. What is the very latest from Microsoft this morning? >> Yeah, about seven minutes ago, I got 250 emails. I'll get to that when I can, folks. But um look, I mean, this was really a disruption for courts around the world, for schools, as we told you, for so many businesses. Microsoft is saying intermittently the things will start to come back online, and your emails aren't lost. They say they're just kind of like jammed up in the queue. You're going to you're going to get them eventually, but so you can spend the weekend getting up on all of your work that you missed the last two days. But I think it's so interesting how we rely on this technology, you know? I mean, all of a sudden, people were really stopped in their tracks trying to figure out, wait a minute, I got a meeting in 15 minutes and where are the minutes? Where's the agenda? You know, so this shows you how much we rely on this um on this on this software, on the suite of products and how ubiquitous it is. >> Feels like we should just batch delete everything and just start cleaning. >> Exact. I agree. >> You can't go back through all those emails, Christine. Thank you. >> I have permission from Laura. Hey, thanks for watching and don't forget you can catch the Today Show every morning on NBC or take today when you're on the go. Just follow the Today Podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen.