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Do emails sent during Microsoft's global outage get delivered or are they lost forever? Here's what happens
Microsoft's global outage disrupted Outlook, leaving users unable to send or receive emails. But do messages sent during the disruption get delivered or remain stuck in the Outbox? Here's what happens to delayed and failed emails, how long Microsoft retries delivery, and how users can check their email status and resend messages if necessary.
Microsoft outlook outage: Reason why are Outlook, Microsoft 365 down today, OpenAI, Anthropic AI services hit too
Microsoft said earlier in the day it had fixed a Teams disruption affecting users in North America.
Why is Microsoft borrowing $25 billion after offering buyouts to 60,000 employees?
Microsoft 25 billion bond sale: Microsoft is raising $25 billion through a bond sale as AI infrastructure costs rise, days after offering voluntary buyouts to nearly 60,000 employees. The company expects up to 3,000 employees to accept the exit offer as it prepares to spend $175 billion on capital expenditure in 2026.
Satya Nadella reinvented Microsoft with the cloud - now, can his AI strategy make it more valuable than Apple by 2027
Microsoft, under CEO Satya Nadella, is aiming to strengthen its AI growth story amidst rising competition. The company is moving from fixed subscription pricing to usage-based billing to better align with AI economics. While Microsoft's Copilot has gained users, its adoption is still below expectations compared to Office 365.
Microsoft needs 'fewer people, more AI agents' to keep up with OpenAI, Anthropic, says ex-employee as 60,000 get buyout offer
Former Microsoft Entra product manager Merill Fernando says the tech giant needs fewer employees and more AI agents to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic, citing organisational silos and slow technology adoption. His remarks come as Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 eligible employees across India, the US, UK and Canada.
From eMudhra to PHP: Breach spree hits tech infrastructure, AI emerges as threat multiplier
Recent cybersecurity incidents have raised concerns among companies and government agencies regarding digital certificates and critical software vulnerabilities. A security breach at eMudhra impacted its global digital certificate business but was managed promptly. Additionally, critical vulnerabilities in PHP temporarily led to the shutdown of various websites for security updates. A supply-chain attack compromised the LiteLLM Python package, affecting its users significantly.
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IMF's bullish call: Why is India sprinting when the world stumbles?
The IMF has raised India's growth forecast to 7% for both FY27 and FY28, highlighting the country's resilience despite higher oil prices and a slowing global economy. Strong domestic consumption, infrastructure spending, recovering private investment and AI-related capital expenditure are supporting growth, though inflation, energy costs and weaker rural demand remain risks.
OpenAI launches Dots to take on Meta’s Muse with AI agents that can act on your behalf
OpenAI introduced Dots at its DevDay event, creating AI agents for autonomous task management. These agents can connect with over 4,000 apps and operate independently. Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed to assist users with daily tasks.
Death of the ‘obvious scam’: How AI is making cyberattacks look like normal emails
AI is making cyberattacks harder to detect as attackers use legitimate accounts, real conversations and familiar business workflows to evade traditional warning signs. At Proofpoint Protect 2026, executives discussed how agentic AI could automate attacks and why security must shift from checking access permissions to understanding intent. With AI adoption accelerating in India, Proofpoint is also expanding its local investments.
Google Chrome is now getting updates every 2 weeks starting September 2026 on Desktop, Android and iOS: Here's what users need to know
Google Chrome is changing its release schedule, withstable updates now arriving every two weeks instead of every four weeks. The new schedule began in September 2026, meaning Chrome users will see new browser updates more frequently than before. The company introduced Extended Stable in 2021 for organizations that need additional time to test and manage browser updates.
Microsoft Outlook down: Thousands hit by email outage as users unable to send, receive or open messages
On Monday morning, Microsoft Outlook users encountered significant email access difficulties due to an authentication glitch linked to Exchange Online. Thousands reported disruptions, prompting Microsoft to recognize the issue and start implementing a remediation approach. The company assured users that engineers were actively engaged in a broad fix. Problems included the inability to send or receive emails and access accounts.
OpenAI, Microsoft expand cybersecurity partnership amid rising AI threats
OpenAI and Microsoft are joining forces to combat cyber threats. They will deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools to enhance security. OpenAI's powerful AI models will be accessible to Microsoft. Microsoft will use its cybersecurity expertise to protect OpenAI's systems and customers. This collaboration aims to strengthen defenses against evolving cyber risks.
Microsoft to integrate Anthropic's Mythos into its security development programme
Microsoft is integrating advanced AI, including Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview, into its secure coding. Microsoft said it evaluated Mythos, using its own open-source benchmark for real-world detection engineering tasks, and the "results showed substantial improvements relative to prior models."
Azure outage latest update: Azure services restored? What went wrong hours before Microsoft's Q3 results announcement and how was it fixed
Microsoft's Azure services restored: Microsoft's Azure services have been restored after a massive outage on Wednesday, impacting millions of users and various services including Microsoft 365 and Xbox Live. The disruption, caused by a DNS failure in Azure Front Door due to a faulty tenant configuration deployment, led to widespread delays and errors.
Amidst Microsoft-Azure outage, Alaska Airlines website, App down, JetBlue Airways, Costco, Starbucks, Minecraft, XBox Live face technical glitch
On Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages, users reported issues throughout the day with Office 365, Minecraft, XBox Live, Copilot, Costco, Starbucks, and many other services.
Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now use ransomware
Microsoft revealed that hackers are exploiting a SharePoint server vulnerability to deploy ransomware, escalating a cyber-espionage campaign linked to group “Storm-2603.” At least 400 victims are affected, including the US National Institutes of Health. The flaw, initially unpatched, is being exploited by attackers, possibly including Chinese state-backed hackers, despite Beijing’s denial.
Hotmail and Outlook outage affects millions across UK and US: Here's what Microsoft users can do to resolve the issue?
Microsoft Outlook Outage: Millions of Hotmail and Outlook users across the world are facing login failures, server errors and stalled inboxes. The disruption began overnight on 10 July, with problems spanning major cities from London to Sydney. Microsoft has acknowledged the glitch, confirming, “We identified an issue with the initial fix, and we’ve corrected it,” but full restoration is still pending. Users are urged not to reset passwords repeatedly while the company monitors the fix.
Microsoft Outlook Outage: Why users are reporting Outlook and Hotmail outages and when it might be fixed
Is outlook down right now: Microsoft Outlook, the world’s go-to email and calendar tool, has been crippled by a major global outage since late 9 July. Millions can’t log in, read emails or send anything out. Frustrated users are met with vague errors like “Something went wrong” while Microsoft scrambles to fix failing mailbox infrastructure. Engineers are deploying a fix but the silence and confusion have hit nerves. With no clear timeline, businesses and individuals are left stranded—waiting for their inboxes to come back to life.
Is Microsoft Outlook down? Thousands of users report issues accessing their email
Microsoft 365's status page first said that it was investigating an issue with Outlook on Wednesday night, and later shared it was deploying a fix. But affected systems aren't fully back online yet - with the company noting that it encountered a problem with its initial remedy.
Is Outlook down? Millions report login issues — When will Microsoft fix it?
Is Outlook down again? The problem appears to be widespread but isolated to Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail, with other Microsoft services such as Teams, Skype, and Microsoft 365 reportedly functioning normally.
Widespread Microsoft outage takes email and video conferencing offline
The outages primarily affected Microsoft Outlook, the company's email software, and Microsoft Teams, the company's video and communications program. Microsoft acknowledged the outage and said that it was because of a "recent change" to its software that had affected a number of its servers.
Is Outlook down? Thousands of Microsoft 365 users report outage issues
Microsoft 365 services like Outlook and Teams experienced widespread outages on Monday, affecting thousands of users globally. Microsoft identified a recent change as the source of the problem and worked to revert it. A fix was deployed, but targeted restarts were slower than anticipated, leaving some users still impacted by midday.
Microsoft's CrowdStrike issue can take weeks to fix, claim experts; Here's what you can do in the meantime
Microsoft is currently in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after a global outage of its applications and services shook the entire world. Passengers were left stranded at airports, banks and stock markets came to a halt, while everything else was in pandemonium. Now, experts are saying that the CrowdStrike issue due to which everything transpired, would take weeks to fix.
What is the Microsoft outage all about? Ways to fix your computer if it is affected
Microsoft systems and applications have been rendered functionless for more than a day now as there is a Microsoft global outage rampaging across the world. Banking and airline services came to a halt in many countries who were dependent on Microsoft services for essential functioning. Here's how you can fix your computer if it is affected by a Microsoft outage.
Working closely with CrowdStrike to bring systems back online: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft Outage Update: "Yesterday, CrowdStrike released an update that began impacting IT systems globally. We are aware of this issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and across the industry to provide customers technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online," Nadella posted on X.
Reason behind world-wide IT outage detected. When will it be solved?
A corrupted update file on the Microsoft system has caused complete chaos across many parts of the world. There is a world-wide IT outage and the issue has now been fixed, according to a cyber-security firm. However, the issue will continue to linger on for a period of time. This is not a cyber-attack.
Microsoft says cause of outage at 365 apps and services fixed
Microsoft said on Friday that underlying cause for a global outage has been fixed, but the residual impact of cybersecurity outages are continuing to affect some Office 365 apps and services.
Microsoft outage update: Crowdstrike CEO shares how to fix the issue
A global Microsoft outage on Friday, caused by a defect in a third-party software update, disrupted services for millions of users, including businesses, airports, and financial markets. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz confirmed that the issue was neither a security breach nor a cyberattack and assured that a fix was being deployed. Microsoft acknowledged the problem and is working on a resolution.
Your neighbourhood ATM may turn into a hacker’s paradise
About 70% of the 202,000 ATM machines in India run on Windows XP, for which Microsoft stopped offering security updates in April 2014.
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