Inside Microsoft’s Rush to Get Back Online After a Global Outage

New York Times - Nov 13, 2026

A prolonged outage left many without email and other services, the most recent reminder that the world’s technological underpinnings rely on just a few companies.

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Jensen Huang’s Fall Costs Asia an A.I. Ambassador to the U.S.

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