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  "id": 19708758,
  "title": "Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/widespread-outage-hits-microsoft-apps",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T21:01:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/widespread-outage-hits-microsoft-apps/article71695400.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft said that a portion of its infrastructure was “experiencing elevated load” — which it said was “likely contributing to the connectivity errors”; it determined a number of servers were “unexpectedly unavailable” due to a problem that caused them to fail during automated checks",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/widespread-outage-hits-microsoft-apps-19712830",
        "published": "2026-11-12T21:48:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}