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  "id": 19787148,
  "title": "What we know about the global Microsoft outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-we-know-about-the-global-microsoft-outage-19787148",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T09:05:50.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/what-we-know-about-the-global-microsoft-outage/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A major global Microsoft outage has caused problems, or in some cases disabled entire services, including emails and artificial intelligence products. Reports of problems with the email provider Outlook peaked globally at nearly 140,000 around 18:00 GMT on Thursday, according to monitoring website Downdetector. Microsoft has said the outage was not caused by a cyber-security [...] The post What…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "What we know about the global Microsoft outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-we-know-about-the-global-microsoft-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T08:01:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "In the news today: Microsoft outage, plane loses wheel, Carney heads to Manila",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/in-the-news-today-microsoft-outage-plane-loses-wheel-carney-heads-to",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:30:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-hit-by-global-outages-what-happened-and-why",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:30:55.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}