{
  "id": 19891392,
  "title": "What to know about Microsoft's outage and why it takes so long to restore email services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-to-know-about-microsofts-outage-and-why-it-takes-so-long-to-19891392",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T23:33:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour Science",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour-science",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-to-know-about-microsofts-outage-and-why-it-takes-so-long-to-restore-email-services"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unlike modern web apps or authentication gatekeepers, email wasn't designed to fail fast, meaning to immediately halt when a problem arises.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}