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Outlook outage: how to keep working and which email alternatives you can use

After Microsoft 365 services went down on 12 November, affecting millions of users worldwide, here is how you can keep using Outlook while the issue is fixed.

13 November 2026

Tech News

Microsoft outage latest: Services fully restored, company says

The company had been scrambling to fix a global outage issue involving its servers that took down many of its key Microsoft 365 services, such as Outlook and Teams, on Thursday.

12 November 2026

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Netherlands: Protesters storm Amsterdam data centre construction site

Protesters broke into a data centre construction site intended for Microsoft in Amsterdam, on 6 November, climbing cranes and unfurling banners denouncing artificial intelligence and the company's alleged involvement in the war in Gaza.

6 November 2026

Markets

Shares mixed after Google parent Alphabet's earnings disappoint

Ahead of European markets opening, Asian shares and US futures were mixed on Thursday morning, weighed down by some big technology stocks after Google parent Alphabet’s earnings were lower than expected.

29 October 2026

Business

Microsoft offers around 60,000 employees voluntary buyouts

The offer will be made available to employees on select teams across the US, Canada, India and the United Kingdom "at level 70 and below," meaning some senior staff could be included. Around 60,000 employees are reported to be eligible.

26 October 2026

Tech News

Italy probes gaming giant Activision Blizzard over in-game spending by children

Italy’s antitrust authority is investigating whether monetisation practices in Call of Duty Mobile and Diablo Immortal amount to a “widespread infringement” of EU consumer protection rules, particularly in relation to children.

8 October 2026

Tech News

AI could create a 'silicon species' that rivals humans, Microsoft chief warns

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman criticised Anthropic’s approach to treating AI like an ethical human, warning in a personal essay that it risks creating technology that becomes impossible to control.

17 September 2026

Tech News

Microsoft agrees to new AI safety rules for US schools

OpenAI and Anthropic said they also were discussing safety and privacy pacts with the American teachers’ union. But Google, the dominant provider of education technology for US schools, has not said whether it plans to offer similar protections.

15 September 2026

Tech News

Can tech giants curb AI data centres’ growing thirst for water?

As opposition to water-hungry data centres grows in the US, tech giants say new cooling systems can curb demand – but using less water may require more electricity.

7 September 2026

Tech News

AI has failed to win people's trust. Its makers? Even less trusted

Surveys on both sides of the Atlantic reveal a public more wary than wowed by AI, with distrust extending well beyond the technology and onto the tech executives promoting it.

20 August 2026

Business

Microsoft posts record profit on AI growth but Meta disappoints

Microsoft reported record quarterly profit and forecast accelerating Azure growth, while Meta’s profit and margins were hit by severance costs and legal expenses.

30 July 2026

Tech News

How Microsoft believes AI sovereignty can bridge the global divide

Microsoft's chief AI responsibility officer, Natasha Crampton, tells Euronews about data centres, bridging the digital divide and her definition of AI sovereignty.

15 July 2026

Europe News

Commission to tighten EU market access as interference concerns rise

A draft document shows that the EU wants to allow the exclusion of foreign companies that pose security risks from its public procurement market, with particular worries about data transfers and weaponisation of the bloc's dependencies on tech and minerals.

9 July 2026

Business

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs with Xbox facing its biggest shake-up

About 3,200 gaming jobs are set to be cut at Xbox over the coming fiscal year.

6 July 2026

Tech News

How NASA, Microsoft and the EU use AI to aid Venezuela

Artificial intelligence is now a key ally for emergency crews. Space agencies, tech firms and international bodies use satellite images and AI to map the areas hardest hit by the quake.

2 July 2026

Markets

Why has Wall Street fallen out of love with the 'Magnificent Seven'?

Big Tech's mega-cap leaders suffered their worst month in years this June as investors fled the AI-spending trade and capital quietly rotates elsewhere.

2 July 2026