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

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The company described “encouraging” progress on efforts to overcome a second day of disruptions to its email, messaging and other services.

Microsoft says it is continuing to restore services including Outlook and Teams following a global outage.

Health services, schools, police departments and companies worldwide reported disruptions to their work. The cause was unclear, though Microsoft appeared to rule out a cyberattack.

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The incoming majority is also planning aggressive oversight of the White House budget director, who appears to be working to install an ally to monitor the budget office’s handling of federal spending.

Many East Asians said that he had swagger and seemed like a superhero. Now there are worries that the spy scandal turns into hyper scrutiny against them.

The Treasury secretary blamed the department for not sanctioning the Singaporean firm and said that Nvidia employees should be held accountable if they sidestepped the law.

Mr. Huang championed start-ups, with Nvidia holding $48 billion worth of stakes in 229 private companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, at the end of July.

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From memory foam mattresses and fully closing suite doors to 5ft-wide first-class beds, Singapore Airlines is pulling out all the stops in its bid to raise the bar.

The Federal Reserve will vote on interest rates less frequently beginning next year as part of a plan by the central bank’s chairman, Kevin M. Warsh, to overhaul how it operates.