Microsoft

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Microsoft briefly retakes stock market crown from Apple

Microsoft is nipping at the heels of longtime leader Apple, in the never-ending race to be the largest U.S. company.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/11/microsoft-overtakes-apple-largest-us-company?

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Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says

Microsoft hired Andrew Harris for his extraordinary skill in keeping hackers out of the nation’s most sensitive computer networks. In 2016, Harris was hard at work on a mystifying incident in which intruders had somehow penetrated a major U.S. tech company.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers?

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Microsoft outage

Microsoft said most Outlook and Teams services have been restored following a massive outage and technical delays on Monday. The outage hindered thousands of workers across the US, according to tracking site Downdetector. "We're monitoring and troubleshooting to fully recover," Microsoft wrote in a post on X Monday evening. The company added full restoration of services would occur today. Tech outages have had dire effects around the world this year, though Microsoft's case isn't as widespread in comparison. In what's been called the largest IT outage in history, CrowdStrike's software issue over the summer halted air travel, disrupted hospitals and cost Fortune 500 companies more than $5 billion in direct losses.