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Microsoft reports it is seeing some ‘positive results’ in its efforts to get its services back online for millions of customers around the world. Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage? Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams What happened and when will it be fixed? There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems. The Australian Medical Association said it has so far not received any reports that hospitals or clinics are impacted. Impact is largely restricted to the sending and receiving of email. Western Australia, along with jurisdictions around the world, is being impacted by a global Microsoft outage. We are receiving updates from the Commonwealth who are working with Microsoft at the most senior levels to resolve. Microsoft are prioritising life, safety and Government se

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Service is gradually starting to recover for Microsoft Outlook and 365 after an almost two-day outage impacting millions of users around the world. While some apps and features are still running in a degradated state, some people (including Verge staffers) are reporting that access to their emails has been restored, though the flow of Outlook […]

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The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition | Samuel Woolley, Dean Jackson and Maia Woluchem

Big tech has used misdirection, disinformation and jargon to obscure the harm the facilities can cause to communities “Antifa”. “Commies”. “Chinese bots”. Everyone from tech leaders to the president has called datacenter resistance a “ documented psyop ” and a “ Chinese PR thing ”. But why do they make these claims? Our new research finds that the datacenter industry uses propaganda, disinformation, and information control to mold public opinion and undermine community opposition. Continue reading...