Microsoft apologizes as global service outage stretches into second day

Microsoft issued an apology as a global outage affecting its email and office software services stretched into a second day, disrupting businesses and government agencies worldwide. "We deeply apologize for the disruption this incident has caused to our customers and partners," the company said Thursday in a statement posted on X. According to Reuters and other media reports, the outage began shortly after noon Thursday in the eastern United States, or around 2 a.m. Friday in South Korea. The di