World Business Report - Out of Office: Are we too reliant on Microsoft?

Download Out of Office: Are we too reliant on Microsoft?

It's estimated that half a billion people were hit by Microsoft's Outlook outage. Microsoft says today's disruption was due to an internal failure rather than an external attack. But are we over-reliant on this workplace favourite?
Elsewhere we take stock of what's ahead for Nvidia after a torrid week of revelations about Jensen Huang and his links to a suspected Chinese spy.
And we head to Pakistan to find out the practical wedding gift appearing on roofs across the country.

Published on Friday, 13th November 2026.

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