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Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage

The technology company said the outage was caused by a ‘technical issue not related to cyber or AI agents’.

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Event date
exact date
Coverage
8 outlets · 8 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
United Kingdom, Georgia, India
English
Countries concerned
Micronesia, United States
Technology · intensity 0.0 · tone 0.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (75%); silent in Arab-Muslim world.

Western 75%Sino-Russian & BRICS 13%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 13%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

In 30 seconds
  • Confirmed by 8 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by feeds.intoday.in (India), . 5 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Coverage analysis

Analyzing coverage…

Event sources

  1. Microsoft deeply sorry for global outage after 24 hours of disruption, reveals cause
    feeds.intoday.inSIIndia → Unknown countryEnglish
  2. Microsoft apologizes for widespread outage, explains what went wrong: ‘Deeply sorry’
    fox5atlanta.comGeorgiaGeorgia → United StatesEnglish
  3. Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage
    the-independent.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
  4. Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage
    The Irish NewsRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → MicronesiaEnglish
  5. Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage
    Evening StandardRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish
  6. Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage
    wharfedaleobserver.co.ukRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish
  7. Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption caused by major global outage
    theargus.co.ukAustralieUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish
  8. Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage after almost 24 hours of disruption
    BBC NewsRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish