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Why are Amazon workers striking and will it affect deliveries?

Amazon workers ‘make history’ with their first ever strike - but why are they striking?

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023

Microsoft Teams and Outlook down for thousands as servers hit with outage

The website Downdetector has reported thousands of problems with Microsoft services this morning.

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2023

Microsoft Probes Teams, Outlook Outage as Thousands of Users Report Disruption

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it was investigating a networking issue that impacted multiple services including Teams and Outlook, with outage reports saying the platforms were down for thousands of users globally. Microsoft did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but data from outage tracking website…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2023

Outlook, Microsoft 365, XBox Live and Microsoft Teams have gone down

Microsoft says it is investigating

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Amazon workers walk out in UK first for company’s staff

Members of the GMB at the firm’s fulfilment centre in Coventry voted to walk out in a dispute over pay.

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023

Microsoft Quarterly Results Saved by Cloud Computing

Microsoft on Tuesday said sales slowed and profits slumped in the last quarter of 2022 as a darkening economic outlook pushed it to lay off 10,000 workers. The Washington state-based tech giant -- owner of LinkedIn, Xbox and Windows -- said overall sales rose just two percent in the October-to-December…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2023

Amazon workers walk out on strike for first time ever in the UK

It is in protest against a pay rise that union leaders say is worth 50p an hour

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Amazon workers stage first ever UK strike

Union urges company to 'do right thing' as Amazon says it is proud to offer competitive pay

Birmingham Post · Jan 25, 2023

Microsoft's profit drops, but cloud computing drives growth

A slump in PC demand coupled with a stagnating devices business and post-COVID gaming slowdown cut into Microsoft's revenue and profit, but its cloud computing unit drove growth, according to the company's second-quarter results released Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Fox News mocked over its latest culture war obsession – the ‘woke’ Xbox

Fox News hosts continue to fulminate over modest brand changes

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023