First Thing: Global Microsoft outage chaos as tech firm says there are ‘signs of stabilisation’

Users of Microsoft Teams and Outlook in businesses and public services reporting problems. Plus would you like to spend time as a helpful furry little post delivery service? Good morning. A global outage of vital Microsoft systems has crippled businesses and public services around the world. The tech company said it was seeing “early signs of stabilisation” after the failure affected millions of users for more than 12 hours on Thursday and Friday. Some but not all users were reporting proble