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Microsoft Office 365 + Outlook + Teams Outage

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...-and-teams
Were you unable to send an email or connect to Teams?  
Well, you're not alone!  

Microsoft says a recent update has affected the processing of authentication requests, making cloud-based services inaccessible. The outage had affected services worldwide.
At 3am UTC, Microsoft reported the services were mostly restored, but small subset of customers in North America and Asia Pacific were still unable to access services.

How did they expect to fix these issues? Well, they stated that the update would be rolled back to mitigate them.
I hope any of you that were affected by this inability to use those products as usual won't be experiencing any timeouts and the like by the time you're reading this post.

Do you recall my concern about relying on facial recognition to solve all of the issues society faces on a daily basis?
Well, you no longer need to imagine it. You can read about its consequences!

Detroit: Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.
This January, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was in his office at an automotive supply company when he got a call from the Detroit Police Department telling him to come to the station to be arrested. He thought at first that it was a prank.
An hour later, when he pulled into his driveway in a quiet subdivision in Farmington Hills, Mich., a police car pulled up behind, blocking him in. Two officers got out and handcuffed Mr. Williams on his front lawn, in front of his wife and two young daughters, who were distraught. The police wouldn’t say why he was being arrested, only showing him a piece of paper with his photo and the words “felony warrant” and “larceny.”

The prosecutor's office commented the victim, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams, could have the case and his fingerprint data expunged. They also apologized for the problems it has caused him so far, like living in a cell for hours.