Microsoft Outlook suffered a major outage Thursday, with tens of thousands of users struggling to access their email as the company said it was working “aggressively” to reduce the impact. Microsoft initially said it was investigating outage reports “in the Americas,” but later said it had “confirmed the issue may affect Microsoft 365 service connectivity for users in any region.” Microsoft 365…

The Iran war is showing why the Philippines can’t afford to neglect its farmers
A war thousands of kilometers away is beginning to ripple through something as basic as the Filipino dining table. The conflict involving Iran has pushed oil prices higher, disrupted key shipping routes, and strained global supply chains—especially for fertilizer, a critical input for food production. Farmers are already feeling the pressure. Fertilizer prices have surged by as much as 30% to 40%,…