Microsoft outage gives researchers an email-free day: 'almost forgot what science feels like'
ChongZzZhang · x · 2026-11-13
Microsoft services went down, taking Outlook and notifications offline. Researcher Jianfei joked it was a rare day of focus: zero emails, meaningful meetings, uninterrupted paper reading—"maybe the biggest creativity breakthrough of 2026 isn't another AI agent, it's Microsoft Outlook going offline." Another researcher chimed in about finally getting good sleep while their Outlook remained unusable.
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