” 张晓强还谈到了台积电向 Anthropic 和 OpenAI 各投最多 5 亿美元（现汇率约合 33.43 亿元人民币）背后的原因。“投资 Anthropic 或 OpenAI，可以形成相互促进的良性循环，让整个产业生态更加丰富、健康，也有望进一步扩大规模。我们希望继续推动硅技术进步，满足未来的算力需求。” 新创投基金的初始规模为 5 亿美元（现汇率约合 33.43 亿元人民币），远高于台积电 2021 年设立的 2 亿美元（现汇率约合 13.37 亿元人民币）新兴企业基金。此前的基金主要帮助初创企业利用台积电的先进芯片制造技术。

张晓强指出，新创投部门的设立表明，台积电除了向全球芯片巨头提供代工服务，也希望扶持半导体行业的新兴企业。“我们不只是服务大客户。说起台积电，大家首先想到的可能是苹果、英伟达、AMD 和博通。没错，他们都是非常优秀的客户。但别忘了，英伟达刚开始与我们合作时，也只是一家初创企业。我们不仅要支持今天的英伟达，也希望扶持未来的英伟达。” 台积电承诺投入的资金总额最高达 17 亿美元（现汇率约合 113.65 亿元人民币），涵盖 2021 年的新兴企业基金、新创投部门，以及对 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的投资计划。张晓强透露，原有基金的投资回报十分出色，如果有需要，台积电也不排除继续扩大新基金的规模。

近日，多位来自香港和澳门的专家学者接受中新社记者采访时表示，粤港澳三地可依托大湾区融合发展，充分释放制度型开放红利，各展所长、协同发力，促进亚太共同繁荣。</p><p><em data-scene="strong">发挥“超级联系人”与“精准联系人”作用</em></p><p>中方将“建设亚太共同体，促进共同繁荣”确定为今年办会主题。谈及香港可在其中发挥的“超级联系人”作用，香港大学经济及工商管理学院副院长邓希炜指出，香港作为实行普通法系、高度国际化的自由港，拥有与国际接轨的金融、法律、会计及仲裁体系，“这种制度上的‘无缝对接’能力，有助打破亚太各经济体间的壁垒”。

</p><p>他续指，香港外贸总值的87%是与APEC成员经济体之间的往来，基于巨大的贸易流量，结合香港国际金融中心与全球最大离岸人民币业务枢纽地位，能够将国际资本精准引导至中国内地的广阔市场，同时协助内地及亚太企业“走出去”，实现互利共赢。</p><p><i class="pic-con"><img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/5779a10b8c2c8973c1295ad60f0ccb42.jpeg?

imageView2/2/w/1260" /></i></p><p><span data-scene="align-center">11月11日，距离亚太经合组织(APEC)第三十三次领导人非正式会议开幕仅一周，深圳全面进入“迎宾模式”。图为深圳国际交流中心繁花盛放，吸引游客拍照。 中新社记者 陈楚红 摄</span></p><p>澳门亦走出一条“精准联系人”路径。“澳门是联通内地、葡语系国家乃至国际市场的重要枢纽。”中葡论坛常设秘书处秘书长季先峥说，澳门近年来持续以中葡平台为轴，把商贸往来、文旅协作、青年交流整合为可落地的合作机制，让企业、项目、人才真正流动起来。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">助力达成多领域共识 促项目落地</em></p><p>APEC第十三届旅游部长会议今年6月在澳门举行。会议以“数智创新，合作赋能——以旅游助力亚太共同体建设”为主题，21个经济体代表围绕旅行便利化、“AI(人工智能)+文旅”等达成共识。</p><p>在产业与项目落地层面，澳门亦强调“精准”。澳门特区政府招商投资促进局行政管理委员会主席谢永强介绍，澳门定期举办葡语国家部长级洽谈，并依托中葡投资基金、横琴粤澳深度合作区政策，吸引企业“从澳门走进内地、从内地走向葡语市场”。</p><p>今年10月，第33届APEC财长会在香港举行。

会议审议通过《2026年APEC财长联合声明》和《亚太地区数字基础设施融资政策声明》，为亚太经济体深化财金合作指明了方向。</p><p><i class="pic-con"><img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/43e1d7bf972e5e1319a2576e30f772e8.jpeg?imageView2/2/w/1260" /></i></p><p><span data-scene="align-center">10月20日，第33届亚太经济合作组织(APEC)财长会在中国香港开幕。

APEC财长会是APEC机制下最重要的专业部长会之一，是亚太各经济体加强宏观经济政策沟通和财金合作的重要平台。 中新社记者 李志华 摄</span></p><p>邓希炜建议，香港应着力为海外资金提供安全、熟悉且高效的平台，让资本放心参与到亚太区域合作项目中。他认为，只要亚太地区坚持开放合作、创新驱动和互利共赢，香港就有机会把区域合作转化为具体项目、长期投资和持续发展动能，分享机遇和红利。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">湾区协同，各展所长</em></p><p>观察APEC“中国年”的办会分工后，香港中文大学香港亚太研究所副研究员纪纬纹表示，这向外界释放了一种明确信号，即在一个主权国家内部，纵有三个关税区、三种法律体系、三种货币，仍能相互配合，进一步表明大湾区基础设施“硬联通”和规则机制“软联通”，可在保留三地各自特色的前提下，呈现高水平对外开放的协同效应。</p><p>邓希炜指出，香港应充分发挥内联外通优势，与大湾区其他城市深化合作，推动人才、资金、技术和数据等创新要素跨境流动，实现科研、资本与产业资源高效衔接，提升亚太合作项目在香港持续发展的吸引力。

</p><p>澳门则将桥梁功能延伸至西语国家。澳门特区政府政策研究和区域发展局局长张作文介绍，澳门正积极搭建中国内地和葡语、西语国家贸促机构的联动平台，并通过澳门联手横琴共建的“中国—葡语(西语)国家经济贸易服务中心”，吸引葡语、西语国家优质品牌落户，服务更多APEC成员经济体，助力国家高水平对外开放。

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公司规划的新项目合计 911MW，但只有 200MW 的投资计划得到最终确认。 SK 电讯同样面临规模差距。公司计划通过 SK Horizon，将现有设施与蔚山、九老在建数据中心的总容量扩大至 318MW。这样的扩建进度，也让 SK 集团另行提出的最高 15GW AI 数据中心建设目标面临可行性质疑。 Naver 在江原道春川市和世宗市分别运营 GAK 春川、GAK 世宗两座数据中心。前者受电容量约 40MW，后者截至 2025 年 10 月的容量为 47MW，计划到 2029 年扩建至 130MW 以上。 对于这些韩国企业而言，要跻身拥有 1GW 容量的大型数据中心运营商行列，仍需要投入巨额资金，并花费相当长的时间。

海外的数据中心运营商则迈入了吉瓦级规模。美国 AI 云服务企业 CoreWeave 于当地时间 11 月 10 日公布的第三季度财报显示，投入运营的数据中心容量达到 1.7GW，通过与其他数据中心运营商签约取得的供电容量另有 4.6GW。 CoreWeave 的扩张有实际订单支撑。第三季度营收同比大增 168%，达到 4.9 万亿韩元（IT之家注：现汇率约合 245.1 亿元人民币），在手客户合同金额达到 177 万亿韩元（现汇率约合 8,853.54 亿元人民币）。 CoreWeave CEO 迈克尔 · 因特拉托在财报电话会议上透露，截至 2027 年底，正在洽谈的有效客户需求量达到公司现有可供应容量的 10 倍。

韩国企业在客户争夺方面也落后于海外竞争对手。Naver 在第三季度财报电话会议上公布，公司签下了一份 20MW 的供电容量合同。按照 Naver 与博枫等合作伙伴的计划，到 2028 年将提供 200MW 的数据中心容量，但目前签约的部分仅占规划规模的 10%。

省委书记关志鸥主持会议并讲话。与会同志一致表示，坚决拥护党中央决定，坚决拥护中央纪委国家监委决定。</p><p>会议指出，党中央决定对王忠林涉嫌严重违纪违法进行纪律审查和监察调查，充分彰显了以习近平同志为核心的党中央持之以恒推进全面从严治党的坚强决心，充分体现了我们党惩贪治腐“一刻不停歇、半步不退让”的战略定力，充分释放了有腐必反、有贪必肃、除恶务尽的强烈信号。省委坚决拥护党中央决定，坚决拥护中央纪委国家监委决定。全省各级党组织和广大党员干部要切实把思想和行动统一到党中央决定精神上来，不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，在政治原则问题上立场坚定，在大是大非面前头脑清醒，以实际行动坚定拥护“两个确立”、坚决做到“两个维护”。

</p><p>会议强调，要深入学习贯彻习近平党建思想，深入贯彻落实党的二十届五中全会精神，深刻汲取王忠林涉嫌严重违纪违法案件教训，以案为鉴、警钟长鸣，深刻认识到反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂、铲除腐败滋生土壤和条件任务仍然艰巨繁重，以更高标准、更实举措持之以恒推进全面从严治党，持续净化优化政治生态。</p> <adv-loader __attr__inner="7004636" __attr__style="width: auto;position: relative;float: left;border: 1px solid #ebebeb; padding: 20px;overflow: hidden;

margin: 10px 30px 40px 0;"></adv-loader> <p>会议强调，要加强党性锤炼，坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂。要始终做到对党绝对忠诚，严格遵守党的政治纪律和政治规矩，时刻同习近平总书记关于湖北工作的重要讲话、重要指示批示精神对标对表，不折不扣贯彻落实党中央决策部署，坚决防止“七个有之”，始终保持共产党人政治本色。要牢固树立和践行正确政绩观，严格贯彻执行民主集中制，严格执行领导班子决策议事规则，做到秉公用权、依法用权、廉洁用权、为民用权。</p><p>会议强调，要保持惩治腐败高压态势，一体推进不敢腐不能腐不想腐。

要把严的基调、严的措施、严的氛围长期坚持下去，深化权力集中、资金密集、资源富集领域腐败问题整治，狠抓群众身边不正之风和腐败问题集中整治，坚决清除不收敛不收手、肆意妄为的腐败分子。要驰而不息正风肃纪，坚决落实中央八项规定及其实施细则精神，强化风腐同查同治，涵养崇廉尚德、实干担当的新风正气。</p><p>会议强调，要压实管党治党政治责任，各级领导干部特别是“一把手”要以身作则、以上率下，做到严于律己、严负其责、严管所辖。要自觉遵守廉洁从政各项规定，管好亲属子女和身边工作人员，守牢廉洁自律底线。

要从严抓班子、带队伍、管干部，扣紧责任链条，层层传导压力，以“关键少数”示范带动“绝大多数”，建设一支政治过硬、本领高强、作风优良、纪律严明的高素质干部队伍，不断把全面从严治党向纵深推进。</p><p>省委常委会会议后，省人大常委会党组、省政府党组、省政协党组分别召开会议，通报中央决定，传达省委常委会会议精神。与会同志一致表示，坚决拥护党中央决定，坚决拥护中央纪委国家监委决定。</p></section></article>1794575994564责编：王怡<a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EeoWfOpD18p_UaIaFXVJUQ?

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其中，自研膜电极性能突出：在 0.6V 工作电压下，峰值功率密度可达 732mW / cm²，能以 650mW / cm² 高功率密度稳定运行，电堆质量比功率高达 1.4 kW / kg。项目团队自主开发系统控制模块，将动力系统检测、谱学诊断与智能控制深度集成，实现检测-诊断-控制的闭环联动，实现自研燃料电池与飞行器平台高效耦合适配。 经实战试飞验证，该系列无人机顺利完成海上 6 级大风巡航任务，飞行状态稳定，具备极强的复杂环境适应能力，可广泛应用于城市巡检、海上作业、山地勘察等多元场景。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例一：旅行社擅自安排游客观看演出案</em></p><p>韶山市云水间旅行社有限公司接待7名游客参加“韶山1日游”旅游活动，在未经与游客协商一致的情况下安排游客观看演出。韶山市云水间旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年7月，长沙市文化旅游广电局对韶山市云水间旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿5日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员龚某东作出没收违法所得、罚款2000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例二：旅行社擅自安排游客参加游船项目案</em></p><p>张家界千悦国际旅行社有限公司接待2名游客参加旅游活动，擅自安排游客参加游船、景区接驳车等自费项目，委派的导游戴某向游客兜售物品。张家界千悦国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定，戴某的行为违反了《导游人员管理条例》第十五条的规定。

2026年6月，张家界市永定区文化旅游广电体育局对张家界千悦国际旅行社有限公司作出警告、没收违法所得、责令停业整顿7日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员覃某作出没收违法所得、罚款2000元的行政处罚，对导游戴某作出没收违法所得、罚款5000元、暂扣导游证7日的行政处罚。</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例三：旅行社安排观看演出影响其他游客行程案</em></p><p>陕西悠游天下国际旅行社有限公司组织24名游客参加“单兵15人团+千古情尊宾1日游”，行程中安排部分游客观看演出，影响团队内其他游客行程安排。

陕西悠游天下国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年5月，西安市临潼区文化和旅游体育局对陕西悠游天下国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿3日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员王某雷作出没收违法所得、罚款3000元的行政处罚，对其他直接责任人员石某侠作出没收违法所得、罚款5000元、暂扣导游证15日的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例四：旅行社向游客隐瞒旅游行程包含购物活动案</em></p><p>湖北名扬国际旅行社有限公司组织游客参加“恩施3日游”，未如实告知游客行程含有购物场所、擅自安排游客进入某产业园开展购物活动。湖北名扬国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年8月，恩施州文化和旅游局对湖北名扬国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿15日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员朱某红作出没收违法所得、罚款2000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例五：旅行社擅自增加购物活动案</em></p><p>贵州众力黔行旅行社有限公司组织游客参加旅游活动，在未征得游客同意的情况下安排游客前往旅游合同约定之外的某贸易有限公司购物。贵州众力黔行旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年6月，修文县文体广电旅游局对贵州众力黔行旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿10日、罚款35000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员刘某作出没收违法所得、罚款3000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例六：旅行社以“纯玩团”招徕游客后擅自安排购物活动案</em></p><p>贵州芳祥旅行社有限公司组织32名游客参加“贵州真纯玩5天4晚”旅游活动，与游客签订的旅游合同、向游客提供的行程单均不包含前往某文化发展有限公司购物行程，行程中擅自安排游客前往某文化发展有限公司购物。贵州芳祥旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年9月，丹寨县文体广电旅游局对贵州芳祥旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿7日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员易某作出没收违法所得、罚款2000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例七：旅行社与游客签订“无购物”旅游合同后擅自安排购物活动案</em></p><p>云南走途国际旅行社有限公司组织2名游客参加“昆明、大理、丽江、泸沽湖、香格里拉10天9晚”旅游活动，线上商品页面、客服咨询页面、旅游合同均明确约定纯玩无购物，行程中擅自安排游客进入某茶叶销售经营部购物。云南走途国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年6月，昆明市文化和旅游局对云南走途国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿5日、罚款40000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员李某杰作出没收违法所得、罚款3000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例八：旅行社以“家访”名义擅自安排游客购物案</em></p><p>西藏红山国际旅行社有限公司接待18名游客参加旅游活动，行程中以“家访”为由，擅自安排游客前往某农牧民专业合作社购物。西藏红山国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年6月，拉萨市文化和旅游局对西藏红山国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿10日、罚款45000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员雷某作出没收违法所得、罚款4000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例九：旅行社安排游客前往约定行程以外的购物场所购物案</em></p><p>重庆莎莎国际旅行社有限公司组织2名游客参加“质真若渝4天3晚”旅游活动，在未征得游客同意的情况下安排游客前往某银饰坊购物。重庆莎莎国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第二款的规定。2026年6月，重庆市文化和旅游发展委员会对重庆莎莎国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿15日、罚款100000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员王某强作出没收违法所得、罚款8000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例十：旅行社以“零团费”接待游客并收取购物回扣案</em></p><p>南京众游国际旅行社有限公司以“零团费”接待61名游客参加“钱塘江4日游”，向游客隐瞒行程中的“体验馆”实为购物场所，通过安排游客购物获取购物回扣。南京众游国际旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第一款的规定。2026年4月，南京市文化和旅游局对南京众游国际旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿15日、罚款100000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员周某根作出没收违法所得、罚款4000元的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例十一：导游夸大商品功效诱导消费案</em></p><p>贵州黔途山水旅行社有限公司接待未足额支付接待和服务费用的旅游团队，向游客隐瞒行程中的购物场所，带团导游王某、颜某通过夸大中草药商品功效等方式诱导游客消费，并收取购物店支付的“人头推广费”。贵州黔途山水旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第一款的规定。

2026年8月，安顺市文体广电旅游局对贵州黔途山水旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿20日、罚款60000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员胡某作出没收违法所得、罚款5000元的行政处罚，对其他直接责任人员梁某咪、王某、颜某分别作出没收违法所得、罚款、暂扣导游证的行政处罚。

</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例十二：导游变相强迫游客参加自费项目案</em></p><p>呼伦贝尔大千旅行社有限公司以低于成本的价格组织32名游客参加“蒙东呼伦贝尔5天4晚游”，行程中安排导游推荐另行付费套餐项目，并告知游客“不参加的客人在车下等着或者在周边自由活动，等参加另行付费项目的游客玩完了回来后再接着走行程”，变相强迫游客参加另行付费旅游项目，并获取不正当利益。呼伦贝尔大千旅行社有限公司的行为违反了《中华人民共和国旅游法》第三十五条第一款的规定。

2026年9月，满洲里市文体旅游广电局对呼伦贝尔大千旅行社有限公司作出没收违法所得、责令停业整顿3日、罚款30000元的行政处罚，对直接负责的主管人员董某作出没收违法所得、罚款2000元的行政处罚。</p><p><em data-scene="strong">案例十三：导游变相强迫游客消费案</em></p><p>哈尔滨市好嗨哟旅行社有限公司委派导游周某珍为游客提供导游服务，周某珍带团期间有“断人财路如同杀人父母”等言论，变相强迫游客消费。周某珍的行为违反了《导游管理办法》第二十三条第（五）项的规定。

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Microsoft 365 Services, including Teams, Outlook and Microsoft's artificial intelligence software Copilot, have been affected by "connectivity problems". Customers are reporting varying levels of access - many have not been able to send or receive emails, view certain files or details on their calendar apps. Some users have been able to use Teams and are using messaging and online meeting functions without issues. How many people have been affected?

More than 430 million people use Microsoft 365 apps according to Microsoft's website. The full scale of the outage has not been confirmed, but monitoring website Downdetector had 140,000 people from 74 countries report issues with Outlook on Thursday evening. The real figure affected is likely much higher because Downdetector relies primarily on users self-reporting. Microsoft 365 is also used by companies worldwide and is expected to have a knock-on effect to other services. Tech giants OpenAI and Anthropic have both reported problems as a result of the outage. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said it was investigating an issue affecting its connections to Microsoft's services, which has caused some tools to not work as expected. From city governments in the US to Australian spy agencies, disruption across the globe has been widespread. Courts from Los Angeles to Texas warned that communications might be delayed. In Canada, the public broadcaster CBC reported that a healthcare network running several hospitals in Toronto was experiencing email issues, but that patient care was not affected. The government of Japan also said its shared IT platform had been disrupted. Across the UK, GP surgeries, pharmacies, police and schools have been affected by the outage. Some GP surgeries have urged patients not to submit messages via their website while the problem remains, while several large police forces are urging members of the public to call if they want to make a report. What has Microsoft said?

Microsoft has ruled out a cyber-attack and attributed the ongoing outage to "elevated load" on its infrastructure. The term refers to when servers are handling a much higher volume of stress than they usually do. In the case of the Microsoft outage, a large number of servers became "unexpectedly unavailable", the company said, which sent added traffic to remaining servers, straining these. On Friday afternoon, Microsoft said it had seen "encouraging recovery progress" in Europe and improvement in North America. The company added it is focused on "addressing the remaining areas of disruption" and warned "some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue". In an earlier statement, the tech giant had said that its attempted fixes were "not taking as expected". What have experts said?

Australian cyber-security expert Troy Hunt told the BBC the outage could have far-reaching consequences. "Microsoft is a massive part of the internet backbone and reminds us how critical email still is. "Not only does this outage affect many people's ability to work but also things like the ability to communicate about appointments, purchase things that need verification, create or access accounts and services," he said. Gergely Orosz, a former leading software engineer at several major tech companies including Skype and Uber, said this could be the "most disruptive" business email outage "of all time". He said it was still difficult to know just how many people have been affected by the disruption, but added he "cannot recall" an outage over business email ever taking this long to return to normal. Paul Spain from New Zealand-based advisory firm Gorilla Technology said that with e-mails and services offline, companies have practically "lost a business day", which is "frustrating" users". Get in touch Have you or your business been affected by the outage?

How long could we operate if that supplier were unavailable? What is our fallback for communicating with staff, customers and regulators? Have we tested it, or do we simply assume it exists?

A continuity plan that relies on the same platform that has just failed is not a plan. Remember manual workarounds – these don’t work any more!

Microsoft reports 'encouraging' progress in recovery in Europe Just in: A slightly more encouraging update from Microsoft. The software firm says it is “seeing encouraging recovery progress in Europe, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected Microsoft 365 infrastructure”. It adds: Japan remains comparatively more stable, while North America is also improving, however, some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue. This, don’t forget, is around 18 hours after the outage started!

Germany expects an outage affecting Microsoft services to have a significant impact on German businesses, a digital ministry spokesperson said on Friday. There have been no reports of major outages in Germany’s federal administration, though, the spokesperson added (via Reuters). People have been getting in touch who’ve been affected by the outage. Rupert, a local government officer from London contacted the Guardian to say that nothing is happening at his council. “People can’t do anything, it is paralysed,” he says. “Some departments may be able to function and communicate via mobile, but even then they can’t access their documents to do any work.” He adds that it goes to show how important Microsoft really is. “I’m sure it will get fixed,” he says, but it’s a reminder that Microsoft is “too big to fail and too embedded into society for there to be a repeat of this.” The NHS has also been deeply affected. In High Wycombe, Eleanor, a staff nurse says there has been “no access to hospital emails for anyone”. It’s particularly concerning as they can’t send urgent messages about referrals for cancers or for severe diagnoses, she says, adding: “It’s slowing our service and putting people at risk of falling in between the cracks of services we provide.” Steale, an administrator in a community NHS service in greater London is also worried about the impact on patients, explaining: “Our Teams and Outlook are currently down. Our concerns are about patients who would usually contact us by email, some with very urgent needs and requirements. “We are as best as possible informing them about the outage and to contact us by phone until further notice.” Reminder, you can tell us how you’re affected here: NHS Tayside has reported that GP practices are experiencing disruption with email and communication systems. Posting on Facebook, it says: Core clinical systems remain available, allowing practices to access patient records, make referrals and order tests. However, some practices are reporting difficulties receiving test results, processing prescription requests and using messaging systems, so not all services are working as normal. Back in the world of education, University College London, the UK’s largest campus university, said this morning that “teaching is happening as normal” despite university emails and calendars being unavailable because of the outage. We’ve made additional progress toward service recovery, with recovery actions completed across portions of the affected infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. Traffic is being gradually restored, and we’re seeing improvements in key customer scenarios, including mailbox access and delayed email processing. However, some users may continue to experience intermittent issues. Microsoft adds that it is now focusing on “extending these recovery actions across affected infrastructure in other regions”. It is also continuing its stabilization efforts and adding supporting capacity to “improve service consistency”. NHS England said health staff were resorting to using patients’ paper records or alternative IT systems amid the Microsoft outage. Patients were urged to attend appointments on Friday unless advised otherwise, and continue to use 999 for emergency situations. An NHSEngland spokesperson said: “With the global Microsoft issue inevitably having a disruptive impact for staff, local NHS services are enacting long-standing measures to manage IT outages and ensure critical services and appointments can continue for patients today – including using other IT systems or paper records where possible. “Patients should continue to use 999 in an emergency, and otherwise use 111, 111 online, or their local pharmacy, and come forward for appointments unless told otherwise.” Schools inspector Ofsted, and universities, hit by outage Richard Adams School inspections in England have been disrupted by the Microsoft outage after Ofsted said it was unable to receive emails, as hundreds of schools, colleges and universities across the UK were affected, our education editor Richard Adams reports. In a message Ofsted said: “Ofsted cannot currently receive emails because of a global Microsoft outage. Please do not send emails to Ofsted at this time,” and advised using online forms or telephone lines for “urgent matters” only. Schools subscribing to Microsoft services for emails and internal IT have been asking parents to use school apps or phones to report any childrens’ absences (see earlier post) but have otherwise been operating as normal. Some teachers reported a “refreshing” lack of emails from their school’s management overnight. The higher education sector is likely to be the hardest hit, with many UK universities relying on Outlook, OneDrive and other Microsoft services for administration and communications, although Teams appears to be functioning for some online meetings. The University of Manchester, one of the UK’s largest universities, told students and staff to try “alternative methods” of contact and to use telephones for “urgent external communications”. It also advised: “If you need to continue working on documents, save them locally to your computer rather than relying on OneDrive or SharePoint. Avoid repeatedly attempting to sync files while services are disrupted.” Railway passengers may have problems with emailed tickets Microsoft’s email outage is also hampering UK railway operators’ ability to process ticket confirmation. NationalRail, which provides information across the network, has warned that people may not be able to access tickets that have been emailed to them, saying: We’re aware of the ongoing Microsoft global outage, which may be affecting customers’ ability to access their train tickets via their email inbox. If you’re unable to locate or access your tickets through your email due to this issue, you may still be able to access your tickets by visiting the website or app where you purchased your tickets from and logging into your account. We recommend doing this before you travel to ensure you have your tickets readily available for your journey. This may not be possible if you checked out as a guest - please contact your ticket retailer directly if you are unable to access your tickets. If you are still unable to access your ticket, please contact a member of onboard staff or station staff for advice. GreatWesternRailway have recommended accessing their tickets through the GWR app or by visiting the My Journeys section on their GWR account. National Rail also warn that Outlook users who have set up alerts to be received via email may not receive them either. The UK’s top financial regulators, Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority, have both been hit by the Outlook outage, my colleague Kalyeena Makortoff. A BankofEngland spokesperson said: “We are aware of the Microsoft issues affecting their services globally. All critical operations at the Bank are running normally.” It’s understood that BankofEngland staffers are having to divert any email to Teams chats (though of course that doesn’t necessarily help with external communications). The FCA said they were aware of the global outage and were keeping an eye out how it was affecting City firms more widely, given Microsoft is one of the firms under its supervision (as a provider of critical services to the financial sector). Both the FCA and BankofEngland were handed powers in July to start directly overseeing the local arms of Google Cloud and three other Silicon Valley rivals - Amazon Web Services, Oracle and Microsoft – after being designated as critical third parties by the UK government, as their services become a crucial part of increasingly digital banking services.

Some parts of Asia, Europe and Africa remain unaffected, according to Downdetector. These include Russia, where the use of Microsoft applications is heavily restricted, or phased out in favour of domestic alternatives. However, this could also be a case of under-reporting in some countries, where Downdetector is among the websites blocked due to censorship.

No, we don’t.” She also said that ultimately she would not be “representing myself,” but bound by any mandate given to her by the 27. Slightly amused/frustrated with repeated questions on what’s holding up the EU with deciding on its representation, she eventually hits back with this line: “Well, we have institutions in place, so we can’t just send any person that has no institutional role like the Americans are sending. Clearly, we should not copy the same patterns.” Asked why she thinks the Russians do not want her to be involved in the negotiations, she says: “They don’t want [anyone] strong on the other side because they want to push their through their maximum demands, like they have always done. Because … their tactics is very clear: at first you present threats and ultimatums, you use force, and then you will just wait, because there will always be people in the west who will offer you something you didn’t have before. And every time you go further. So, of course, if you negotiate with anybody, you want the other side to be as weak as possible so that you can get what you want.”