Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update

 

Microsoft has broken account sign-ins in Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 with a recent update, causing error messages in apps like OneDrive and Office.

The glitch affects sign-in operations for Microsoft accounts. Businesses using Entra ID (previously known as Azure Active Directory) for application authentication are not affected.

However, users of Microsoft Teams Free, or anyone signing into Word, Excel, OneDrive, or Microsoft 365 Copilot with a Microsoft account, may see a message along the lines of "You'll need the Internet for this. It doesn't look like you're connected to the Internet" - regardless of whether the device actually is.

According to Microsoft: "This issue occurs when the device enters a specific network connectivity state, and may resolve on its own." A restart should also fix it, provided the device is online at the time.

"If the device is restarted without an active internet connection," Microsoft cautioned, "it might return to a connectivity state where the issue can occur again."

As for a fix that doesn't involve a weary reach for the big red button – virtual or otherwise – Microsoft wrote: "We are working to release a resolution for this issue in the next few days." This sounds a lot like yet another out-of-band update to deal with whatever the company broke in the March 10 update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2.

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Annual report reveals record £18.62 billion needed to repair local roads in England and Wales

A new report looking into the state of the roads in England and Wales has concluded that it would take 12 years of work and £18.62billion to repair all local authority-controlled tarmac in both countries.

Released on Tuesday, March 17 by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey found that although 1.9million potholes were filled in over the past 12 months (more than 5200 per day) councils simply don’t have the budget or resources to keep up with the problem.

“I think all road users would agree that the condition of our local roads has become a national disgrace,” AIA Chair, David Giles said in the report.

Think potholes are bad if you're a car driver? Try them on a motorcycle - they could cause a serious injury or worse...

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Issues with Microsoft Outlook? You're not alone...

Microsoft is investigating several issues causing email synchronization and connection problems when using the classic Outlook desktop client.

• The first bug causes "Can't connect to the server" errors when creating groups in classic Outlook when Exchange Web Services (EWS) is enabled for the tenant.
• The other known issue is triggering 0x800CCC0F and 0x80070057 when synchronizing Gmail and Yahoo accounts in classic Outlook. (Donline is seeing several instances of this issue)

The Outlook team is working to identify the root cause of this known issue and will share more details once a fix is available.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Can't give 'em away? More LiveWire motorcycle price cuts!

 

LiveWire, the first electric motorcycle from Harley-Davidson, became a standalone brand in 2021. The Milwaukee-based company announced that it would be spinning out its electric motorcycle division as its own company with a distinct lineup and a tailored retail experience.

I rode the LiveWire when it was released back in 2020. I loved it, a great bike - but the price back then was £30k - a lot of dough for a (albeit nice) one trick pony. The price dropped in Aug last year to £18,290. You can now pick one up (brand new) for £12,990 - which to be honest is a bargain!

LiveWire as a brand is doing well in the electric motorbike sector - but the numbers are paltry! Have a read of this article: "LiveWire’s 2025 financial report states that the American bikemaker sold 653 electric motorcycles in 2025 – up by 7% from 612 units in 2024".

Makes you wonder how long they can keep this up?...

www.livewire.com

The Chosen: "Reveal Jesus" - an inspiring new video!

Come and See: "Reveal Jesus" - a brand new taster video. It’s a compelling & commissioning depiction of how The Chosen has joined (and built upon) a long and storied history of global impact through Christian media projects. 

In this 7-minute film, show creator Dallas Jenkins shares how The Chosen reveals the Jesus of the Bible in a fresh, personal, and deeply authentic way that is resonating across current generations. 

“For whatever reason, this portrayal of Jesus seems to be cracking the code for people to experience a more emotional and authentic relationship with Jesus than they’ve ever had before.”

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Today's Reading: the Fall from Grace

Traditional doctrine points to a sin against God, an act of disobedience, not a sin against the neighbour. And certainly, if we are to hold the doctrine of the Fall in any real sense, we must look for the great sin on a deeper and more timeless level than that of social morality.

This sin has been described by Saint Augustine as the result of Pride, of the movement whereby a creature (that is, an essentially dependent being whose principle of existence lies not in itself but in another) tries to set up on its own, to exist for itself. Such a sin requires no complex social conditions, no extended experience, no great intellectual development. From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for the centre is opened to it. This sin is committed daily by young children and ignorant peasants as well as by sophisticated persons, by solitaries no less than by those who live in society: it is the fall in every individual life, and in each day of each individual life, the basic sin behind all particular sins: at this very moment you and I are either committing it, or about to commit it, or repenting it.

By C.S. Lewis - taken from The Problem of Pain

There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. I have heard people admit that they are bad-tempered, or that they cannot keep their heads about girls or drink, or even that they are cowards. I do not think I have ever heard anyone who was not a Christian accuse himself of this vice. And at the same time I have very seldom met anyone, who was not a Christian, who showed the slightest mercy to it in others. There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.

The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now, we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.

By C.S. Lewis - taken from Mere Christianity

Artificial Intelligence bubble, anyone?...

The reason RAM prices went up 4x is that a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn't really exist to be put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in AI data centers that haven't been built, powered by infrastructure that may never exist, to satisfy demand that isn't actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible. 

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