Microsoft’s global outage; Vidya Balan’s call to put child safety first

What happened
From leadership changes in global tech to regulatory developments closer home, Paytm has received an in-principle nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to revive its wallet business through a new subsidiary. Problems with Exchange Online spread across Microsoft 365 and external businesses, highlighting how dependent workplaces have become on shared cloud infrastructure. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond.
Dear Reader, The race to find Jensen Huang’s successor at Nvidia is gathering pace, marking a potentially significant leadership shift in the tech industry. After 33 years under Huang’s leadership, Nvidia is beginning the search for a permanent CEO. NVIDIA is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara.
AMD’s Lisa Su, Arm’s Rene Haas and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress are among the names emerging in succession discussions. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has floated an unexpected candidate: Apple’s Tim Cook.