Final update Parts of Microsoft's Bing are still offline in and outside of Europe after it crashed earlier this morning, taking out Copilot and everything else that depends on the search service's API.
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At the time of writing, Search appeared to be back and Bing Maps still offline. Microsoft confirmed that there was a problem in an Xeet at 0846 UTC, noting "an issue where users may not be able to access the Microsoft Copilot service."
We asked the IT giant when it expected to get its systems fully back online and will update this piece if it responds.
In our estimation, large parts of the service were down for a few hours at the time of publication and not many people seem to have noticed. Bing's market share has remained notoriously low despite Microsoft throwing fistfuls of dollars at it and adding AI smarts to the service. The main effect of today's problems could be an exodus of existing users to alternative platforms, something Microsoft can ill afford.
