Microsoft is working on fully mitigating issues causing Outlook on the web and SharePoint Online users to experience delays or failures when searching.
Tracked under EX1063763 in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, the issues are caused by infrastructure components responsible for processing users’ search requests that perform below acceptable performance thresholds.
The company first acknowledged this Exchange Online incident at 05:21 UTC, with the latest update published at 08:22 saying that a recently deployed fix should provide relief while Redmond’s engineers check if further optimizations are required to fully mitigate the search issues.
Internet services giant Cloudflare says it mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in 2024, recording a massive 358% year-over-year jump and a 198% quarter-over-quarter increase.
These figures come from Cloudflare’s 2025 Q1 DDoS Report, where the company says it mitigated a total of 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024.
However, 2025 is looking to be an even bigger problem for online entities and companies, with Cloudflare already responding to 20.5 million DDoS attacks in just the first quarter of 2025.
A landmark international collaboration led by Newcastle University has developed the world’s most efficient integrated light-harvesting and storage system for powering autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge of the Internet of Things (IoT).
A new AI robot called π-0.5 uses 100 decentralized brains, known as π-nodes, to control its body with lightning-fast reflexes and smart, local decision-making. Instead of relying on a central processor or internet connection, each part of the robot—like fingers, joints, and muscles—can sense, think, and act independently in real time. Powered by a powerful vision-language-action model and trained on massive, diverse data, this smart muscle system allows the robot to understand and complete real-world tasks in homes, even ones it has never seen before.
Join our free AI content course here https://www.skool.com/ai-content-acce… the best AI news without the noise https://airevolutionx.beehiiv.com/ What’s Inside: • A groundbreaking AI robot called π‑0.5 powered by 100 decentralized “π-nodes” embedded across its body • Each node acts as a mini-brain, sensing, deciding, and adjusting without needing Wi-Fi or a central processor • A powerful vision-language-action model lets the robot understand messy homes and complete complex tasks without pre-mapping What You’ll See: • How π‑0.5 combines local reflexes with high-level planning to react in real time • The unique training process using over 400 hours of diverse, real-world data from homes, mobile robots, and human coaching • Real-world tests where the robot cleans, organizes, and adapts to brand-new spaces with near-human fluency Why It Matters: This new system redefines robot intelligence by merging biological-inspired reflexes with advanced AI planning. It’s a major step toward robots that can handle unpredictable environments, learn on the fly, and function naturally in everyday life—without relying on cloud servers or rigid programming. DISCLAIMER: This video explores cutting-edge robotics, decentralized AI design, and real-world generalization, revealing how distributed intelligence could transform how machines move, sense, and think. #robot #robotics #ai.
What’s Inside: • A groundbreaking AI robot called π‑0.5 powered by 100 decentralized “π-nodes” embedded across its body. • Each node acts as a mini-brain, sensing, deciding, and adjusting without needing Wi-Fi or a central processor. • A powerful vision-language-action model lets the robot understand messy homes and complete complex tasks without pre-mapping.
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Quantum messages sent across a 254-km telecom network in Germany represent the first known report of coherent quantum communications using existing commercial telecommunication infrastructure.
The demonstration, reported in Nature this week, suggests that quantum communications can be achieved in real-world conditions.
Quantum networks have the potential to enable secure communications, such as a quantum internet; quantum key distribution is one example of a theoretically secure communication technique.
Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy. This makes them particularly attractive for the emerging Internet of Things. For example, for the autonomous energy supply of microsensors and other tiny electronic components.
In order to make the materials more efficient, at the same time, heat transport via the lattice vibrations must be suppressed and the mobility of the electrons increased—a hurdle that has often hindered research until now.
An international team led by Fabian Garmroudi has now succeeded in using a new method to develop hybrid materials that achieve both goals—reduced coherence of the lattice vibrations and increased mobility of the charge carriers. The key: a mixture of two materials with fundamentally different mechanical but similar electronic properties.
Scientists have found a clever way to double the efficiency of thermoelectric materials — those that convert heat into electricity — by mixing two substances with contrasting mechanical properties but similar electronic traits.
The result is a hybrid that blocks heat at microscopic interfaces while allowing electricity to flow freely, bringing us closer to cheaper, more stable alternatives to today’s gold-standard materials used in the Internet of Things and beyond.
Boosting thermoelectrics for the internet of things.
All manner of companies and tech leaders have been predicting when AGI will be achieved, but we might have one of the surest signs that it’s already here — or is just around the corner.
Google Deepmind is hiring a Post-AGI researcher for its London office. As per a job listing on internet boards, Google Deepmind is looking for a “Research Scientist, Post-AGI Research”. “We are seeking a Research Scientist to explore the profound impact of what comes after AGI,” the job listing says.
“At Google DeepMind, we’ve built a unique culture and work environment where long-term ambitious research can flourish. We are seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist to join our team and contribute to groundbreaking research that will focus on what comes after Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Key questions include the trajectory of AGI to artificial superintelligence (ASI), machine consciousness, the impact of AGI on the foundations of human society,” says the job listing.