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Microsoft says some users are experiencing issues searching in Microsoft 365 apps, including Outlook on the web, Outlook desktop, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive. According to an incident report seen by BleepingComputer and tracked under MO1456424 in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, the root cause is what Microsoft describes as a recent deployment that causes resource utilization problems. “Impact is specific to some users served through the affected infrastructure who are attempting to search for content in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Outlook on the web, or Outlook desktop,” Microsoft said. “Our investigation identified that a recent deployment introduced a resource utilization inefficiency…

In 1956, at an exhibition hall in Tokyo, a Japanese artist named Saburō Murakami ran through a row of paper screens, leaving a torn, human-shaped hole in each one. The audience heard the rip in the moment but likely didn’t understand it. Murakami belonged to Gutai, the radical postwar avant-garde collective whose members painted with their feet and fought with mud, and his gesture made an argument the art world is still digesting, but ultimately the tearing and the wreckage after were the actual artwork.  Seventy years later, the ripping hasn’t stopped. Trading card livestreams, Discord server groups, collector markets…

Malawi’s maize harvest has barely grown in two decades even as its population has surged, leaving millions vulnerable to food shortages each year.Small farmers struggle to produce enough food on tiny plots because of high fertilizer costs, degraded soils, erratic rains, and unreliable access to government subsidies.Many farmers sell much of their maize to pay for basic necessities, then depend on risky vegetable crops or scarce seasonal jobs to buy food during the lean months.After two decades of maize-focused agricultural policy, experts and farmers say Malawi needs stronger support for diverse, resilient farming and rural livelihoods rather than simply…

Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has brought a multi-well campaign to a close off the coast of Egypt. Stena IceMax drillship; Source: Stena Drilling Stena Drilling’s 2012-built Stena IceMAX drillship, which was constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries at its Geoje shipyard in South Korea, has completed a three-well campaign, consisting of two wells through to completion and well testing, as well as an exploration well in a new field in Egypt’s Western Mediterranean region. The sixth-generation deepwater drillship began a multi-well offshore program in February 2026 with Shell off the coast of Egypt, encompassing Mina West (development), Sirius (exploration), and…

The U.S. recently reached a grim milestone: As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991. It took less than seven months to blow past the three-decade high recorded last year. This potentially deadly disease is easily prevented. Shots are widely available and, in many cases, free. Still, since the beginning of last year, more than 4,850 people here have been infected, and three have died. Among them were two unvaccinated girls in West Texas whose deaths made national headlines. It may feel like the…

A man from Flowery Branch, Georgia, has been deported from Fiji to face charges in his home state accusing him of defrauding more than 6,000 investors and causing more than $165m of losses in ⁠a cryptocurrency Ponzi ⁠scheme, the ​US attorney in Atlanta said on Monday.Edward Zimbardi, 59, was indicted on 12 counts of ⁠wire fraud, 12 counts of money laundering and one count of money-laundering conspiracy.Prosecutors said Zimbardi pitched The ⁠Crypto Program as a means to purchase online advertising packages, offering a guaranteed 25% ​monthly rate of return on ‌an initial $550 investment.However, instead ‌of buying advertising packages, Zimbardi…

Virgin will be allowed to operate trains alongside Eurostar from 2030 to 2040, with up to 20 return journeys per day. The trains will depart from London St Pancras International and travel through the undersea rail link connecting the U.K. with northern France. Virgin owner Richard Branson, writing in October 2025 when Virgin won approval from the British regulator to use the Temple Mills International rail depot in East London, wrote: “It’s time to end this 30-year monopoly and bring some Virgin magic to the cross-Channel route … Just as we’ve challenged incumbents in the air, on the seas, and…

Ordinarily, the dark horse Senate campaign of an elusive, retired teacher in a tiny Alaskan fishing village would barely register for Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican incumbent running for re-election with President Trump’s support and a $7 million war chest.But that dark horse’s name is also Dan Sullivan.National Republicans, including the sitting senator, were enraged when Mr. Sullivan announced in late May that he would run for the Senate as a member of their party. They accused him of being a Democratic plant to confuse voters and siphon support from their chosen candidate, who faces a tough challenge from former…

Artie Beaty/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysThe free Magnifier + Flashlight app works with any Android phone.It magnifies small text or far-off signs, making things easy to read.The app also features a flashlight for dim settings.As much as I hate to admit it, there are times I struggle to read small text or far-off signs. This issue is something everyone deals with (at least that’s what my editor at ZDNET assured me when I lamented that my middle-aged eyes struggled with small text), but that doesn’t make the problem easier to deal with.Fortunately, I’ve found a…

Microsoft has started testing a faster File Explorer and a less cluttered and more customizable context menu in Windows 11 preview builds rolling out to Insiders this week. As the File Explorer team explained in a Monday blog post, the changes focus on improving File Explorer speed, performance, and reliability and addressing customer-reported issues. The redesigned context menu experience also aims to make it faster, reduce clutter, and make it more customizable than ever before. At the bottom of the new right-click menu, Microsoft also added a “Customize menu” shortcut to the Settings page, where users can tweak the context…