AMD grabs more x86 share as Intel stumbles in entry-level chips
Mercury Research blames stockpiling and low-end shortages for unusually flat CPU market
On-Prem14 Nov 2025 | 6
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AI pilots keep crashing, mostly because firms skip the prep, survey finds
Under a third of PoCs make it past testing, but those that do often boost productivity
AI + ML13 Nov 2025 | 14
HPE details Vera Rubin blades for next-gen Cray supercomputers
Promised for 2027 racks, mixing Nvidia and AMD silicon in one liquid-cooled box
Supercomputing Month13 Nov 2025 | 1
Britain's first small modular reactors to be built in Wales
Government picks Wylfa on Anglesey for initial trio of units, but power unlikely before mid-2030s
On-Prem13 Nov 2025 | 114
Brussels weighs banning China from major EU research scheme
Draft Horizon Europe plan cites lack of IP protections and Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy
Science12 Nov 2025 | 9
Broadcom creates a new Seal Of Approval for servers that run AI under VMware
This apparently makes VCF more extensible and open to partners
Virtualization12 Nov 2025 | 1
US taxpayers being kept in the dark over datacenter subsidies
Disclosure? We've heard of it
On-Prem11 Nov 2025 | 20
UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law
Security11 Nov 2025 | 73
Battery trade war hits booming datacenter industry
Tariffs can't stop cheaper, better Chinese tech, says Jefferies. Tesla is America's great hope
Supercomputing Month11 Nov 2025 | 20
UK's Ajax fighting vehicle arrives – years late and still sending crew to hospital
Continuous track of long awaited AFV hits the ground ... and the terrain is pretty bumpy
Offbeat11 Nov 2025 | 74
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks
Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share?
Networks09 Nov 2025 | 62
Lenovo puts the 'cloud' in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters
Sustainable vision? Who knows
On-Prem06 Nov 2025 | 26
Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge
Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near Heathrow
On-Prem06 Nov 2025 | 24
Oak Ridge lab bags $125M to bolt quantum onto supercomputers
The DoE’s planned funding runs through 2030
Supercomputing Month05 Nov 2025 | 4
AMD taking AI fight to Nvidia with Helios rack-scale system
CEO Lisa Su says next-gen MI400 GPUs and architecture gaining traction with hyperscalers
Systems05 Nov 2025 | 4
Power crunch threatens to derail AI datacenter construction
Supply chains also unprepared for liquid cooling demands
Supercomputing Month05 Nov 2025 | 10
$10B + spent on liquid cooling this week – it's only Tuesday
Eaton and Vertiv splash cash as HPC infrastructure and AI factories run hot
Supercomputing Month04 Nov 2025 | 3
Ministry of Defence's F-35 blunder: £57B and counting
Government spending watchdog eviscerates penny wise, pound foolish approach
Offbeat04 Nov 2025 | 141
Microsoft, Alphabet throw more cash on the AI bonfire
The spending will continue until ROI improves
AI + ML03 Nov 2025 | 25
Datacenter biz and nuke startup join forces for Texas AI ranch
The bit barn will run on gas power first.
Systems31 Oct 2025 | 1
International Criminal Court kicks Microsoft Office to the curb
Rough justice? Redmond out as Germany's openDesk judged a better fit
Applications31 Oct 2025 | 62
O2 cranks prices mid-contract, essentially telling customers to like it or lump it
Updated Ofcom 'disappointed' by decision that 'goes against the spirit of our rules'
Networks31 Oct 2025 | 82
Equinix revealed as occupant of £3.9B UK datacenter campus
Investment will fund 250 MW, three-facility campus near London as AI and cloud demand surge
On-Prem30 Oct 2025 | 15
There's mushroom for improvement in fungal computing
Ohio State boffins coax shiitake and button varieties into behaving like memristors
Offbeat30 Oct 2025 | 26
Nvidia pitches Omniverse DSX as model for gigawatt-scale AI factories
GPU giant teams with partners to create digital twin blueprint for next-gen datacenters
Systems29 Oct 2025 | 1
OpenAI tells Trump to build more power plants or China wins the AI arms race
'Electrons are the new oil,' ChatGPT maker claims, demanding 100 GW per year
On-Prem28 Oct 2025 | 42
Think tank decries science friction between countries, demands global cooperation
More countries are prioritizing national security over scientific discovery
Science28 Oct 2025 | 15
HPE's Discovery to succeed Frontier supercomputer with next-gen Cray tech
Oak Ridge's $500M system due in 2028, paired with a separate Lux AI cluster arriving two years earlier
Supercomputing Month27 Oct 2025 | 3
EU sovereignty plan accused of helping US cloud giants
Brussels' framework muddies the waters and could hand advantage to foreign hyperscalers, says trade body
PaaS + IaaS27 Oct 2025 | 11
Uncle Sam's new power plan will plug AI farms into the grid faster
Proposal would fast-track hookups for the megawatt-hungry datacenters driving US electricity demand
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 18
AI investment is the only thing keeping the US out of recession
Datacenter infrastructure and model development spending offset high borrowing costs
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 47
Shield AI shows off not-at-all-terrifying autonomous VTOL combat drone
Runways? Where we're going, we don't need runways
Offbeat24 Oct 2025 | 55
A single DNS race condition brought Amazon's cloud empire to its knees
Fault in DynamoDB system cascaded through AWS services, knocking major sites offline for hours
PaaS + IaaS23 Oct 2025 | 115
TI CEO says some customers still wary of Trump's import tax roulette
Company shares lost value on slow-than-expected sales
Systems22 Oct 2025 | 3
Grounded jet engines take off again as datacenter generators
AI power demands drive operators to repurpose aircraft parts amid gas turbine shortages
Systems22 Oct 2025 | 64
Royal Navy sharpens claws on Wildcat choppers with anti-drone Martlet missiles
Laser-guided weapon reaches full service after successful sea trials
Public Sector22 Oct 2025 | 27
Brit boffins teach fusion plasma some manners with 3D magnetic field
MAST Upgrade team claims first suppression of pesky edge instabilities in a spherical tokamak
Science21 Oct 2025 | 38
AWS outage exposes Achilles heel: central control plane
Analysis Too many services depend not just on one cloud provider, but on one location
Off-Prem20 Oct 2025 | 67
Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode
Updated October security patch leaves users unable to fix their PCs
OSes20 Oct 2025 | 75
Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet
Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald's struggling
PaaS + IaaS20 Oct 2025 | 223
Hyperscalers try to beat the heat with larger racks, more air flow
Most datacenters to ditch 19-inch standard for 21-inch OCP kit by 2030
On-Prem17 Oct 2025 | 29
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker
Systems17 Oct 2025 | 20
Britain's AI gold rush hits a wall – not enough electricity
Energy secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters
On-Prem17 Oct 2025 | 131
US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025
AI hype fuels bit barn boom – and utilities are sweating the surge
On-Prem16 Oct 2025 | 23
ASML shrugs off China slump with faith in AI-fueled chip demand
Beijing's self-reliance push and US export limits hit orders
Systems15 Oct 2025 | 5
Everyone wants a fancy phone – even the folk buying them second-hand
IDC and Counterpoint say premium kit is driving sales in both new and used markets
Personal Tech15 Oct 2025 | 22
Researchers intercept unencrypted satellite traffic from space blabbermouths
Updated University team picks up voice calls, texts, and corporate data from orbit with off-the-shelf kit
Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2025 | 62
Ofcom refuses to bite over Openreach's fiber freebies
Watchdog says it sees no case to investigate discounted FTTP upgrade offer – but will keep an eye on it
Networks14 Oct 2025 | 23
Datacenter water use? California governor says don't ask, don't tell
Bid for transparency on consumption evaporates with Newsom veto
On-Prem13 Oct 2025 | 41
Dutch government puts Nexperia on a short leash over chip security fears
Minister invokes powers to stop firm shifting knowledge to China, citing governance shortcomings
Systems13 Oct 2025 | 15
UK waves £750M supercomputer contract at HPC builders
Pre-market charm offensive begins for Edinburgh's next national number-cruncher
Supercomputing Month13 Oct 2025 | 7
Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal
High gas prices and surging AI demand send operators back to the dirtiest fuel in the stack
On-Prem10 Oct 2025 | 89
US PC shipments hit the buffers as Trump’s tariffs take their toll
WORLD WAR FEE Rest of the world surges on Windows 10 end-of-life upgrades
Personal Tech09 Oct 2025 | 28
China moves to extend control over tech industry's critical rare earths
New laws restrict goods that are manufactured outside of China
Systems09 Oct 2025 | 9
McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits
Consultant says software vendors risk hiking prices without cutting costs or boosting productivity
AI + ML09 Oct 2025 | 62
IBM's big iron to get Spyre AI accelerator upgrade this month
Giving the mainframe customers what they want
AI + ML08 Oct 2025 |
As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online
Broadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud
Networks08 Oct 2025 | 28
Qualcomm solders Arduino to its edge AI ambitions, debuts Raspberry Pi rival
Cali chip giant insists single-board computer house will remain independent
AI + ML07 Oct 2025 | 57
Britain eyes satellite laser warning system and carrier-launched jet drones
Space sensors and UAVs at sea top MoD's list in new wave of cutting-edge projects
Edge + IoT07 Oct 2025 | 9
An idea that won't sink: China planning underwater datacenter deployment
Under the sea, under the sea... bit barnacle's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me
On-Prem06 Oct 2025 | 12
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