AI networking startup Upscale scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch
Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year
Networks22 Jan 2026 |
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Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue
Behold the cardboard ENIAC
On-Prem21 Jan 2026 | 47
Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action
Networks08 Jan 2026 | 14
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
Feature The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant
Networks31 Dec 2025 | 240
UK prepares to wave goodbye to 3G telecoms as tri-hard tech retires
Virgin Media the last to go as users of older mobiles warned to upgrade
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 82
China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET
Beijing wants to 'seize the initiative in the international competition in cyberspace'
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 49
NARROWER TOPICS
Ofcom comes knocking after BT, Three mobile outages cut 999 access
Watchdog reviews if failures breached availability rules after downtime left millions unable to make calls
Networks16 Dec 2025 | 26
Silicon photonics won’t matter ‘anytime soon’ says Broadcom CEO
Chips ’n’ code giant sitting on $50bn of custom AI accelerator orders, sees more to come
Systems12 Dec 2025 | 6
Kyocera claims 5.2 Gbps underwater laser data blast in lab tests
Japanese outfit aims to improve comms for aquatic drones
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 14
HPE's server and hybrid cloud revenue go into reverse amid historical hardware splurge
Never mind, says jolly green giant, we’re a networking-centric company now
Systems05 Dec 2025 | 2
TLS 1.3 includes welcome improvements, but still allows long-lived secrets
Systems Approach Tricky tradeoffs are hard to avoid when designing systems, but the choice not to use LLMs for some tasks is clear
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 1
HPE positions Morpheus stack as enterprise alternative to VMware
IT giant touts unified management, stretched clusters, and AI-ready networking at Discover Barcelona
Virtualization03 Dec 2025 | 7
Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators
Would not massively deplete IPv6, might challenge internet governance
Networks02 Dec 2025 | 41
Copackaged optics have officially found their killer app - of course it's AI
SC25 With power in such short supply, every watt counts
SC2522 Nov 2025 | 17
ZTE collaborates with Telkomsel to build an UE-transparent hybrid private network
Setting a new standard for digital transformation with a scalable hybrid private network for next-generation factories
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Google links Android’s Quick Share to Apple’s AirDrop, without Cupertino’s help
Relies on very loose permissions, but don’t worry – Google wrote it in Rust
Networks21 Nov 2025 | 22
Networking startup Meter takes a page from the Steve Jobs playbook
Vertical integration meets subscriptions
Networks19 Nov 2025 | 14
Starlink’s method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer
Researchers think SpaceX needs to revisit its resilience regime
Networks18 Nov 2025 | 19
Nvidia-backed photonics startup Ayar Labs eyes hyperscale customers with GUC design collab
Exclusive Who needs 600 kilowatt racks when a single computer can span entire datacenters?
SC2516 Nov 2025 | 3
Networking students need an explanation of the internet that can fit in their heads
Systems Approach Networks have changed profoundly, except for the parts that haven’t
Networks13 Nov 2025 | 54
Cisco creating new security model using 30 years of data describing cyber-dramas and saves
Exclusive Doubles parameters to over 17 billion, to detect threats and recommend actions
Security10 Nov 2025 | 6
Perplexity shows how to run monster AI models more efficiently on aging GPUs, AWS networks
Some clever networking hacks open the door
AI + ML05 Nov 2025 | 2
Network operator ponders building a new submarine cable – on land
It’s less bonkers than it sounds given the challenges of wiring Africa
Networks03 Nov 2025 | 50
ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare
When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors
Networks03 Nov 2025 | 101
Nvidia adds AI peanut butter to Nokia's 6G network chocolate, throws in $1 billion
The pair intends to develop cellular infrastructure for running edge AI workloads
AI + ML28 Oct 2025 | 5
How to build sustainable AI? Start with the network
Baking in sustainability begins with smart network design
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Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales
Networks17 Oct 2025 | 120
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
Cisco’s new router unites disparate datacenters into AI training behemoths
With enough routers, Switchzilla says it can link bit barns 1,000 km apart and scale fabrics beyond 3 exabits per second
Networks08 Oct 2025 | 2
EchoStar secures rights to spectrum it plans to sell to SpaceX
Musk space biz: 'Anyone else that wants to use the spectrum must coordinate with us first'
Networks06 Oct 2025 | 7
One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’
China-funded research suggests video app's new American operators might byte off 40 percent more traffic than they can chew
Networks23 Sep 2025 | 9
Sky plans to ditch up to 500 staff in the Technology Group
Exclusive Insiders say AI trials involving 'critical network services' underway and some engineering roles being moved to India
Networks17 Sep 2025 | 45
Bharti big shots storm BT boardroom after £3.6B raid
Sign 'relationship agreement' as Bharti Mittal and Vittal take non-exec directorships
Networks15 Sep 2025 | 11
AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards
Who needs HBM when you can juggle SRAM speed and LPDDR bulk across racks
AI + ML08 Sep 2025 | 1
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Brit limb books just £188M in revenue – down 85% since 2019
Networks02 Sep 2025 | 31
Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets developed by in-house network boffins
eBPF, shared SmartNICs, and smart scheduling have improved reliability and cut costs
Networks02 Sep 2025 | 2
Microsoft-backed boffins show mega speed boost with hollow-core fiber
Could dramatically reduce latency between datacenters and on mobile nets
Networks01 Sep 2025 | 25
Techie fooled a panicked daemon and manipulated time itself to get servers in sync
On Call Network Time Protocol sometimes needs help from a temporal cops
Columnists29 Aug 2025 | 134
SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot
Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network
Cyber-crime28 Aug 2025 | 9
Solo.io boss: I was wrong, I made mistakes – and that made me a better CEO
Interview Idit Levine on going from startup to a billion-dollar valuation
Cloud Infrastructure Month28 Aug 2025 | 9
BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress
Systems Approach Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour
Networks27 Aug 2025 | 15
China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday
Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark
Networks21 Aug 2025 | 57
Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch 'attacks' without using rogue base stations
UPdated Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pause
Research18 Aug 2025 | 13
Lock down your critical infrastructure, CISA begs admins
The agency offered some tips for operational technology environments, where attacks are rising
Security14 Aug 2025 | 6
Hungry hyperscalers boosted Cisco's AI sales by a cool billion bucks
Big Tech is spending vastly more on AI infrastructure but Switchzilla thinks its piece of the pie will be fat and juicy
Networks14 Aug 2025 |
Confirmed: PCIe 8.0 will double version 7.0’s speed and reach 256.0 GT/s
A new connector may be on the cards, too
Systems08 Aug 2025 | 9
Black Hat's network ops center brings rivals together for a common cause
Black Hat The Reg goes behind the scenes of the conference NOC, where volunteers 'look for a needle in a needle stack'
Security07 Aug 2025 | 3
The plan to make all networks optical is about to take two big steps forward
'IOWN' backers think it can replace the PCI bus, reinvent servers, and rewire motherboards
Cloud Infrastructure Month07 Aug 2025 | 14
Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training
Forget building massive super clusters. Cobble them together from existing datacenters instead
Cloud Infrastructure Month06 Aug 2025 | 1
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure
Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers
Networks04 Aug 2025 | 7
Virgin Media scraps wholesale network rival to Openreach
NetCo is a no-go amid ongoing 'strategic review' by co-parent Telefónica
Networks01 Aug 2025 | 56
Internet exchange points are ignored, vulnerable, and absent from infrastructure protection plans
Italian operator calls for lawmakers to wake up to the critical role played by peering
Networks31 Jul 2025 | 12
Intel to throw networking biz over the side of its rapidly shrinking ship
Chipzilla hopes it can pull an Altera with its NEX division, and is now looking for buyers
Systems25 Jul 2025 | 20
US tariff terrors prompt Nokia profit drop, TI inventory binge
Uncertainty continues to knock tech industry confidence
Networks23 Jul 2025 | 2
FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables
Maybe finish ripping and replacing your telco networks first?
Networks17 Jul 2025 | 25
Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites
Network update reports median 25 ms latency – in the US – as capacity rockets upwards
Networks16 Jul 2025 | 41
With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom asks who needs UALink when there's Ethernet?
The never Nvidia networking party just got another option
Networks15 Jul 2025 | 1
Trump's budget bill opens wide swath of spectrum for sale
updated Including frequencies that overlap with Wi-Fi 6E and private mobile networking
Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 5
Britain's 5G experience 'among the worst in Europe' says MedUX
Official figures for network performance don't play out in user's reality, says monitoring biz
Networks08 Jul 2025 | 40
HPE finally closes Juniper deal, but offers no details on what happens next
A big shrug to early integration questions
Networks02 Jul 2025 | 9
Amazon's latest Graviton 4 EC2 instances pack dual 300Gbps NICs
And no, that's not a typo
PaaS + IaaS02 Jul 2025 | 2
DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code
Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s
Networks30 Jun 2025 | 5
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