Datacenter switching surged everywhere except Europe last quarter
Economic headwinds, surging energy prices batter EMEA switch sales
Systems03 Dec 2022 |
On-Prem
US chip group: $52b is not enough, we need an extra $30b in federal funding
We need more free money from the government say silicon salesfolks
Systems02 Dec 2022 | 8
Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme
Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls
Networks02 Dec 2022 | 11
FCC gives SpaceX OK to launch 7.5k Gen2 Starlink satellites
Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground
Networks02 Dec 2022 | 10
AMD says transistor tech will keep Moore’s law alive for 6 to 8 years
'We're going to have lower power, but it's going to cost more' says chipmaker's CTO
Systems02 Dec 2022 | 2
IBM set to bump up storage prices outside the US in the new year
Big Blue confirms DS8000 arrays, and various tape libraries and drives will all cost more
Storage02 Dec 2022 |
Intel offers Irish staff a three-month break from being paid
Chipmaker confirms 'voluntary time-off programs' part of push to reduce costs
Systems02 Dec 2022 | 19
‘Mother of Internet’ Radia Perlman argues for centralized infrastructure
Inventor of the spanning tree protocol gets heretical about blockchain, crypto, and why the broken internet is a blessing in disguise
Networks02 Dec 2022 | 27
Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety'
Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG
Systems02 Dec 2022 | 20
Huawei teases bonkers gadget combo
A watch that flips open to reveal tiny earbuds: what could possibly go wrong?
Personal Tech02 Dec 2022 | 22
Facebook approved 75% of ads threatening US election workers
Not a good look for Meta's content moderation team
Personal Tech02 Dec 2022 | 21
NLRB slaps down Activision's attempt to stop another union
If at first you don't succeed try again. Then fail again.
Personal Tech01 Dec 2022 | 4
ICE data dump reveals names, locations of 6,000+ asylum seekers
Your tax dollars at work
Personal Tech01 Dec 2022 | 8
Apple pushes TSMC to make more advanced chips in US by 2024
Biden to join Tim Cook as well as AMD and Nvidia chiefs for an announcement from the semiconductor giant next week
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 6
Iceotope study says liquid immersion is viable for hyperscale disk storage
Since high-capacity drives are increasingly sealed off, that makes them candidates for dunking
Storage01 Dec 2022 |
Norway has a month left until sun sets on its copper phone lines
Residents in westernmost municipality of Solund praise new mobile coverage, but others have been left behind
Networks01 Dec 2022 | 51
UK to test Starlink satellite broadband for those hard to reach areas
But why Elon Musk's satellite broadband biz and not govt-funded OneWeb?
Networks01 Dec 2022 | 25
Arms hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO
Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 2
NTT Data adopting datacenter inspection robots to relieve humans of some chores
Will also offer them as-a-service to other bit barn operators
On-Prem01 Dec 2022 | 2
NOAA, Microsoft partner to put climate models in the clouds
Don't worry, Redmond hasn't gotten its hands on the agency's coffers yet
HPC01 Dec 2022 | 3
Popular
Intruders gain access to user data in LastPass incident
Password manager says credentials safely encrypted, confirms link to August attack
.NET open source is 'heavily under-funded' says AWS
RE:INVENT Amazon web arm investing in Microsoft's platform to help customers escape Windows
Two signs in the comms cabinet said 'Do not unplug'. Guess what happened
On Call No amount of resilience planning can defeat determined idiots whose devices are low on battery
Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams went down in APAC because Microsoft broke itself
Updated Legacy process overwhelmed infrastructure, brought ten hours of trouble
Cloudflare hikes prices by a quarter, blames the accountants
Cash flow is king, even in the cloud
Twenty years on, command-line virus scanner ClamAV puts out version 1
Used by millions – and the first official finished version
Just 22% of techies in UK aged 50 or older, says Chartered Institute for IT
Why not recruit mature folk from outside industry? Why not keep experience in place for longer
Google warns about commercial Heliconia spyware hitting Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Defender
Meanwhile NSO faces new lawsuit over Pegasus flying onto journalists' phones
Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores
Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device
Norway has a month left until sun sets on its copper phone lines
Residents in westernmost municipality of Solund praise new mobile coverage, but others have been left behind
STORIES
Alibaba, Tencent enlisted to help sanction-weary China build RISC-V chips
PRC and chums see open-source chip architecture as safer alternative to Arm
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 11
AWS follows AMD and Intel down the specialized chips path
Analysis CPU roadmaps are fragmenting to serve a variety of needs. Time to do some homework
HPC30 Nov 2022 |
Foxconn factory chaos means more iPhone delays over the holiday period
Protests in Zhangzhou may equate to 15-20 million fewer Pro models in Q4, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 4
Twitter gives up fight against COVID-19 misinformation
Ex-moderation lead says he does not feel the platform is 'safe' under Musk
Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 208
Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry
Report concludes government needs to implement a chips strategy now – like the rest of the world
Systems30 Nov 2022 | 91
Talking Datacenter Computing With The CEOs Of AMD And Supermicro
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Graphcore makes China push with Mk2 AI chip amid financial woes
It's not clear whether the upstart had to abide by new US chip restrictions
Systems30 Nov 2022 | 2
HPE hits record compute profit margin, insists you're buying bigger boxes, not being milked
Order books full and price cuts are coming as supply chains unkink
On-Prem30 Nov 2022 | 4
UK's Online Safety Bill drops rules forcing social media to remove 'legal but harmful' content
Governments directly policing online content will put free speech at risk
Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 89
Equinix would offer more liquid cooling but struggles without standards
Immersion has different problems: datacenters aren't strong enough to hold lots of liquids
Systems30 Nov 2022 | 5
Submarine cable damage brings internet pain to Asia, Africa
SEA-ME-WE-5 severed on land in Egypt
Networks30 Nov 2022 | 6
90+ groups warn US Senate of 'damaging consequences' from Kids Online Safety Act
The kids aren't alright
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 11
Android users in 12 US states cleared to sue Google Play
Millions of people who bought apps since 2016 eligible for payout
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 10
Top Senators want controls on US contractors using Chinese chips
Work to with Uncle Sam? Then source your hardware outside of the Middle Kingdom
On-Prem29 Nov 2022 | 11
Elon Musk picks fight with Apple for slashing advertising spend on Twitter
CEO claims platform threatened with expulsion from App Store, asks if device maker hates free speech
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 79
'What's the point of me being in my office, just because they want to see me in the office?'
Workers ignoring calls to get back in swivel chair. Plus: more UK orgs sign up for 4-day work week
On-Prem29 Nov 2022 | 232
BT performs U-turn, agrees to up wages for 85% of UK staff
Cost of Living Pay Rise due in January, if unionised workers vote for it in consultative ballot
Networks29 Nov 2022 | 19
A storage appliance for all seasons
The cloud operations model heads on prem with HPE Alletra
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Twitter search spam campaign hides China riots, researchers say
Elon Musk meanwhile muses whether Apple 'hate[s] free speech in America' because the company mostly stopped advertising on Twitter
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 28
Intel: The economy is bad right now, but we still need more fabs
x86 giant says it will tweak spending for Ohio, Germany plants based on ‘market needs’
Systems29 Nov 2022 | 5
Race to build India’s first chip plant may be won in 2023
The US chip war on China could give India’s chip-making dreams a boost
Systems28 Nov 2022 |
Block Fi seeks bankruptcy protection as 'shocking' FTX contagion spreads
Crypto lending biz wants its money back "as promptly as practicable"
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 71
Meta fined $275m after data-scraping fiasco leaked 533m Facebook users' profiles
Irish eyes aren't smiling
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 26
The future of datacenter computing
Server performance per dollar/watt is making big strides with AMD’s latest fourth generation CPUs
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Musk: Twitter will have 1 billion monthly users inside 18 months
Meanwhile reports say more ad buyers are staying away
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 214
US chip war could hurt the West as Beijing moves to ramp up its own industry
Nine Chinese semiconductor companies have had IPO applications approved
Systems28 Nov 2022 | 26
Telecoms networks could provide next-gen GPS services without the need for satellites
Decimeter-level uncertainty, sub-nanosecond time synchronization – but what happens when there's no signal?
Networks28 Nov 2022 | 65
Epson zaps lasers into oblivion, in the name of the environment
Inkjet is the future, claims Japanese printer maker
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 163
How not to test a new system: push a button and wait to see what happens
Who, me? How to make an IBM engineer hyperventilate, or get a promotion: see above.
Systems28 Nov 2022 | 85
Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland
'Geopolitical environment' leads to spin-out of cloud, self-driving and other tech
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 36
French cloud operator OVHcloud gets datacenter funds from EU lending arm
Using loan for expansion as political bloc pursues tech autonomy strategy
Systems25 Nov 2022 | 31
Quest VR glasses back on sale in Germany – but watchdog has eye on Meta
Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse
Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 15
Boss broke servers with a careless bit of keyboarding, leaving techies to sort it out late on a Sunday
On Call Keeping things tidy is a thankless but critical task
On-Prem25 Nov 2022 | 140
Amazon quits India's frenzied edtech market
Plenty of top tech CEOs graduated from the country's unis, which are seen as a ticket to prosperity
Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 1
EU still getting its act together on European Chips Act funding
Leaders give unanimous support to unlocking €43 billion – but industry says it's nowhere near enough
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 28
CT scanning tech could put an end to 100ml liquid limit on flights by 2024
Scrapping 'temporary' measure will slash queue times at airports... but don't ditch your baggie yet, say officials
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 66
Massive energy storage system goes online in UK
196MWh installation has capacity to power 300,000 homes for two hours
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 162
Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series
Spoiler alert: court proceedings suggest crypto exchange was a mess and investors will be out of pocket
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 31
China declares victory over teenage video game addiction
Suddenly discovers that game-adjacent tech has its uses – and it's a huge export industry
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 27
San Francisco politicians to vote on policy endorsing lethal force for robots
Asimov would like a word
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 66
Intel makes it harder for Gelsinger to earn beaucoup bucks as CEO
Shares have already been moving in the wrong direction for Gelsinger's stock awards
Systems23 Nov 2022 | 9
GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession
A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply!
Systems23 Nov 2022 | 13
New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations
Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85%
Networks23 Nov 2022 | 33
Foxconn workers protest over pay and lockdowns at iPhone factory in China
Updated Contractor apologizes for 'technical error occurred during the onboarding process'
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 28
Waiting for speedy broadband? UK's Openreach prioritizing existing work over fiber expansion
Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs
Networks23 Nov 2022 | 51
Tech companies in the crosshairs as China proposes antitrust law revisions
After a mysterious pause in crackdowns, it looks like the Beijing everyone knows is back
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 6
Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech
Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed?
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 220
If Apple's environmental rhetoric is meaningful, Macs and iPads should converge
Opinion An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but too many might be a burden on the planet.
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 48
HP Inc to lay off up to 6,000 staff, cut costs by $1.4 billion
‘Portfolio optimization’ plan aims to cull some PCs, sell more pricey subscriptions
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 41
Reimagining the mining industry with Industrial Internet
How the Huawei Cloud Stack is helping Hongliulin embrace intelligent digital transformation
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Intel reveals pay-to-play Xeon features with software-defined silicon
Updated Pay for features like SGX through OEMs
Systems22 Nov 2022 | 49
FTC urged to clamp down on businesses' voracious appetite for data
ACLU agrees that the only way to protect consumers is to control what can be collected
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract
But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
IBM sues Micro Focus, claims it copied Big Blue mainframe software
Updated It's all kicking off around company's CICS service
Systems22 Nov 2022 | 37
Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust
'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly'
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30
Europe to have 2 of the 4 most powerful supercomputers as Leonardo comes online
Pre-exascale system will be officially inaugurated at the Bologna Technopole in Italy on November 24
HPC22 Nov 2022 | 14
Two arrested in massive $575m cryptocurrency 'Ponzi scheme'
Yet another cautionary tale of diving into crypto investment opps
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 26
Chinese Loongson chips coming in 2023, on par with 2020 x86 kit
Homegrown chips remain behind for now, but for how much longer?
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 16
IBM manager sues for $5m claiming postnatal demotion
Congratulations on the twins! By the way, our discrimination laws are 'subject to interpretation'
On-Prem21 Nov 2022 | 14
Head of Intel Foundry Services resigns just as chip biz gets going
Exclusive Randhir Thakur led Intel’s big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
TSMC confirms 3nm fab in Arizona to make neighbor Intel sweat a little more
Analysis Next-gen chip plant could appeal to customers for supply chain, national security reasons
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 5
Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid
We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48
Aviation regulators push for more automation so flights can be run by a single pilot
This is despite a wealth of evidence showing the value of having two in the cockpit
Personal Tech21 Nov 2022 | 163
Arm confirms IPO delay till later in 2023, blames global markets
Just look at the 'state' of them, says UK semiconductor designer, but says float will still happen
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move
Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon?
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 134
EU reaches agreement on satellite comms project: Opens Iris
Very keen to unhook infrastructure from 'third countries', private biz after Ukraine crisis brings situation into focus
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 7
HPC's lost histories will power the future of tech
Opinion If you thought the '80s were cool, wait for the revival
HPC21 Nov 2022 | 16
Job 1: Get the boss on the network. Job 2: Figure out why Job 1 broke the network for everyone else
Who, Me? Running a theme park Help Desk was a non-stop roller coaster ride, and not in a fun way
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 51
Liquid and immersion is the new cool at Supercomputing '22
SC22 With next-gen chips pushing 700W, thermal is the hot topic
Systems19 Nov 2022 | 19
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison
Even in Club Fed, that's a long time
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 134
US Supreme Court asked if cops can plant spy cams around homes
ACLU argues for the Fourth
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 104
Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh
Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard'
Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59
iFixit stabs batteries – for science – so you don't have to
The point? To demonstrate the safety of lithium-ion power packs when handled properly
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 67
India follows EU's example in requiring USB-C charging for smart devices
Move for consumer welfare and preventable e-waste as nation seeks to ramp up electronics production
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 70
Network operator Vorboss offers 100 gigabit connectivity – but only in central London
Guarantees fixed monthly price – but staffers will have to leg it to the City
Networks18 Nov 2022 | 5
IT manager's 'think outside the box' edict was, for once, not (only) a revolting cliché
on call Products tend to work best once removed from their packaging
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 92
FTX disarray declared 'unprecedented' by exec who cleaned up after Enron
Corporate funds bought employee homes, no accounting department, uncertainty about who's an employee, and other baffling behavior
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 111
Nvidia H100-based Henri supercomputer tests AMD’s claim on Green500
SC22 In this race it's all about flops per watts
HPC17 Nov 2022 | 1
Multi-tasker Musk expects to reduce time at Twitter, seek another leader
Comment comes as CEO testifies in suit questioning $65b Tesla pay
Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 133
Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software
Is it a super or a cloud service? Users would string together components as required
HPC17 Nov 2022 |
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