Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge Demand for electricity to outstrip supply soon, warns Bain On-Prem11 Oct 2024 | 10
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Tesla's big reveal: Steering-wheel-free Robotaxi will charge wirelessly WCGW? Plus: Automous Robovan also makes surprise appearance at Cybercab's coming out party Personal Tech11 Oct 2024 | 112
Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig What's harder? Convincing people to invest in a beleaguered security business or a tiny island everybody hates? Public Sector11 Oct 2024 | 40
GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies Software10 Oct 2024 | 2
AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Just not on the same chip, of course Systems10 Oct 2024 | 14
AMD targets Nvidia H200 with 256GB MI325X AI chips, zippier MI355X due in H2 2025 Less VRAM than promised, but still gobs more than Hopper Systems10 Oct 2024 | 5
Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down? Systems10 Oct 2024 | 8
PC shipments stuck in neutral despite AI buzz Analysts can't agree whether market is marginally up or down Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 12
Advania UK gobbles up IT services rival CCS Media Exclusive Acquisition signals consolidation in the market Public Sector10 Oct 2024 |
Post Office CEO tells inquiry: Leadership was in 'dream world' over Horizon scandal Hired in 2019, he claims the recruitment failed to mention ongoing litigation Public Sector10 Oct 2024 | 49
Hold my Pimms! Wimbledon turns to tech for line-ball calls Humans dumped by famously fusty tennis tournament Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 27
US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring 'litigation hit men' to kneecap rival Legal09 Oct 2024 | 5
Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict Systems09 Oct 2024 | 8
Uncle Sam may force Google to sell Chrome browser, or Android OS Tech giant snaps back, calls DoJ proposals on splitting up Alphabet and more 'government overreach' Networks09 Oct 2024 | 35
Microsoft sprinkles AI 'magic' and additional storage tiers on OneDrive Big emphasis on photos in mobile app Storage09 Oct 2024 | 15
UK Regulatory Innovation Office vows to slash red tape – but we've heard it all before Comment The real issue is a reluctance to invest Public Sector09 Oct 2024 | 38
Game of phones: Voda-Three merger left rivals dialing for help BT and some MVNOs very much against union, VMO2 more relaxed because of spectrum deal Networks09 Oct 2024 | 10
Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2
MediaTek enters the 4th Dimensity with 3nm octa-core 9400 smartphone brains Still sticking with Arm and not taking RISC-Vs Systems09 Oct 2024 | 3
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks On Call This is why every admin loves to hate Windows
Mozilla patches critical Firefox vuln that attackers are already exploiting Firefixed: It's maintenance time for low-complexity, high-impact security flaw
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Microsoft admits Outlook crashes, says impact 'mitigated' Users just need to 'refresh/restart' their sessions
Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?
AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Just not on the same chip, of course
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD
Version 7.6 – the 'OpenBSD of Theseus' – released Ideal for black-clad ultra-minimalist types. You probably wouldn't like it
Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?
TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4 Systems08 Oct 2024 |
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion Networks08 Oct 2024 | 138
Apple supplier Foxconn and Nvidia team up to deploy Taiwan's fastest AI supercomputer How does 90 exaFLOPS sound? HPC08 Oct 2024 |
US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane Helene Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss Networks08 Oct 2024 | 37
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up Databases08 Oct 2024 | 8
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance Profit doesn't pop despite AI-inspired memory boom, leading to executive mea culpa Systems08 Oct 2024 | 8
Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 23
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores Chocolate Factory vows to appeal Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3 Struggling chipmaker scores another win Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023 Systems07 Oct 2024 |
Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check D-Wave and Rigetti dip below $1 as AI steals the spotlight Systems07 Oct 2024 | 12
You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle Systems07 Oct 2024 | 43
Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain Systems07 Oct 2024 | 1
Windows 11 migration? Upgrade engine revs up, enterprises have no choice Support expiry clock ticks for Windows 10 – PC makers won't be happy with latest stats Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 28
Atos stumbles again as French government says 'non' to purchase of key assets Ailing IT services giant still in hot pursuit of agreement on Big Data & Security unit HPC07 Oct 2024 | 13
Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish Voda users have to fall back to 2G in some places after 3G switchoff, docs claim Networks07 Oct 2024 | 78
After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important? Who, Me? You had one job – doing extra is nice, but dangerous Networks07 Oct 2024 | 98
If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast Desktop Tourism Despite amazing battery life and lovely speed, this one has flaws that may annoy Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 96
Why Cisco reportedly wants in on CoreWeave's rent-a-GPU racket Analysis This may help Switchzilla hit $1B AI sales goal by FY25 Networks06 Oct 2024 |
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
If you're excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it's definitely a fixer-upper Analysis Activists, ex-insider sound the alarm as operator says all is under control On-Prem04 Oct 2024 | 22
SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation' over Starlink signals waiver AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages Networks04 Oct 2024 | 29
TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing Systems04 Oct 2024 | 7
Revenge for being fired is best served profitably On Call Why yes, I will help you again – for a price Personal Tech04 Oct 2024 | 57
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 1
Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5
AI’s energy appetite too big for Texas grid, regulators warn Updated Datacenters coming online in the next 15 months will need to supply at least some of their own power On-Prem04 Oct 2024 | 23
Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP Networks03 Oct 2024 | 67
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 53
It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 253
Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro on Arm-based server CPU Liquid cooling on the mind On-Prem03 Oct 2024 | 3
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 12
Submer dives into $55.5M funding to cool down hot-blooded AI datacenters Tech's consumption of water and energy driving interest in liquid cooling On-Prem03 Oct 2024 | 4
‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’ It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with a new dashboard, better security and GPU-wrangling If you think VMware has gone to the dogs, maybe check it out? Virtualization03 Oct 2024 | 4
Get ready: US port strike may snarl tech supply chains Updated Time to see if industry learned anything from the last shortage crisis On-Prem03 Oct 2024 | 20
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 21
Two simple give-me-control security bugs found in Optigo network switches used in critical manufacturing Poor use of PHP include() strikes again Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 4
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances Updated Unidentified tech issues now resolved Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 37
Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies It's easy being Elon AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 38
Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026 Networks02 Oct 2024 | 5
Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives Set to bring mighty performance in a small BGA package Systems02 Oct 2024 | 6
Satellite phones are coming, but users not happy to pay much extra for the capability Has someone told all the direct-to-cell investors? Networks02 Oct 2024 | 49
Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2 Five years of mixed reality – now just mixed feelings Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 41
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Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it Comment Chipzilla's AIB market share a rounding error compared to Nvidia, AMD Systems02 Oct 2024 | 69
UK's Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good Isambard 3 and AI sibling set to pick up the torch HPC02 Oct 2024 | 12
The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works Security02 Oct 2024 | 9
Singapore tires of Big Tech's slow and half-hearted help for abused users PM promises agency to handle complaints as he outlines new digital nation plan Public Sector02 Oct 2024 | 3
China trains 100-billion-parameter AI model on home grown infrastructure Research institute seems to have found Huawei to do it – perhaps with Arm cores - despite sanctions AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 15
US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene Taxpayer-funded data locked behind insurance firm's paywall Science01 Oct 2024 | 83
Uncle Sam lends $1.5B to reignite Michigan nuclear plant in 2025 Up and atom! Public Sector01 Oct 2024 | 52
TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon Plants in Tainan and Kaohsiung face heavy rainfall Systems01 Oct 2024 | 3
Kyndryl follows in IBM's footsteps with rolling layoffs likely affecting thousands Special report Underutilized staff get sent to the 'bench' – and seldom return On-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 39
Three, Voda promise £10-a-month or below mobile tariffs in bid to sway CMA on merger Tie-up probe concerned the pair's union would mean higher bills, hurt MNVOs Networks01 Oct 2024 | 41
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Fire halts production at Indian iPhone factory Tata was about to double the workforce at the plant Personal Tech01 Oct 2024 | 4
T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than 'long overdue' CSO30 Sep 2024 | 4
California governor vetoes controversial AI safety law, tells everyone to start over Newsom doesn't want Golden State to lose its golden goose AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 14
AWS must fork out $30.5M after losing P2P network patent scrap No one really wins when a troll, sorry, assertion entity scores a victory Networks30 Sep 2024 | 32
World Wide Web Foundation closes so Tim Berners-Lee can spend more time with his protocol Who wants to join his so Solid crew? Networks30 Sep 2024 | 25
Verizon outages across US as hurricane recovery continues Final update California, Arizona, beyond affected as well as storm-smashed states Networks30 Sep 2024 | 15
Brazilian court sprays Musk's X with more fines for returning after ban A very expensive 2 days in September for the blocked social media platform Personal Tech30 Sep 2024 | 20
Remote ID verification tech is often biased, bungling, and no good on its own Only 2 out of 5 tested products were equitable across demographics Public Sector30 Sep 2024 | 10
UK Ministry of Defence gets into chipmaking game, buys gallium arsenide fab State-owned semiconductor production: What is it planning to make there? It's classified Systems30 Sep 2024 | 23
China calls for realtime censorship of satellite broadband Great Firewall reaches all the way into space Networks30 Sep 2024 | 27
India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone' Systems30 Sep 2024 |
Red team hacker on how she 'breaks into buildings and pretends to be the bad guy' Interview Alethe Denis exposes tricks that made you fall for that return-to-office survey Cybersecurity Month29 Sep 2024 | 67
Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't Systems29 Sep 2024 | 27
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology? Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21
Musk's Starlink rockets to 4 million subscribers Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone Networks27 Sep 2024 | 51
IBM and Oracle to support 280,000 users after winning mega ERP govt tech contract Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments Public Sector27 Sep 2024 | 38
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Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones Networks27 Sep 2024 | 172
India flips the switch on three homebrew supercomputers Rudra machines use local designs for server, interconnect, and cooling – but seemingly not a planned 96-core Arm CPU HPC27 Sep 2024 | 1
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion CxO26 Sep 2024 | 119
FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover 33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told Patches26 Sep 2024 | 16