Cisco compresses Catalyst switches to compact size Fanless fun for the whole family (if the supply chain functions) Networks28 Jun 2022 | 5
To Washington's relief, GlobalWafers to spend $5 billion on Texas plant Cash had been burning a hole in company's pocket after deal to buy Siltronic fell through On-Prem28 Jun 2022 | 3
Hangouts hangs up: Google chat app shuts this year How many messaging services does this web giant need? It's gotta be over 9,000 Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 7
Not enough desks and parking spots, wobbly Wi-Fi: Welcome back to the office, Tesla staff Don't worry, the tweetings will continue until morale improves On-Prem27 Jun 2022 | 14
5G C-band rollout at US airports slowed over radio altimeter safety fears Well, they did say from July, now they really mean from July 2023 Networks27 Jun 2022 | 5
FTC urged to probe Apple, Google for enabling ‘intense system of surveillance’ Ad tracking poses a privacy and security risk in post-Roe America, lawmakers warn Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 4
TSMC may surpass Intel in quarterly revenue for first time Fab frenemies: x86 giant set to give Taiwanese chipmaker more money as it revitalizes foundry business Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1
Toyota, Subaru recall EVs because tires might literally fall off Toyota says 'all of the hub bolts' can loosen even 'after low-mileage use' Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 16
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise adds Wi-Fi 6E to 'premium' access points Company claims standard will improve performance in dense environments Networks27 Jun 2022 | 1
Will Lenovo ever think beyond hardware? Analysis Then again, why develop your own software à la HPE GreenLake when you can use someone else's? Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1
Rise in Taiwanese energy prices may hit global chip production National provider considering cost increase of 15%, which could be passed on to tech customers Systems27 Jun 2022 | 4
Tech companies ready public stances on Roe v. Wade Some providing out-of-state medical expenses, others spout general pro-choice statements Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 24
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures! Systems27 Jun 2022 | 153
Software-defined silicon is coming for telecom kit later this year Interview Startup EdgeQ believes pay-for-what-you-use model will make 5G transition more cost-effective Networks26 Jun 2022 | 17
Trouble hiring? Consider loosening your remote work policy We're going hybrid or off-prem to retain and lure staff, say polled managers On-Prem25 Jun 2022 | 30
US senators seek input on their cryptocurrency law via GitHub – and get some Those town hall meetings that go off the rails? That's the internet all day, every day Personal Tech25 Jun 2022 | 19
Big Tech silent on data privacy in post-Roe America We asked what they will do to prevent cases being built against women. So far: Nothing Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 226
It's a crime to use Google Analytics, watchdog tells Italian website Because data flows into the United States, not because of that user interface Networks24 Jun 2022 | 32
Arm most likely to list on the Nasdaq, says SoftBank CEO Hopes of securing London listing for UK chip designer may be in vain Systems24 Jun 2022 | 6
Startup rattles tin for e-paper monitor with display fast enough to play video In grayscale, though. Optimistic plans for daylight-readable display and long-life laptop Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 10
Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools Analysis It's good to highlight some alternatives, but security issues are overblown
Behold this drone-dropping rifle with two-mile range Confuses rather than destroys unmanned aerials to better bring back intel, says Ukrainian designer
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures!
Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies
Software-defined silicon is coming for telecom kit later this year Interview Startup EdgeQ believes pay-for-what-you-use model will make 5G transition more cost-effective
Intel is running rings around AMD and Arm at the edge Analysis What will it take to loosen the x86 giant's edge stranglehold?
Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail In brief Also, Chrome add-ons are great for fingerprinting, and hacked hot tubs splurge details
Cloudflare's outage was human error. There's a way to make tech divinely forgive Opinion Don't push me 'cos I'm close to the edge. And the edge is safer if you can take a step back
Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs' emails Just days after being ordered to provide messages, Big Blue opts out of public trial
Microsoft issues fix for Windows 11 Wi-Fi hotspots Meanwhile, 'search highlights' will tell you 'what's special about each day' Networks24 Jun 2022 | 18
Inspur joins Arm gang with 2U box running Ampere silicon Arm ecosystem elbowing its way into third largest server vendor in the world Systems24 Jun 2022 |
Semiconductor boom could be coming to an end – analysts Record revenues buoyed by surge in demand over the last couple of years, but nothing lasts forever Systems24 Jun 2022 | 5
Teslasuit demo: Taking a crack at force feedback with the 'Glove' A virtual world at your fingertips with the idea that you feel something gripping your hand Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 8
First steps into the world of thought leadership: What could go wrong? Something for the Weekend I have decided to become a double-spaced, three-word sentenced, humble-bragtastic genius Networks24 Jun 2022 | 86
The perfect crime – undone by the perfect email backups On Call And we would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling geeks! Storage24 Jun 2022 | 193
'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank Still no closer to releasing timeline for its '128 exaflops' AI super, though – and no one's tested the chips yet Systems24 Jun 2022 | 7
Cisco quits Moscow Networking titan to shutter Russia and Belarus presence, after previously stopping operations Networks24 Jun 2022 | 20
Intel withholds Ohio fab ceremony over US chip subsidies inaction $20b factory construction start date unchanged – but the x86 giant is not happy Systems23 Jun 2022 | 18
SpaceX: 5G expansion could kill US Starlink broadband It would be easier to take this complaint seriously if Elon wasn't so Elon Networks23 Jun 2022 | 38
Lenovo reveals small but mighty desktop workstation ThinkStation P360 Ultra packs latest Intel Core processor, Nvidia RTX A5000 GPU, support for eight monitors Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 10
Totaled Tesla goes up in flames three weeks after crash A pit and 4,500 gallons of water were needed to put it out Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 170
Oracle shrinks on-prem cloud offering in both size and cost Now we can squeeze required boxes into a smaller datacenter footprint, says Big Red Systems23 Jun 2022 | 2
Amazon can't channel the dead, but its deepfake voices take a close second Megacorp shows Alexa speaking like kid's deceased grandma Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 23
Toshiba shares up as buyers prepare to shell out $22b Japanese tech conglomerate has reportedly received 10 offers, each with a different idea about how to do things Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 1
Chinese startup hires chip godfather and TSMC vet to break into DRAM biz They're putting a crew together, and Beijing's tossed in $750m to get things started Storage23 Jun 2022 | 2
Having trouble finding power supplies or server racks? You're not the only one Hyperscalers hog the good stuff On-Prem23 Jun 2022 | 1
If you didn't store valuable data, ransomware would become impotent Column Start by pondering if customers could store their own info and provide access Storage23 Jun 2022 | 45
Samsung fined $14 million for misleading smartphone water resistance claims Promoted phones as ready for a dunking – forgot to mention known problems with subsequent recharges Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 40
Brave Search leaves beta, offers Goggles for filtering, personalizing results Freedom or echo chamber? Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 8
Meta agrees to tweak ad system after US govt brands it discriminatory And pay the tiniest of fines, too Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 11
Zscaler bulks up AI, cloud, IoT in its zero-trust systems Focus emerges on workload security during its Zenith 2022 shindig Networks22 Jun 2022 |
RISC-V International emits more open CPU specs Embedded World First edicts of 2022 include firmware, hypervisor-level specifications Systems22 Jun 2022 | 11
Castrol, Submer shift gears to datacenter immersion cooling Just us who see 'liquid engineering' and think three pints at lunch on a Thursday? OK, got it, just us On-Prem22 Jun 2022 | 10
PCIe 7.0 pegged to arrive in 2025 with speeds of 512 GBps Although PCIe 5.0 is just coming to market, here's what we can expect in the years ahead Networks22 Jun 2022 | 10
Amazon fears it could run out of US warehouse workers by 2024 Internal research says the hiring pool has already dried up in a number of locations stateside Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 80
UK govt considers invoking national security in Arm IPO saga Reportedly dropping hints it may use legislation to push a London listing Systems22 Jun 2022 | 24
Meta now involved in making metalevel standards for the metaverse So are Microsoft, Adobe, W3C, Huawei, and… IKEA? Not Apple, though Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 17
This startup says it can glue all your networks together in the cloud Or some approximation of that Networks22 Jun 2022 | 9
Spain, Austria not convinced location data is personal information Privacy group NOYB sues to get telcos to respect GDPR data access rights Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 50
Top chip foundries grow amid electronics spending slowdown. Except Samsung Chaebol hit by lower demand for smartphones and TVs plus 4nm yield issues Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 |
Toyota wants 'closed loop' EV batteries in its future cars Automaker wants to develop recycling, remanufacturing processes Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 24
Lenovo, Barcelona Supercomputing Center sign joint research deal Collab to 'generate significant returns' for Europe in science, tech, economy HPC21 Jun 2022 | 2
AMD refreshes Ryzen Embedded line with R2000 series Embedded World The target? Thin clients and industrial devices – with new SoC family running up to 4 independent displays Systems21 Jun 2022 | 3
Investors start betting against Bitcoin with short-trade products Some crypto-bros keep the faith in the face of market onslaught Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 46
Micron aims 1.5TB microSD card at video surveillance market Embedded World Ideal for corporate fleet dash cameras, smart home security, police bodycams, VSaaS and more, says chip giant Storage21 Jun 2022 | 54
Linux Foundation thinks it can get you interested in smartNICs Step one: Make them easier to program Networks21 Jun 2022 | 8
Google, EFF back Cloudflare in row over pirate streams Ban akin to 'ordering a telephone company to prevent a person from having conversations' over its lines Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 13
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio: Too edgy for comfort? Desktop Tourism And perhaps too heavy, which is a weighty issue for a machine that turns into a tablet Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 28
AMD to end Threadripper Pro 5000 drought for non-Lenovo PCs As the House of Zen kills off consumer-friendly non-Pro TR chips Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 18
Workers win vote to form first-ever US Apple Store union Results set to be ratified by labor board by end of the week Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 20
If Twitter forgets your timeline preference, and you're using Safari, this is why Privacy through amnesia not ideal for remembering user choice Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 16
Intel demands $625m in interest from Europe on overturned antitrust fine Chip giant still salty Systems20 Jun 2022 | 30
Metaverse progress update: Some VR headset prototypes nowhere near shipping But when it does work, bet you'll fall over yourselves to blow ten large on designer clobber for your avy Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 24
Former AMD chip architect says it was wrong to can Arm project Cancelled the K12 CPU? Big mistake. Huge, says Jim Keller Systems20 Jun 2022 | 18
Plot to defeat crypto meltdown: Solend votes to seize, liquidate whale account 95% of SOL deposits from 1 person, so margin selloffs could mean collapse Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 58
Atos CFO to follow CEO out the door following 'Evidian' split plans Plus: Each of the new orgs gets its own finance officer, if the split goes ahead in second half of 2023 On-Prem20 Jun 2022 | 6
Apple update approach 'not realistic' in enterprise, but login 'shim' gets thumbsup JumpCloud SME report also finds remote workers getting better at following best security practices On-Prem20 Jun 2022 | 12
Know the difference between a bin and /bin unless you want a new doorstop Who, Me? Short sharp loss of privileges for poor sysadmin who emptied that directory Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 151
Will optics ever replace copper interconnects? We asked this silicon photonics startup Star Trek's glowing circuit boards may not be so crazy Networks18 Jun 2022 | 42
Never fear, the White House is here to tackle web trolls 'No one should have to endure abuse just because they are attempting to participate in society' Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 83
Nvidia wants to lure you to the Arm side with fresh server bait Interview GPU giant promises big advancements with Arm-based Grace CPU, says the software is ready Systems17 Jun 2022 | 9
US must adopt USB-C charging standard like EU, senators urge Tangle of cables creates headaches and electronic waste, warn senators Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 83
First details on TSMC's 2nm node: Chipmaker reveals nanosheet transistors Plus: enhancements to 3nm tech due to go into production later this year Systems17 Jun 2022 | 5
Google recasts Anthos with hitch to AWS Outposts If at first you don't succeed, change names and try again On-Prem17 Jun 2022 | 1
India lets Mastercard issue new cards again Compliance with onshore data storage laws took almost a year – far longer than India has given the rest of the tech world to comply with infosec changes Storage17 Jun 2022 | 3
Big Tech falls in line with Euro demands to fight bots, deepfakes, disinformation Six percent of revenues at risk if Code of Practice broken Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 24
Brave roasts DuckDuckGo over Bing privacy exception Search biz hits back at 'misleading' claims, saga lifts lid on Microsoft's web tracking advice Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 29
Apple may have to cough up $1bn to Brits in latest iPhone Batterygate claim Lawsuit took its time, just like your older iOS handset Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 35
If you're using older, vulnerable Cisco small biz routers, throw them out Severe security flaw won't be fixed – as patches released this week for other bugs Networks16 Jun 2022 | 28
Oracle sued by one of its own gold-level Partners of the Year over government IT contract We want $56 million, systems integrator tells court On-Prem16 Jun 2022 | 6
Price hikes, cloud expansion drive record datacenter spending High unit costs and fixed capex budgets propelling enterprises cloudwards On-Prem16 Jun 2022 | 2
FCC: Applications for funds to replace Chinese comms kit lack evidence Well you told us to rip and ... hang on, we're not getting any money? Networks16 Jun 2022 | 7
AMD bests Intel in cloud CPU performance study Overall price-performance in Big 3 hyperscalers a dead heat, says CockroachDB Systems16 Jun 2022 |
Cisco dials back on hiring, cool winds blow through economy 'I think it is a time for everyone to be prudent' says networking giant's CFO Networks16 Jun 2022 | 3
Eaton, Microsoft to outfit datacenters with 'grid-interactive' UPS tech 'EnergyAware' systems to help electricity grids' transition to renewables On-Prem16 Jun 2022 | 6
Businesses brace for quantum computing disruption by end of decade As one expert warns overhype will lead to QC winter. Plus: Mystery Huawei quantum patent surfaces HPC16 Jun 2022 | 25
Germany to host Europe's first exascale supercomputer Jupiter added to HPC solar system HPC16 Jun 2022 | 3
Cisco execs pledge simpler, more integrated networks Cisco Live Is this the end of Switchzilla's dashboard creep? Networks16 Jun 2022 | 5
US to help Japan make leading-edge 2nm chips, possibly by 2025 Player Four has entered the game Systems15 Jun 2022 | 8
5G delivers smart city transportation in Guangzhou How ZTE is using 5G, AI, IoT and big data to revolutionise China's cities Sponsored Feature
Samsung accused of cheating on hardware benchmarks ... again South Korean giant says it's in no way goosing TV HDR brightness Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 19
America edges closer to a federal data privacy law, not that anyone can agree on it What do we want? Safeguards on information! How do we want it? Er, someone help! Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 7
Big Tech begs Congress to pass $52bn chip subsidies bill This silicon business ain't cheap, you know, say execs at Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia etc Systems15 Jun 2022 | 24
512 disk drives later, Floppotron computer hardware orchestra hits v3.0 We pick the creator's brains on why he would undertake such a marvelous ordeal Storage15 Jun 2022 | 45
Snowflake pledges row-based storage engine for transactional data Look, investors! A new app dev platform too. Are we living up to your dreams yet? Storage15 Jun 2022 | 2
Threat of cross-border data tariffs looms over WTO Some countries call for moratorium to be lifted, tech industry not keen on potential costs Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 21
Lenovo opens doors on first in-house European factory Will make 1,000 servers and 4,000 workstations a day for EMEA, put production closer to Euro clients On-Prem15 Jun 2022 | 10
Meta mostly fails in appeal against order from UK watchdog to sell Giphy Might have been a good idea to mention that Snap was sniffing around GIF biz, too, judges note, though Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 9