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Rack scale is on the rise, but it's not for everyone... yet
Analysis With all the hype around Nvidia's NVL72, AMD's newly announced Helios, and Intel's upcoming Jaguar Shores rack systems, you'd be forgiven for thinking the days of eight-way HGX servers are numbered.…
23andMe hit with £2.3M fine after exposing genetic data of millions
The UK's data watchdog is fining beleaguered DNA testing outfit 23andMe £2.31 million ($3.13 million) over its 2023 mega breach.…
A classic crash from Classic Outlook when opening or creating emails
Microsoft is so keen for users to migrate to the New Outlook email client that it has broken Classic Outlook again. This time, affected users are unable to open or create a message.…
Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up
Opinion I know some people still love Firefox. But, folks, it's a bad relationship, and the problems have been going on for a while now.…
Bots are overwhelming websites with their hunger for AI data
Bots harvesting content for AI companies have proliferated to the point that they're threatening digital collections of arts and culture.…
UK MoD pauses £92M Oracle Fusion contract amid project governance review
The UK's Ministry of Defence has delayed procurement of a £92 million contract to implement Oracle's Fusion cloud-based ERP system.…
Doomed UK smartphone maker Bullitt Group finally liquidated
Brit-based ruggedized phone maker Bullitt Group's liquidation has finally wrapped up – and the firm was in such dire straits that none of its creditors received any recovered funds.…
‘AI is not doing its job and should leave us alone’ says Gartner’s top analyst
“AI is not doing its job today and should leave us alone” according to analyst firm Gartner’s global chief of AI research Erick Brethenoux.…
Microsoft brings 365 suite on-prem as part of sovereign cloud push
Microsoft has created a version of its 365 productivity suite that runs on-premises, as part of a move to satisfy European regulations.…
AFRINIC election delayed after ISP Association wins injunction over voter rights
A court in Mauritius has postponed the long-awaited election at the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC).…
Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million 'frontier AI' pilot project
The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create "frontier AI," but it's not clear what they're building together.…
Alt cloud platform Railway forced to pause lowest tiers after onrush of GCP customers
On Monday, Railway, a provider of cloud infrastructure services, decided to throttle software builds by customers in its lowest paying tiers to accommodate unexpected demand for service following the Google Cloud Platform outage last week.…
Scattered Spider has moved from retail to insurance
Cyber-crime crew Scattered Spider has infected US insurance companies following a series of ransomware attacks against American and British retailers, according to Google, which urged this sector to be on "high alert."…
UK students flock to AI to help them cheat
A series of Freedom of Information requests shows that students in British universities are increasingly getting busted for using AI to cheat.…
Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone
The Trump family is getting into the wireless business - and what better way to do it than with a gold-colored Android smartphone that could someday be designed and manufactured in the USA?…
Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer
Gaze into the temporal distance and you might spot the end of the age of silicon looming somewhere out there, as a research team at Penn State University claims to have built the first working CMOS computer entirely from two-dimensional materials.…
Remorseless extortionists claim to have stolen thousands of files from Freedman HealthCare
An extortion gang claims to have breached Freedman HealthCare, a data and analytics firm whose customers include state agencies, health providers, and insurance companies, and is threatening to dump tens of thousands of sensitive files early Tuesday morning.…
Japan builds near $700M fund to lure foreign academic talent
Japan is the latest nation hoping to tempt disgruntled US researchers alarmed by the Trump administration's hostile attitude to academia to relocate to the Land of the Rising Sun.…
Canada's WestJet says 'expect interruptions' online as it navigates cybersecurity turbulence
Canadian airline WestJet is warning of "intermittent interruptions or errors" on its app and website as it investigates a cybersecurity incident.…
LibreOffice adds voice to 'ditch Windows for Linux' campaign
The LibreOffice project is preparing to cut some Windows support – and encourages users to switch to Linux.…