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Rack scale is on the rise, but it's not for everyone... yet

Tue, 2025-06-17 14:34
Still buying B200s and MI300Xs? Don't feel bad, Nvidia and AMD's NVL72 and Helios rack systems aren't really for the enterprise anyway

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.…

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23andMe hit with £2.3M fine after exposing genetic data of millions

Tue, 2025-06-17 13:46
Penalty follows year-long probe into flaws that allowed attack to affect so many

The UK's data watchdog is fining beleaguered DNA testing outfit 23andMe £2.31 million ($3.13 million) over its 2023 mega breach.…

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A classic crash from Classic Outlook when opening or creating emails

Tue, 2025-06-17 12:34
Forms Library blamed for issues experienced by some users

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.…

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Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up

Tue, 2025-06-17 11:27
Parent company Mozilla's not my fave either

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.…

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Bots are overwhelming websites with their hunger for AI data

Tue, 2025-06-17 10:28
GLAM-E Labs report warns of risk to online cultural resources

Bots harvesting content for AI companies have proliferated to the point that they're threatening digital collections of arts and culture.…

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UK MoD pauses £92M Oracle Fusion contract amid project governance review

Tue, 2025-06-17 09:36
Last of Whitehall-wide ERP overhaul will not kick off until next year

The UK's Ministry of Defence has delayed procurement of a £92 million contract to implement Oracle's Fusion cloud-based ERP system.…

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Doomed UK smartphone maker Bullitt Group finally liquidated

Tue, 2025-06-17 08:28
Preferred and secured creditors walk away with nothing

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.…

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‘AI is not doing its job and should leave us alone’ says Gartner’s top analyst

Tue, 2025-06-17 07:32
As for agentic AI, don’t get him started about the enormous challenge of making it work vendors just won't discuss

“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.…

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Microsoft brings 365 suite on-prem as part of sovereign cloud push

Tue, 2025-06-17 06:30
Mostly aimed at Europe and its increasingly nervous users

Microsoft has created a version of its 365 productivity suite that runs on-premises, as part of a move to satisfy European regulations.…

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AFRINIC election delayed after ISP Association wins injunction over voter rights

Tue, 2025-06-17 04:15
Polling was supposed to start on Monday. Organizers warn situation is fluid

A court in Mauritius has postponed the long-awaited election at the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC).…

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Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million 'frontier AI' pilot project

Tue, 2025-06-17 00:32
DoD says deal covers 'warfighting'. OpenAI merely mentions healthcare and 'supporting proactive cyber defense'

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.…

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Alt cloud platform Railway forced to pause lowest tiers after onrush of GCP customers

Mon, 2025-06-16 23:23
A moment of panic as some customers thought the free tiers were going away

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.…

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Scattered Spider has moved from retail to insurance

Mon, 2025-06-16 21:58
Google threat analysts warn the team behind the Marks & Spencer break-in has moved on

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."…

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UK students flock to AI to help them cheat

Mon, 2025-06-16 21:15
No need to plagiarize if you can have AI do it for you

A series of Freedom of Information requests shows that students in British universities are increasingly getting busted for using AI to cheat.…

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Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone

Mon, 2025-06-16 20:35
MAGA MVNO and the gold-plated telephone of destiny

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?…

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Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer

Mon, 2025-06-16 19:20
Clock speed of 25 kHz means 2D CMOS system won't run Doom quite yet

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.…

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Remorseless extortionists claim to have stolen thousands of files from Freedman HealthCare

Mon, 2025-06-16 18:47
The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos

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.…

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Japan builds near $700M fund to lure foreign academic talent

Mon, 2025-06-16 16:26
For researchers yearning to earn some yen and escape Trump 2.0

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.…

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Canada's WestJet says 'expect interruptions' online as it navigates cybersecurity turbulence

Mon, 2025-06-16 16:15
Flights still flying - just don't count on the app or website working smoothly

Canadian airline WestJet is warning of "intermittent interruptions or errors" on its app and website as it investigates a cybersecurity incident.…

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LibreOffice adds voice to 'ditch Windows for Linux' campaign

Mon, 2025-06-16 16:02
Next version to drop Windows 7 through 8.1, and 32-bit Windows support is on the way out, too

The LibreOffice project is preparing to cut some Windows support – and encourages users to switch to Linux.…

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