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Cisco has unveiled a new routing ASIC designed to help bit barn operators overcome power and capacity constraints by stitching together their existing datacenters into a single unified compute cluster.…

Mars is windier than thought, according to research into decades of data from European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, and that has implications for missions to the red planet.…

AI hype is colliding with reality yet again. Wiley's global survey of researchers finds more of them using the tech than ever, and fewer convinced it's up to the job.…

Salesforce won't pay a ransom demand to criminals who claim to have stolen nearly 1 billion customer records and are threatening to leak the data if the CRM giant doesn't pony up some cash.…

The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has warned of the dangers of a sudden correction in the financial markets, owing to the value of tech and AI stocks, and has compared the risks to the dotcom bubble.…

IBM's Spyre Accelerator is set to be generally available later this month, delivering a boost to the AI capabilities of its enterprise-grade hardware including the z17 mainframe, LinuxONE 5, and Power11 systems.…

Microsoft's latest attempt to make the dreaded "mailbox full" response a thing of the past is rolling out in October and November. Threshold-based auto-archiving is coming to Exchange Online.…

IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Cockroach Labs – maker of the distributed PostgreSQL-like cloud RDBMS CockroachDB – in a bid to help modernize mission-critical applications reliant on mainframe hardware.…

Texas senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have hit back at a Smithsonian memo on relocating Space Shuttle Discovery, claiming the institute's cost estimates are "more than ten times higher" than quotes from private logistics firms.…

Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…

The Python team has released version 3.14, with big new features including free threading support, the ability to use concurrent interpreters, improved debugger support, and an opt-in new interpreter which improves performance by 3 to 5 percent.…

Feature When a close family member contacted Etienne Brisson to tell him that he'd created the world's first sentient AI, the Quebecois business coach was intrigued. But things quickly turned dark. The 50-year-old man, who had no prior mental health history, ended up spending time in a psychiatric ward.…

UK network Virgin Media O2 is taking steps to combat fraud with a nationwide education scheme that aims to help vulnerable people and older folk avoid becoming victims.…

London-based wholesale telecoms biz ICUK is back on track after a multi-day DDoS attack on its network and systems.…

The UK's Home Office has signed a new deal with Oracle for around £54 million ($72 million) in cloud infrastructure and platform services as it gears up as the centerpiece of a government shared services strategy based on Big Red.…

There's gold in them thar piles of old Windows 10 PCs. Quite literally, according to recyclers.…

AI companion apps such as Character.ai and Replika commonly try to boost user engagement with emotional manipulation, a practice that academics characterize as a dark pattern.…

London cops on Tuesday arrested two teenagers on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail following a ransomware attack on a chain of London preschools.…

Google on Monday rolled out a new AI Vulnerability Reward Program to encourage researchers to find and report flaws in its AI systems, with rewards of up to $30,000 for a single qualifying report.…

US export controls have had mixed results in stemming the flow of chipmaking equipment into China, according to a congressional investigation, which found US and allied companies sold $38 billion worth of semiconductor tools in 2024 alone.…