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And now for our annual ‘Tape is <i>still</i> not dead’ update

Wed, 2025-07-23 04:58
176.5 Exabytes of the stuff shipped in 2024, another double-digit jump

Shipments of tape storage media increased again in 2024, according to HPE, IBM, and Quantum – the three companies that back the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Format.…

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China warns citizens to beware backdoored devices, on land and under the sea

Wed, 2025-07-23 03:08
Suggests buying local tech to avoid infosec worries

China’s Ministry of State Security has spent the week warning of backdoored devices on land and at sea.…

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OpenAI sweet-talks Oracle into another 4.5GW worth of Stargate datacenters, assuming the check clears

Tue, 2025-07-22 23:36
Who's picking up the tab again?

AI hype man and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has convinced his buddies at Oracle to bring an additional 4.5 gigawatts of datacenter capacity online in the US as part of the startup's Stargate initiative.…

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One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses

Tue, 2025-07-22 22:49
AI-nxiety is real, and it's causing some bizarre behavior

ai-pocalypse If you're one of those people who pretend to use AI at work, then worry not: there are likely another 15 of you per hundred employees in your company. That's the finding of a survey from nearshoring tech recruitment company Howdy.com.…

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Biden broadband benchmarks are BS, says Trump FCC

Tue, 2025-07-22 21:35
No more consideration of affordability or 1 Gbps speed goal if Chairman Carr gets his way

The next edition of the Federal Communications Commission's broadband expansion progress report is going to paint a rosier reality than usual, if a proposal being put to a vote at next month's meeting gets a pass. …

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Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday

Tue, 2025-07-22 21:06
CyberSentry work grinds to a halt

Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America's critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress on Tuesday.…

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Google AI Overviews are killing the web, Pew study shows (again)

Tue, 2025-07-22 20:24
Summarizing online content is good for the search giant, not so much for publishers

ai-pocalypse Google Search users are less likely to click on search result links when those pages have AI Overviews, according to the Pew Research Center.…

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Biggest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3M at auction, cheaper than NASA's sample return mission

Tue, 2025-07-22 19:40
Sotheby's also flogs off dinosaur skeleton for $26M

Videos The largest chunk of Mars yet discovered on Earth, a 54-pound (25kg) chunk of the Red Planet, has been purchased at auction for $5.3 million by an unknown bidder.…

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How to get rid of useless keys in Windows and turn them into something helpful

Tue, 2025-07-22 19:10
Turn that Copilot or Scroll Lock key into a media control or extended character.

In the era of laptops and tenkeyless keyboards, many of us are living with fewer keys than we had years ago. But even on a small keyboard, you'll find keys that you just don't need. …

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How AI chip upstart FuriosaAI won over LG with its power-sipping design

Tue, 2025-07-22 18:43
Testing shows RNGD chips up to 2.25x higher performance per watt than.... five-year-old Nvidia silicon

South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI scored a major customer win this week after LG's AI Research division tapped its AI accelerators to power servers running its Exaone family of large language models.…

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Struggling to sell EVs, Tesla pivots to slinging burgers

Tue, 2025-07-22 18:10
The diner is now open in West Hollywood, and Musk wants to start a chain

video Facing declining sales and a tarnished reputation, EV manufacturer Tesla is looking to a new industry to generate some revenue: Fast-casual food service.…

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Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare

Tue, 2025-07-22 17:43
The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness

If you installed the Firefox, LibreWolf, or Zen web browsers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in the last few days, delete them immediately and install fresh copies.…

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GitHub command palette wins stay of execution after dev pushback

Tue, 2025-07-22 17:15
Fans say low usage no surprise when obscure but beloved feature disabled by default

GitHub has "paused" the removal of the command palette, which enables keyboard control of the GitHub web application, following developer protests.…

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Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers

Tue, 2025-07-22 16:40
With more to come, no doubt

At least three Chinese groups are attacking on-premises SharePoint servers via a couple of recently disclosed Microsoft bugs, according to Redmond.…

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Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets

Tue, 2025-07-22 16:13
Used stolen info to pitch for Chinese tech talent program

A Silicon Valley engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial military technology.…

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Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals

Tue, 2025-07-22 15:29
Wi-Fi spy with my little eye that same guy I saw at another hotspot

Researchers in Italy have developed a way to create a biometric identifier for people based on the way the human body interferes with Wi-Fi signal propagation.…

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UK government swoons over OpenAI in legally meaningless love-in

Tue, 2025-07-22 15:01
Credulous minister claims MoU – not contract – with chatbot biz could help 'fix NHS' and 'drive economic growth'

The UK's Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) is jumping into bed with chatbot biz OpenAI, signing a memorandum of understanding to expand OpenAI's footprint in the nation while inserting its tech firmly into the public sector.…

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Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits

Tue, 2025-07-22 14:32
Admins urged to rotate machine keys, restart IIS after emergency fix

Microsoft has good news for administrators running SharePoint Server 2016. The cloud and software megacorp has published updates to close a gaping hole in the document management service.…

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The real reason why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i

Tue, 2025-07-22 14:01
The Keeling Curve, measured there, is irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2 emissions

Column When you don't like the message, what do you do? You shoot the messenger, of course.…

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Mike Lynch estate owes HPE $943M over Autonomy fallout

Tue, 2025-07-22 13:32
High Court judge slashes tech titan's $4B damages claim by almost 80%

A High Court judge has ruled that the estate of Autonomy founder Dr Mike Lynch will not have to pay the billions of dollars sought in damages by HPE following its ill-fated acquisition of Autonomy in 2011.…

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