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HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show
Feature Remember when high-performance computing always seemed to be about x86? Exactly a decade ago, almost nine in ten supercomputers in the TOP500 (a list of the beefiest machines maintained twice yearly by academics) were Intel-based. Today, it's down to 57 percent.…
TSMC lawsuit claims former exec is probably leaking secrets to Intel
Taiwanese foundry TSMC believes a former executive has leaked company secrets to Intel and is testing the matter in court.…
ICANN distances itself from radical proposal – which it funded – to give nations a role in internet governance
ICANN has defended its decision to fund a group that proposed a radical new governance model that would give states a role in regulating the internet, and distanced itself from the group’s proposal.…
Apple’s lousy AI didn’t stop it beating Samsung’s smartphone sales for the first time since 2011
Apple is set to displace Samsung as the world’s top smartphone manufacturer, measured by shipment volume, according to analyst firm Counterpoint.…
AWS builds a DNS backstop to allow changes when its notoriously flaky US East region wobbles
The cause of major internet outages is often the domain name system (DNS) and/or problems at Amazon Web Services’ US East region. The cloud giant has now made a change that will make its own role in such outages less painful.…
Gainsight CEO downplays breach, says only a 'handful' of customers had data stolen
Gainsight CEO Chuck Ganapathi downplayed the victim count related to his company's recent breach, saying he's only aware of "a handful of customers" who had their data affected after Salesforce flagged unusual activity involving Gainsight's connected app.…
Norway's most powerful supercomputer will use waste heat to raise salmon
This week the Norwegian scientific community celebrated the completion of the Olivia supercomputer, which combines AMD CPUs with Nvidia Superchips to deliver a 16-fold boost to the nation's computing capacity – and eventually put fresh fish on the table.…
Botnet takes advantage of AWS outage to smack 28 countries
A Mirai-based botnet named ShadowV2 emerged during last October's widespread AWS outage, infecting IoT devices across industries and continents, likely serving as a "test run" for future attacks, according to Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.…
Mobile industry warns patchwork cyber regs are driving up costs
Mobile operators' core cybersecurity spending is projected to more than double by 2030 as threats evolve, while poorly designed and fragmented policy frameworks add extra compliance costs, according to industry group the GSMA.…
Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors
There's a certain delight to be had in doing something just to see if you can. Case in point: rendering Doom using PCB design software, or wading through the shores of Hell via the medium of an oscilloscope.…
CodeRED emergency alert system CodeDEAD after INC ransomware attack
Towns and cities across the US are without access to their CodeRED emergency alert system following a cyberattack on vendor Crisis24.…
US Navy scuttles Constellation frigate program for being too slow for tomorrow's threats
The US Navy is scrapping an entire shipbuilding program in an effort to find alternatives that can be delivered faster to counter expected threats.…
Workday confronts existential threat as customers freeze hiring
Workday is confronting a troubling reality. Customers aren't hiring much and some are actively cutting staff. The solution? Cross-selling to squeeze more revenue per user out of its installed base.…
HSBC spies $207B crater in OpenAI's expansion goals
OpenAI needs to secure $207 billion in new financing by 2030 to fulfill its expansion plans, according to HSBC Global Investment Research – a challenge that could ripple across Big Tech.…
Crocs get the Xbox treatment with sole-crushing price of $80
If Xbox console prices are going to leave Santa short this year, fear not as an alternative is at hand - Xbox Crocs are here for $80.…
The exascale offensive: America's race to rule AI HPC
Feature A silent arms race is accelerating in the world's most advanced laboratories. While headlines focus on chatbots and consumer AI, the United States is orchestrating something far more consequential: a massive expansion of supercomputing power that may reshape the future of science, security, and technological supremacy.…
London councils probe cyber incident as shared IT systems knocked offline
Two London councils are scrambling for answers after declaring a cybersecurity issue that began on Monday.…
Tuxedo Computers slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain
German Linux box vendor Tuxedo Computers has canned its long-planned Qualcomm device, citing numerous problems with the state of the Linux-on-Arm art.…
Seven years later, Airbus is still trying to kick its Microsoft habit
Exclusive Breaking free from Microsoft is harder than it looks. Airbus began migrating its 100,000-plus workforce from Office to Google Workspace more than seven years ago and it still hasn't completed the switch.…
Dell says Windows 11 transition is far slower than Win 10 shift, yet PC sales have stalled
Dell has predicted PC sales will be flat next year, despite the potential of the AI PC and the slow replacement of Windows 10.…