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Coherent lights the way to massive AI clusters with optical circuit switches
Networking biz Coherent unveiled an optical circuit switch designed to support high-density AI clusters at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference on Monday.…
US charges Chinese nationals with cyber-spying on pretty much everyone for Beijing
The United States on Monday accused seven Chinese men of breaking into computer networks, email accounts, and cloud storage belonging to numerous critical infrastructure organizations, companies, and individuals, including US businesses, politicians, and their political parties.…
Twitter's lawsuit against anti-hate-speech crusaders gets SLAPPed out of court
Elon Musk's attempt to use the courts to silence a nonprofit documenting hate speech on X has been dismissed by a California judge, who said it was clear the billionaire's legal action was all about putting a lid on criticism.…
As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot real estate
The land surrounding a nuclear power plant might not sound like prime real estate, but as more bit barns seek to trim costs, it's poised to become a rather hot commodity.…
First release candidate of Linux kernel 6.9 looks 'fairly normal,' says Torvalds
Linus Torvalds just announced the first RC of 6.9 on the Linux Kernel mailing list, saying it "looks to be fairly normal", although it's a recordbreaker in size.…
Tiny Corp launching Nvidia-powered AI computer because 'it just works'
After a weeks-long struggle to get its AMD RX 7900XTX-based TinyBox working on open source firmware, Tiny Corp says it will be launching an Nvidia RTX 4090 version for users who want something that "just works."…
Over 170K users hit by poisoned Python package ruse
More than 170,000 users have been affected by an attack using fake Python infrastructure with "successful exploitation of multiple victims."…
Google's AI-powered search results are loaded with spammy, scammy garbage
Google's new AI-generated search results feature is suffering from the same problem that its regular results have had of late: Spammy, if not outright malicious links are rising to the top of the SERP stack.…
AI bubble or not, Nvidia is betting everything on a GPU-accelerated future
Comment For many, apps like ChatGPT, Copilot, Midjourney, or Gemini are generative AI.…
Woz calls out US lawmakers for TikTok ban: 'I don’t like the hypocrisy`
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has criticized the US government's targeting of TikTok, saying it is hypocritical to single out one social media platform for tracking users and not apply the same rule to all.…
ZenHammer comes down on AMD Zen 2 and 3 systems
ZenHammer would be the perfect name for a heavy metal band, but alas, it's an AMD-focused variant of the decade-old Rowhammer attack that compromises computers by flipping bits of memory.…
Tech trade union confirms cyberattack behind IT, email outage
Exclusive The Communications Workers Union (CWU), which represents hundreds of thousands of employees in sectors across the UK economy including tech and telecoms, is currently working to mitigate a cyberattack.…
Mozilla fixes $100,000 Firefox zero-days following two-day hackathon
Mozilla has swiftly patched a pair of critical Firefox zero-days after a researcher debuted them at a Vancouver cybersec competition.…
GoFetch security exploit can't be disabled on M1 and M2 Apple chips
The GoFetch vulnerability found on Apple M-series and Intel Raptor Lake CPUs has been further unpacked by the researchers who first disclosed it.…
Boeing top brass stand down amid safety turbulence
The door plug on Boeing's C-suite has flown off, taking the CEO, board chair, and head of its commercial airplane division with it.…
The way Apple, Alphabet implemented DMA rules 'seems to be at odds' with law
The European Commission is opening its first official probes under the Digital Markets Act with a focus on curbing the power of tech titans Apple, Meta, and Alphabet via threats of heavy fines.…
Gelsinger woos Musk as Intel seeks to drum up Foundry Services business
Intel is keen to get its Foundry Services strategy off the ground and draw in more customers. With this in mind, it's made a move to cultivate Elon Musk and finalized an agreement with Arm intended to make it easier for chip designers to get their products built.…
Fujitsu's 30-year-old UK customs system just keeps hanging on
The UK's tax collector has named the date for migrating from a 30-year-old customs IT system for the fifth time in as many years after planning its replacement for more than a decade.…
How would you sum up a decade of Kubernetes?
Logowatch Are you feeling creative? To celebrate ten years of Kubernetes, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is seeking a design for an anniversary logo. Perhaps just the letters A and I crudely taped onto a ship's wheel would do the job?…
The UK Digital Information Bill: Brexit dividend or data disaster?
Comment The UK government's proposed data protection law reform seeks to create a more business-friendly regime, though its implementation could further complicate the international flow of data between Britain and Europe, which potentially outweighs any benefits to business.…