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Hyperscalers try to beat the heat with larger racks, more air flow
Datacenters are set to standardize on the larger, 21-inch rack format by 2030, according to Omdia, as hyperscalers and server makers fully embrace it, leaving enterprises to the existing 19-inch standard.…
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall
The US Chamber of Commerce (CoC) has filed a suit accusing President Trump of exceeding his authority by seeking to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications.…
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million.…
Windows 10, huh, what is it good for? PC upgrade cycles actually
It transpires that Windows 11 is indeed good for at least one thing – driving PC upgrades, according to the latest figures from Gartner.…
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are helping three US labor unions sue the Trump administration over a social media surveillance program that threatens to punish those who publicly express views that are not harmonious with the government's position.…
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Major car, van, truck and bus manufacturers are warning that the Dutch government placing semiconductor biz Nexperia under special administrative measures could result in a shortage of automotive chips.…
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit
Microsoft has made NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset available on Azure via the Windows giant's Planetary Computer platform.…
SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA
More than a decade after SAP's S/4HANA in-memory ERP system debuted, 95 percent of legacy users say building a positive case to migrate requires a big effort or is genuinely challenging.…
Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT
After a string of marriages and innumerable affairs, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has come clean about his new squeeze.…
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Details have emerged of a troubling case in which a basic engineering mistake wrecked a digital evidence investigation and led to wrongful accusations.…
MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise
Researchers at MIT say they have discovered a way to double the precision of optical atomic clocks by quieting the quantum noise that clouds their ticking.…