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SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble
Memory makers just can't churn out their DRAM fast enough. On the heels of an AI-driven shortage, SK Hynix on Tuesday announced a new 19 trillion Korean won (about $13 billion) advanced packaging and test facility in South Korea that could offer some relief - just not for consumer products like laptops and phones.…
Cloud to be an American: Congress votes to kick China off remote GPU services
Chinese companies may be unable to import the best US GPUs, but they have found a workaround: renting access to that hardware via cloud services. Now, the US House of Representatives is moving to bring that loophole under the export-control law.…
AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030
AI-pocalypse AI and automation could wipe out 6.1 percent of jobs in the US by 2030 – equating to 10.4 million fewer positions that are held by humans today.…
Trump says Americans shouldn't 'pick up the tab' for AI datacenter grid upgrades
President Trump says tech giants must pay their way when it comes to delivering increased power needed for datacenters, rather than the burden falling on US citizens, and it seems Microsoft is on board with that.…
Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow
Perhaps the most famous low-level systems programmer has tried "vibe coding" for himself – and he seems to be enjoying it.…
Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam
Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform - a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.…
Trump may hate renewables, but AI datacenters still fancy cheap solar
Despite the Trump administration's opposition to renewables, solar power will likely remain part of datacenter energy supply mix due to its low cost.…
Federal agencies told to fix or ditch Gogs as exploited zero-day lands on CISA hit list
CISA has ordered federal agencies to stop using Gogs or lock it down immediately after a high-severity vulnerability in the self-hosted Git service was added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…
Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs
Mandiant has released an open source tool to help Salesforce admins detect misconfigurations that could expose sensitive data.…
Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware
A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers move containers, brushing off claims that police shouldn't have been reading his encrypted chats.…
Affordable housing site goes live with meme-laden test data
From the "there but for the grace of God" department comes a new website to find affordable housing in London containing data it shouldn't.…
Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board
Birmingham City Council has pushed back the relaunch of its troubled Oracle Fusion ERP system, saying staff need more time to adapt to the vendor's standard processes.…
Britain goes shopping for a rapid-fire missile to help Ukraine hit back
The British government is asking defense firms to rapidly produce a new ground-launched ballistic missile to aid Ukraine's fight against Russia - hardware that might also be adopted by UK's armed forces in future.…