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IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
Feature In the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet. Noting booming interest in the internet, the internet community went looking for ways to avoid an IP address shortage that many feared would harm technology adoption and therefore the global economy.…
Everybody has a theory about why Nvidia dropped $20B on Groq - they're mostly wrong
This summer, AI chip startup Groq raised $750 million at a valuation of $6.9 billion. Just three months later, Nvidia celebrated the holidays by dropping nearly three times that to license its technology and squirrel away its talent.…
The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere
Opinion COBOL turned 66 this year and is still in use today. Major retail and commercial banks continue to run core account processing, ATM networks, credit card clearing, and batch end-of-day settlement. On top of that, many payment networks, stock exchanges, and clearinghouses rely on COBOL for high‑volume, high‑reliability batch and online transaction processing on mainframes.…
Hong Kong’s newest anti-scam technology is over-the-counter banking
Hong Kong’s banks have a new weapon against scams: Accounts that require customers to visit a branch to access their funds.…
Cybersecurity pros admit to moonlighting as ransomware scum
A ransomware negotiator and a security incident response manager have admitted to running ransomware attacks.…
New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring a Raspberry Pi to the event.…
ServiceNow lays out possible co-CEO structure, but says no change imminent
ServiceNow’s amended employment contract with CEO Bill McDermott extends his time with the company into the next decade, but also provides possible next steps for the journeyman corporate leader, including the co-CEO role, a position he held at SAP in the years prior to joining the ITSM juggernaut.…
iPad kids are more anxious, less resilient, and slower decision makers
If you're thinking of plopping your infant in front of a screen to get some peace and quiet, you might want to reconsider - higher screen exposure in infancy was linked to longer decision times later on and higher anxiety symptoms in the teenage years.…
An early end to the holidays: 'Heartbleed of MongoDB' is now under active exploit
A high-severity MongoDB Server vulnerability, for which proofs of concept emerged over Christmas week, is now under active exploitation, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.…