Month: March 2024
This tiny component could help Google and others save tens of millions of dollars — new modules help improve power efficiency in AI-driven data centers
The energy consumption needs of data centres is growing exponentially, due in no small part to the increased demands of AI – around 2% of all global electricity usage is believed to be by data centers, and tech giants like Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are under increasing pressure to implement…
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Samsung’s speedy new microSD cards are built for on-device AI and toughness
Samsung just revealed a new generation of microSD cards that support the SD Express standard enabling lightning-fast performance. In the official announcement post, the company states it has begun sampling tests for the 256GB model which they claim will have a maximum read speed of 800MB per second. To put…
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Facebook will remove its News tab, and stop paying publishers for news
Facebook’s News tab launched in 2019 with millions of dollars in content deals for publishers (a reported $10 million for the Wall Street Journal, $20 million for the New York Times, and $3 million for CNN), but in April it’s going away for good. Meta says it will “deprecate” Facebook…
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UnitedHealth says Blackcat is the reason healthcare providers are going unpaid
Health insurance provider UnitedHealth has identified Blackcat as the group behind a debilitating cyber attack that has disrupted healthcare providers nationwide, Reuters is reporting. The attack has led to more than a week-long outage of the the United-owned Change Healthcare system, disrupting payments at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the…
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