Month: August 2024
Honda and Nissan invite Mitsubishi to join their EV development partnership
Mitsubishi signed a memorandum of understanding with Nissan and Honda to join their pre-existing partnership to jointly develop electric vehicles and other related tech. The hope is that by working together, the three Japanese automakers can catch up to their rivals in the race to introduce more technologically advanced vehicles…
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Remember Skype? Well now it’s ad-free again, which will be a refreshing change for Windows 11 users
Remember Skype? Well, it’s still around, and while the likes of Google Meet and Microsoft Teams might hog the communications spotlight now, Microsoft is still working on Skype – and is hoping to make it more popular by killing the ads in the app and adding (you guessed it) AI…
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Game server hosting provider Shockbyte partners with one of the largest survival games in the industry
Shockbyte has been offering Minecraft server hosting since 2013, and while that’s still what the company is best known for, it also offers hosting for other major online games, such as ARK: Survival Evolved, Team Fortress 2, 7 Days to Die, and Rust. Developed by Facepunch Studios, Rust is a…
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Delta CEO says CrowdStrike IT outage will cost airline $500m — as tech firm also sued by shareholders
CrowdStrike shareholders have filed a lawsuit against the cybersecurity company following a faulty software update that led millions of devices to crash around the world. The lawsuit, filed in Austin, Texas, accuses CrowdStrike of making “false and misleading” statements regarding its software testing procedures. It claims the company’s share price…
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A watchdog for corporate climate commitments is cracking down on carbon credits
A major watchdog for corporate sustainability is warning that carbon offset credits are a risky tactic for tackling climate change. The nonprofit organization had faced pressure to soften its stance on carbon credits, which many companies promote as a way to deal with pollution. This week’s findings seem to refute…
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Big and speedy: this 30.72TB behemoth is world’s fastest enterprise SSD and obliterates Samsung’s flagship 990 Pro champion
Micron has announced the availability of what is claims to be the world’s fastest data center SSD. Available in capacities from 3.2TB to 30.72TB and in U.2, E1.S, and E3.S form factors, the Micron 9550 is designed for superior performance and power efficiency, making it particularly suited for AI workloads.…
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