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Want a 70TB HDD before 2030? Seagate researchers may have reached the holy grail of 7TB per platter
Seagate prototypes achieve 7TB per platter, the highest density for HDD research Ten-platter drives enable experimental HDDs to reach 70TB total capacity HAMR uses localized heating to write data on smaller magnetic bits Seagate Technology has announced plans to commercialize a 3.5-inch HDD with a total storage capacity of 70TB.…
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Mysterious 88-core AMD CPU surfaces on eBay, and here’s why I think it’s the start of something big
Decommissioned hyperscale hardware is surfacing online with unusual speed and scale Non-binary core counts point to customized silicon tailored for specialized workloads DDR4 reliance suggests these systems were not aligned with current memory roadmaps A set of AMD EPYC 9D64 processors with 88 cores has been spotted on eBay, raising…
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OpenAI admits new models likely to pose ‘high’ cybersecurity risk
OpenAI warns future LLMs could aid zero‑day development or advanced cyber‑espionage Company is investing in defensive tooling, access controls, and a tiered cybersecurity program New Frontier Risk Council will guide safeguards and responsible capability across frontier models Future OpenAI Large Language Models (LLM) could pose higher cybersecurity risks as, in…
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Google releases emergency fix for yet another zero-day
Google patched a high‑severity Chrome zero‑day alongside two medium‑severity flaws Vulnerability likely tied to a LibANGLE buffer overflow enabling memory corruption and remote code execution This marks Chrome’s eighth zero‑day fix this year, underscoring ongoing browser‑targeted attacks Google recently updated its Chrome browser to protect against a high-severity vulnerability that…
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Russian airline hack came through third-party tech vendor
Aeroflot’s July outage was likely a supply‑chain attack via developer Bakka Soft Attackers exploited months‑old access, lacking 2FA, to deploy extensive malware and disrupt flights Damage reached tens of millions, though The Bell’s report remains unverified and politically sensitive The cyberattack against Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship airline, was allegedly a supply-chain…
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Quantifying the hidden costs of cloud sovereignty gaps
A recent AWS outage wreaked havoc on global IT systems, as a DNS error turned into widespread disruptions for businesses across a range of sectors. But this wasn’t an isolated incident. Last year’s CrowdStrike bug triggered one of the largest Microsoft outages in recent memory, affecting eight and a half…
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