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It’s broadband, Jim, but not as we know it: Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers
Broadband Optical SSDs may be key to development of town-sized mega data centers Opting for optical SSDs allow distance between compute and storage to grow far more The other advantage of going optical is the energy savings associated with moving petabytes of data around A trio of Japanese tech giants,…
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China admits behind closed doors it was involved in Volt Typhoon attacks
In a December 2024 meeting, China privately took responsibility for cyber offensives These include attacks on US infrastructure, like communications and energy The state warned that US increasing support for Taiwan was a key factor Amid a serious escalation of hostilities between the two nations, senior Chinese officials have apparently…
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It’s alive! IBM unveils its most powerful mainframe yet, which it says is fully engineered for the AI Age
IBM’s fastest mainframe computer to date has a Telum II CPU with on-chip AI coprocessor There is also an AI accelerator that it hopes will make it an attractive option The IBM z17 brings Big Blue in the age of AI but will this be enough to fend off competition?…
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Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta exec tells Senate
Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook, spoke in front of the Senate She said the company offered data on US citizens to the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country Facebook denied all claims A former Meta executive recently spoke in…
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Mark Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta exec tells Senate
Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook, spoke in front of the US Senate She said Facebook offered data on US citizens to the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country Facebook has denied all claims A former Meta executive recently spoke…
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Oracle says “obsolete servers” hacked, denies cloud breach
Oracle had started sending out data breach notification letters In the letters, it downplays the significance of recent attacks However not everyone agrees with that assessment We now apparently have confirmation that Oracle has been notifying its customers about a recent data breach – but the company is still standing…
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