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Seamless procurement: How to overcome integration challenges
Procurement teams play an essential role in ensuring their organization operates efficiently and cost-effectively. But interoperability and integration remain sizeable challenges within teams. There are many reasons why these challenges exist and for seamless procurement to be achieved, they must be overcome. Here are the biggest integration and interoperability challenges,…
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Researchers uncover RCE exploit in Google Cloud, millions of servers at risk
There was a major flaw in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that could have allowed hackers to run malicious code remotely, on millions of servers and underlying systems. The flaw was discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Tenable, who reported their findings to Google. The company has since addressed the issue and…
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xAI cluster is now the most powerful AI training system in the world — but questions remain over storage capacity, power usage and why it’s actually called Colossus
We recently got a glimpse of what $1 billion worth of AI GPUs looks like when Elon Musk shared a brief video tour of Cortex, X’s AI training supercomputer currently under construction at Tesla’s Giga Texas plant. More recently, Musk took to his social media platform to announce that Colossus,…
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Report claims renting slower Nvidia AI GPUs is cheaper in China than in the US — but that’s thanks to some rather surprising underhand strategies
In late 2022, the US implemented restrictions on exporting high-end GPU models such as the Nvidia A100 and H100 to China. These measures were aimed at preventing US technology from advancing Chinese military capabilities and supercomputing infrastructure, and in response, Nvidia developed the A800 and H800 models with reduced capabilities…
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One of the world’s biggest PC makers isn’t sure about mass Windows 11 devices upgrades just yet, as AI PC demand rises
With the Windows 10 end-of-life deadline now firmly on the horizon, many businesses and individuals will be potentially looking to buy new PCs and upgrade to Windows 11. But perhaps surprisingly, some major computer manufacturers aren’t so sure about releasing these new devices. Dell Technologies chairman and CEO Michael Dell…
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Microsoft is using AI-powered robots to help dismantle and destroy hard drives used in its data centers
In a bid to cut e-waste, Microsoft is employing AI-powered robots to streamline the disposal of old data center hard drives. The initiative is part of the Secure and Sustainable Disposal of Hard Disks project, which originated during the 2022 Microsoft Hackathon. Spearheaded by Principal Data Scientist Ranganathan Srikanth, the…
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