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The proposed route for Google's new undersea fiber optic cable crosses southern Africa and the Indian Ocean. (Image via MapChart w/ edits)

Google to start construction of first undersea fiber optic cable connecting Africa and Australia

Google will soon begin construction of a fiber optic cable linking Africa to Australia, the first of its kind. The cable will run from Kenya to South Africa before crossing the Indian Ocean. The cable, dubbed "Umoja," is designed ...

Sam Medley, 23 May 2024 16:54

Gordon Bell dies at 89

Computing pioneer Gordon Bell, a name associated with the development of the PDP and VAX computer systems at Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at 89. In the 1990s, he advised Microsoft and then join...

Codrut Nistor, 22 May 2024 14:15

AMD has launched a bunch of new Zen 4-based entry-level Epyc CPUs (image via AMD)

AMD unveils affordable Epyc 4004 desktop CPUs for small businesses

AMD has launched 8 new Epyc 4004 series CPUs for enterprise use. They feature up to 16 Zen 4 cores, with some SKUs offering up to 192 MB of L3 cache.

Anil Ganti, 21 May 2024 15:00

Google Cloud fails UniSuper for two weeks after deleting $135 billion fund's data and accounts in error. (Source: NBC)

Google Cloud deletes $135,000,000,000 account for Australian UniSuper retirement fund, then takes two weeks to restore

Google Cloud has deleted in error the $135 billion account and data for UniSuper, a retirement fund company holding the pension savings for over 647,000 members who work at 37 Australian universities. The funds were unavailable fo...

David Chien, 19 May 2024 02:52

CEO of Pro Network Entities sentenced for importing counterfeit Cisco equipment sold to military bases, schools, and more. (source: AI generated image Dall-E 3)

CEO trafficking counterfeit Cisco networking equipment into US military bases, government sites, hospitals, and schools sentenced to merely 78 months in prison

The CEO of Pro Network Entities trafficking counterfeit Cisco networking equipment into America has been sentenced to merely 78 months in prison. Despite supplying hundreds of millions of dollars of fake, potentially compromised C...

David Chien, 05 May 2024 06:02

Ditch Google Photos and embrace Immich: Here's why there is so much hype around hosting your own photo backup solution

CheckMag Whether its questionable privacy practices, incorrectly categorising images as child pornography, or using your data for its AI training models, storing your photos with Google continues to be a privacy nightmare. Thankfully a sel...

David Devey, 04 May 2024 19:54

Zen 5 chips now sampling

After revealing surprisingly strong data center sales in the first quarter, AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, also mentioned that the first Epyc Turin and Ryzen Strix samples are already reaching the company's partners. These Zen 5-based proces...

Codrut Nistor, 01 May 2024 12:17

Qualcomm is rumoured to have even more Gen 1 Oryon-based chipsets in development than it has announced so far. (Image source: Qualcomm - edited)

Leaker reveals two new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite chipsets with specifications detailed

So far, Qualcomm has outlined specifications for four Snapdragon X chipsets, including a single Snapdragon X Plus variant. However, the company is also said to be preparing a lesser Snapdragon X Plus SKU, as well as an 80-core var...

Alex Alderson, 29 Apr 2024 00:44

Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max. (Image: Ubiquiti)

Ubiquiti introduces Dream Machine UDM Pro Max with Shadow Mode

The Unifi Dream Machine Pro is being supplemented with a significantly more powerful device, the new UDM Pro Max, which doubles the number of clients and Unifi devices and offers a High-Availability option called 'Shadow Mode'.

Andreas Sebayang, 24 Apr 2024 03:41

The potential of fiber optic cables is far from exhausted. (Image: pixabay/Bru-nO)

301 terabits through fiber optic connection: record with existing network technology

This gigantic value was achieved on a normal fiber optic connection, which usually only provides a fraction of this bandwidth. And the technical innovations for performance are also limited.

Mario Petzold, 09 Apr 2024 17:47

Fedora Linux 40 beta now available (Source: Fedora Magazine)

A new Fedora Linux 40 beta release now available

Released in November 2023, Fedora Linux 39 will reach its end of life this November. Its successor is already in the works, and a new beta has just surfaced online. Fedora Linux 40 beta comes with Gnome 46, KDE Plasma 6, Podman 5,...

Codrut Nistor, 27 Mar 2024 11:39

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils Blackwell GPU 18x+ faster than Hopper at GTC 2024. (Source: Nvidia on YouTube)

Nvidia CEO Huang unveils latest AI products for the enterprise along with advances in autonomous vehicle and humanoid robot capabilities during GTC 2024 keynote

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has unveiled the company’s latest AI products and services for the enterprise during GTC 2024 (GPU Technology Conference) in San Jose, CA. The company announced the Blackwell GPU platform as part of their n...

David Chien, 19 Mar 2024 07:44

MWC 2024 | Intel previews Sierra Forest Xeon CPUs with up to 288 cores, announces Granite Rapids-D Xeons launching in 2025

Intel's upcoming Sierra Forest Xeon CPUs will sport up to 288 E-cores, the company announced this week. Additionally, Intel confirmed that Granite Rapids-D is set to launch in 2025 for vRAN, AI, and edge computing applications.

Sam Medley, 27 Feb 2024 22:13

A homemade NAS running TrueNAS or Unraid can offer a better experience than almost any off the shelf solution. (Source: EnricoF)

Upgraded to AM5 or Intel 14th Gen? Why not put that old hardware to use and build a NAS

CheckMag Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices will give you remote access to all your files from any device both at home and away. Just add your drives and off you go, but they aren’t cheap. However there are some compelling software sol...

David Devey, 03 Feb 2024 17:05

Ugreen NASync brings 6 NAS devices tailored for different needs (Image source: Ugreen)

CES 2024 | Ugreen NASync series debuts as company's first NAS solutions

Ugreen, a brand best known for smartphone and computer accessories, has branched out to network attached storage (NAS). The company unveiled the Ugreen NASync series at CES 2024, which comprises six NAS devices with up to Intel Co...

Abid Ahsan Shanto, 12 Jan 2024 06:52

ZimaCube: Successful Kickstarter campaign raises $1.19 million

ZimaCube: Successful Kickstarter campaign comes to a close

The ZimaCube Kickstarter campaign has just come to a close, having successfully raised close to $1.2 million.

Christian Hintze, 13 Dec 2023 22:09

Could Huawei 5G be back in Europe? (Source: Flickr)

Huawei unveils plans to manufacture 1 billion devices per year in Europe

Huawei has announced that it has broken ground on its first factory outside its native China. The facility is to be located in northeastern France, has a projected output of 1 billion new products per year and is estimated to empl...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Dec 2023 20:29

Aurora finally made its debut this summer, around half a decade - two Nvidia graphics generations, or six Call of Duty releases - behind schedule. (Image: Argonne National Laboratory)

Intel's defeat by AMD at Supercomputing 2023 was bigger than half a million Ryzen 9s – literally

CheckMag Gaming frames may get all the hype and excitement on the internet, but when the enterprise world has orders of magnitude more money to throw around, the world of interconnects and accelerators is far more important.

Matthew Lee, 08 Dec 2023 22:53

The EU is providing 1.2 billion euros for a European cloud computing project

EU provides 1.2 billion euros for European cloud computing project

The cloud business is currently and clearly dominated by US companies. This has various disadvantages for countries outside the US, such possible data protection issues and loss of potential revenue. Now, the EU is finally getting...

Christian Hintze, 06 Dec 2023 01:44

The Heron QPU with 133 qubits (Source: IBM Research/Flickr)

Quantum computers: IBM reveals Condor and Heron quantum CPUs

IBM recently presented two new quantum processors (QPUs) at the Quantum Summit 2023: the Condor QPU with 1121 qubits and the smaller Heron QPU with 133 qubits. IBM also unveiled the modular System Two quantum supercomputer.

Alexander Pensler, 05 Dec 2023 21:00

Security gaps in the open source services prompted a server update (Image: Nextcloud/Owncloud)

Security gaps discovered in Nextcloud and ownCloud's cloud software

Cloud computing programs Nextcloud and ownCloud were recently affected by several security gaps that allowed third parties to access stored server files. The vulnerabilities have already been fixed in the current versions.

Alexander Pensler, 04 Dec 2023 23:36

Alibaba's 3,072-core RISC-V based cloud server (Image Source: Agam Shah)

US could ban RISC-V exports to China as Alibaba develops 3072-core RISC-V cloud server and Sunway reveals powerful 390-core RISC supercomputer CPU

China is now unable to import any X86 or Arm CPUs and all AI-related GPUs are restricted, too. Nevertheless, RISC-V is not yet falling under the import ban provisions and China is taking advantage of this while it can.

Bogdan Solca, 28 Nov 2023 13:58

Microsoft's custom Cobalt 100 ARM CPU features 128 cores. (Image Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft debuts custom silicon for AI and cloud: 128-core ARM Cobalt 100 and 5 nm Maia 100 aim to power next gen AI training and inference needs

Microsoft has finally unveiled its own custom silicon. The Maia 100 is Microsoft's AI accelerator designed for the Azure stack to train OpenAI's complex LLMs. The Cobalt 100 is an ARM-based chip with 128 cores aimed at optimizing ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 16 Nov 2023 15:22

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