October 2023

Astronomers debate whether or not lightning strikes even once on Venus 04/10/2023 at 09:32 By Katyanna Quach Where are the bolts of light? Why are the low-frequency radio waves lightning makes going backwards? Contrary to a decades-old hypothesis, there may be very little lightning in the atmosphere of Venus – or even none at all […]

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Nukes, schmukes – fuel cells could power future datacenters 04/10/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein At least in the tropics, say Equinix and the National University of Singapore Proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are more efficient than other alternative generator technologies as a way to provide backup power to datacenters in certain climates, according to

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Japan confirms ¥192 billion will flow to help Micron build Hiroshima plant 04/10/2023 at 08:32 By Simon Sharwood That’s $1.3 billion – pocket change compared to CHIPS Acts elsewhere Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, has confirmed it will fund Micron Technology’s planned memory plant in Hiroshima to the tune of ¥192 billion ($1.3

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Samsung signs to fab for RISC-V chip maker Tenstorrent 04/10/2023 at 07:02 By Laura Dobberstein For now, chaebol will manufacture AI startup’s 4nm Quasar AI chip startup Tenstorrent announced on Monday that it will use Samsung’s foundry to manufacture its next generation of products, with both partners alluding to potential future RISC-V collaborations.… This article

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Russia to ban all VPNs – again – says senator 04/10/2023 at 05:48 By Simon Sharwood Putin Zuck out of business is one goal of this repeat effort to close off internet tunnels Russia intends to prohibit VPNs being offered in the nation’s app stores starting in 2024.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Trio of TorchServe flaws means PyTorch users need an urgent upgrade 04/10/2023 at 04:33 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Meta, the project’s maintainer, shrugs A trio of now-patched security issues in TorchServe, an open-source tool for scaling PyTorch machine-learning models in production, could lead to server takeover and remote code execution (RCE), according to security researchers.…

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Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her 04/10/2023 at 03:50 By Katyanna Quach Victim in critical condition A woman in San Francisco is in critical condition after being first struck by a hit-and-run driver, and then falling in front of a driverless Cruise car, which ran her

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US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins … as imploded crypto biz boss sues his insurer 04/10/2023 at 03:02 By Thomas Claburn After netizens’ funds go up in smoke, ex-CEO seeks cash to foot legal bills The first of two US government prosecutions of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried commenced in New York on Monday, only

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Intel spins off FPGA biz with DC boss Sandra Rivera at the helm 04/10/2023 at 02:18 By Tobias Mann x86 giant eyes outside cash injections, IPO for Programmable Systems Group within three years Sandra Rivera is off as executive veep of Intel’s Datacenter and AI group, and will instead be CEO of the x86 giant’s

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