Google Cloud flexes as first to host Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Server VMs
Baby got Blackwell GPUs Google Cloud on Wednesday celebrated the debut of virtual machines incorporating Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPU technology, claiming to be the first cloud provider to sell this particular offering.
Major update: CarPlay with iOS 26 promises useful new features
Apple is significantly improving iPhone car integration this year, and not just for CarPlay Ultra. However, Android Auto is already one step ahead.
AMD sacrifices classic computing power for AI in the Instinct MI350X/MI355X
AMD's upcoming data center accelerators MI350X and 355X bring much more AI optimizations, but sacrifice classic floating point arithmetic per clock.
GINT XT: Deutsche Bahn, mobile operators to bring high-speed Internet to trains
With compact radio masts on the track, fast Internet on the railroads is finally set to become a reality. All four mobile phone providers are working together.
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FreeBSD 14.3 with major advances in the WiFi stack
FreeBSD has been somewhat weak in the WiFi stack. With FreeBSD 14.3 and considering the upcoming FreeBSD 15, the developers are focusing precisely on this.
AI agents and no-code pipelines: Databricks Agent Bricks and Lakeflow Designer
Databricks introduces new tools for developing and deploying data pipelines and AI agents.
it?Mac and iPad soon to get telephony app New anti-spam features for iMessages
Apple has expanded its system integration: tablets and computers now have fully-fledged phone apps. Thanks to AI, you should have to wait less and avoid spam.
Wikipedia: Test of AI-generated article summaries stopped for the time being
The Wikimedia Foundation wanted to test the effect of AI-generated summaries on Wikipedia articles. The community prevented this for the time being.
PCI Express 7.0 also chases 256 GByte/s via cable
The specification for PCIe 7.0 is ready. There are more options for electrical and optical PCIe cable connections as well as initial ideas for PCIe 8.0.
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US auditors beg Pentagon to pay attention to latest report about IT system flaws
The DoD has ignored many past recommendations US government auditors have been trying to whip the Pentagon's IT programs into shape for half a decade, and the latest report suggests it continues to be an uphill battle.
Massive US cloud outages at Google and Cloudflare paralyze web services
Since the early evening, Google Cloud and Cloudflare have been struggling with disruptions in the USA, affecting numerous internet services.
Meta sues 'nudify' app-maker that it claims ran 87k+ Facebook, Instagram ads
Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop Meta has sued an app maker for advertising on Facebook and Instagram a so-called "nudify" app that uses AI to generate nude and sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent.
Global Cloud goes down, takes Cloudflare and its customers with it
Big G said it was fixed, but acknowledged ongoing customer pain Google Cloud went down hard on Thursday, and took Cloudflare and some of its customers with it.
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Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash
Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area A Boeing 787 flying from India to London's Gatwick airport has crashed, leaving one reported survivor among the 242 people aboard.
I want to wish all the GCP administrators today a nice day.
It seems to be struggling.
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Je dsire souhaiter tous les administrateurs GCP aujourdhui une bonne journe.
Ils semblent avoir de la misre.
TSMC strengthens Japan ties with joint RD lab in Tokyo
University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policy TSMC has opened a joint research lab with the University of Tokyo in Japan, the company's first such collaboration with an academic institute outside of Taiwan, amid ongoing concerns over the Trump administration's attitude to foreign tech firms.
Massive Cloud-Ausflle bei Google und Cloudflare legen US-Dienste lahm
Seit dem frhen Abend kmpfen Google Cloud und Cloudflare in den USA mit Strungen, die zahlreiche Internetdienste in den USA beeintrchtigen.
The Register: AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030
AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030
Who'd have thunk The bigger the iron, the more efficient it gets With Moore's Law on its last legs and datacenter power consumption a growing concern, AMD is embarking on an ambitious new goal to boost the energy efficiency of its chips 20-fold before 2030. And it sees rack-scale architectures as a key design point to get there.
Instinct MI350X/MI355X: AMD opfert Compute- fr KI-Rechenleistung
AMDs kommende Rechenzentrumsbeschleuniger MI350X und 355X bringen viel mehr KI-Optimierungen, opfern dafr aber klassische Gleitkommaarithmetik pro Takt.
AMD preps rack-scale Helios systems to contend with Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL144
House of Zen's biggest iron yet boasts 72 MI400 GPUs, 260 TBps of UALink bandwidth, and 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4 AMD offered its best look yet at the rack-scale architecture that'll underpin its MI400-series GPUs in 2026 at its Advancing AI event in San Jose on Thursday.
CISA loses another senior exec - and the budget cuts haven't even started yet
Another one bites the dust at America's top cybersecurity agency The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has lost another senior leader: executive director Bridget Bean departed on Wednesday.
Fick ntligen gjort (genom jobbet) provet fr Googles Professional Cloud Developer-certifikat, och klarade det! Mycket svrare n jag vntat mig/hoppats p, men till slut kom jag till en sida dr det stod att jag klarat det.
Tar typ en vecka innan certifikatet utfrdas p riktigt, men frhoppningsvis fr jag det i nsta vecka.
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground
Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS The Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been held up by a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon 9's first stage.
Groes Update: CarPlay mit iOS 26 verspricht ntzliche Neuerungen
Apple verbessert die iPhone-Autointegration in diesem Jahr merklich und nicht nur fr CarPlay Ultra. Android Auto ist allerdings schon einen Schritt weiter.
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AMD's MI355X is a 1.4 kW liquid-cooled monster built to battle Nvidia's Blackwell
And the House of Zen wants to put 128 of them in your rack Nvidia's Blackwell accelerators have been on the market for just over six months, and AMD says it's already achieved performance parity with the launch of its MI350-series GPUs on Thursday.
Amazon has changed its nuclear deal in Pennsylvania to bypass grumpy regulators
New front-of-the-meter agreement avoids direct delivery snag that drew regulator pushback Amazon has amended its deal with Talen Energy to buy power for a Pennsylvania datacenter from an adjacent nuclear power plant after regulators raised their eyebrows at the original deal.
Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions
Distros align with GNOME 49's move to make Wayland the only supported session Like any other distro with GNOME 49, the next interim release of Ubuntu will be Wayland-only at least in its GNOME variant.
heise+ Interview zu GitHub Sponsors: Warum Geld fr Open Source wichtig ist
Bei GitHub ist Martin Woodward fr die Beziehung zu Entwicklern zustndig. Im Interview erklrt er, warum Open-Source-Maintainer Geld verdienen sollten.
GINT XT: Bahn und Mobilfunker wollen Highspeed-Internet in den Zug bringen
Mit kompakten Funkmasten am Gleis soll schnelles Internet in der Bahn endlich Wirklichkeit werden. Erstmals arbeiten dafr alle vier Mobilfunkanbieter zusammen.
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Beschdigtes Unterseekabel vor Taiwan: Kapitn aus China verurteilt
Ende Februar beschdigte ein Frachter mit chinesischer Crew ein Unterseekabel vor Taiwan. Das hat nun Konsequenzen fr den Kapitn.
FreeBSD 14.3 mit groen Fortschritten beim WiFi-Stack
Bislang schwchelte FreeBSD etwas beim WiFi-Stack. Mit FreeBSD 14.3 und in Hinblick auf das kommende FreeBSD 15 fokussieren sich die Entwickler genau darauf.
heise+ Mit Open Source Geld verdienen: Entwicklung ber Fonds und Spenden finanzieren
Open-Source-Software hlt die Welt am Laufen, aber nur wenige Entwickler erhalten Geld fr ihre Arbeit. Dabei kann die Bezahlung auch freiem Code helfen.
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Nvidia hits the gas on autonomous vehicle software
DRIVE stack promises safer roads and smarter cars eventually GTC Paris Nvidia has officially rolled out its autonomous vehicle (AV) software, despite telling a UK car mag that fully self-driving vehicles are not likely before the next decade.
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