Datacenter biz wants to turn heat and carbon waste into biomass for sale From bit barn to algae farm?
Euro datacenter operator Data4 is trialling a project to reuse heat from its servers and captured carbon dioxide to grow algae that can then be used in the agri-food or pharmacology sectors.…
Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs AI-optimized CPUs promise 4.6GHz clocks, at least for one in eight cores
Computex When Nvidia first teased its Arm-based Grace CPU back in 2021, many saw it as a threat to Intel and AMD. Four years later, the Arm-based silicon is at the heart of the GPU giant's most powerful AI systems, but it has not yet replaced x86 entirely.…
Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes Worries about uncertainty, even as AI pushes revenue and profit higher
Chinese hardware giant Lenovo thought it had prepared for a trade war, but its plan proved insufficient once the US started to rapidly change its tax policies in imported goods.…<!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' -->
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise Annoyed at poor or missing salary increase offer as Brit telco pays out dividend
BT is facing a revolt over pay from its line managers, with unions complaining today about the telco giant dishing out increased dividends to shareholders from its fiscal 2025 earnings.…
User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it For once, the IT department was rewarded for finding the fix, and the perfect-if-unexpected fixer
On Call Welcome to a fresh instalment of On-Call, The Register’s reader-contributed column in which you share your tales of tech support triumph, and we try to retell them in an amusing fashion.…
Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups
India’s consumer affairs minister has criticized Uber for adding a feature that allows users to tip their driver before a trip as an incentive to take a job.…
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
The US Space Force has been struggling to achieve its technological goals, and Chief of Space Operations General B. Chance Saltzman told senators this week that civilian layoffs and budget cuts aren't helping matters at all. …
Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers
Investment biz Bain Capital is getting further into the datacenter sector with the launch of an operation serving hyperscalers in Europe, potentially positioning itself to benefit from customer unease over US hyperscalers.…
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers Barriers stack up: Datacenter capacity, egress fees, platform skills, variety of cloud services. It won't happen, say analysts
European organizations wanting to break free of American cloud operators may find their hopes dashed, according to industry analysts, for a number of reasons including a sheer lack of datacenter capacity.…
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budget
The FOSS recreation of AmigaOS is making progress. A new edition runs entirely from a USB key, so you can temporarily turn your PC into an Amiga – without any tricky installation process.…
Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz
The European Union has sanctioned Russia-linked entities it says jammed GPS signals, sabotaged undersea cables, and ran a web hosting business that aided "information manipulation interference and cyber-attacks."…
Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’ Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed
Rapid growth in Wi-Fi use means the 6 GHz band’s carrying capacity may soon be exhausted, according to CableLabs, the nonprofit networking think tank run by cable television operators.…
Wyden warns telcos still leave Senate in the dark after Trump DOJ snooping scandal AT&T, Verizon, T-Mo failed to alert lawmakers about surveillance, senator says
Updated AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile US failed to set up systems to notify lawmakers when government snoops came calling for their phone records - a contractual obligation that went ignored until recently, according to US Senator Ron Wyden.…
Sergey Brin promises next generation of Glassholes will be much less conspicuous Chocolate Factory comes for Meta's Ray-Bans with Warby Parker pact
Google I/O Google and eyeglass maker Warby Parker have partnered to create a more stylish successor to Google Glass, which cofounder Sergey Brin quipped will actually be polished before launch this time.…
Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users Bribed support staff identified, fired
Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods.…
Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue
Google has updated its sovereign cloud services, including an air-gapped solution for customers with strict data security and residency requirements, as customers grow uneasy over US digital dominance.…
Trump announces $175B for Golden Dome defense shield over America In practice, it'll cost many times that and almost certainly won't work
In a White House press conference on Tuesday President Trump announced his plans for a defensive network of missiles, radar, space surveillance, and attack satellites that he promised would protect America.…
UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options
The current rhetoric coming from the US is "alarming" for the UK, which depends on a continuation of their long-standing co-operation around space and military tech for the future, the UK's second parliamentary chamber heard this week.…
Logical Biological appoints Stephane Argivier as new CEO Logical Biological, a leader in the provision of high-quality biological specimens, announces the appointment of Stephane Argivier as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st September 2024.
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