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Water worries flood in as chip industry and AI models grow thirstier

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Mega makers already operate in water-scarce areas, and worry is they'll drink us dry Water supply is seen as a growing risk factor for the chip industry with consumption rising by up to ten percent each year, and many of the biggest producers alread…

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Atos hires three board directors to stop ship from sinking

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

One of them, One Point CEO David Layani, tried to buy rudderless integrator The long-running Atos saga took another twist today after it announced the nomination to its board of One Point CEO David Layani, who previously made an audacious bid for th…

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Hold up world, HP's all-in-one print subscription's about to land, and don't forget AI PCs

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Too late to prevent Q1 from being 7th straight decline for US titan HP Ink recorded its seventh quarter of shrinking revenues as enterprise customers voted to sweat their assets for longer amid economic uncertainty, but with a new all-in-one print s…

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Chip fab supplier Applied Materials gets subpoenaed over China sales

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Comes after US probe into biz's dealings with SMIC Updated  Applied Materials was served with multiple subpoenas relating to Chinese shipments, the chip factory equipment maker disclosed today.…

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Google sued by more than 30 European media orgs over adtech

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Meanwhile, the Google News Initiative is pushing AI tools for publishers A group of more than 30 European media organizations has sued Google for €2.1 billion, seeking damages for lost revenue they say was caused by the search giant’s anticompetitiv…

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Uncle Sam explores satellites that can create fuel out of thin air

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Very low Earth orbit birds could sip the outer atmosphere on their way up Electric propulsion systems that generate power from the scant air in the outer edges of the atmosphere could power satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), without the need…

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Chinese PC-maker Acemagic customized its own machines to get infected with malware

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Tried to speed boot times, maybe by messing with 'Windows source code', ended up building a viral on-ramp Chinese PC maker Acemagic has admitted some of its products shipped with pre-installed malware.…

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Toyota admits its engines are overrated – by its own power testing software

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Japan's government slapped it for using the wrong code to produce too-powerful results Toyota apologized on Wednesday for an incident involving the fraudulent certification of its diesel engines that resulted in a corrective order from Japan's trans…

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Texas judge turns out the lights on federal survey of cryptominers' energy consumption

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Washington sees potential emergency as miners power up to chase new BTC high A Texas judge has granted a temporary restraining order that prevents the US federal government surveying domestic cryptocurrency miners about their energy consumption.…

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Australian spy chief fears sabotage of critical infrastructure

donderdag 29 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

And accuses a former Australian politician of having 'sold out their country' The director general of security at Australia's Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has delivered his annual threat assessment, revealing ongoing attempts by adversa…

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Chinese chip slinger found not guilty of stealing memory secrets from Micron

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Fujian Jinhua escapes prosecution tho remains on the US sanctions list A Chinese chipmaker accused of stealing DRAM secrets from American memory manufacturer Micron has been found not guilty, bringing a five-year long legal saga to an end.…

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Chip fab supplier Applied Materials gets subpoenaed over China sales

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Comes after US probe into biz's dealings with SMIC Applied Materials was served with multiple subpoenas relating to Chinese shipments, the chip factory equipment maker disclosed today.…

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City council megaproject to spend millions for manual work Oracle system was meant to do

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Train-wreck public sector project was forecast to save 'bankrupt' council money Europe’s largest local authority has allocated £5.3 million ($6.7 million) in next year’s budget to pay for manual workarounds deemed necessary after its effort to trans…

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Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Seminal game runs on everything, so why not pay €2,199 to run it on a tiny screen? Swedish garden appliance maker Husqvarna has ported Doom to one of its robotic lawn mowers.…

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Chip fab supplier Applied Materials gets subpoenaed over China sales

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Comes after US probe into the company’s dealings with SMIC Chip kit maker Applied Materials was served with multiple subpoenas relating to Chinese shipments, the company disclosed today.…

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Google wants regulators to take Microsoft down a notch before it stifles AI

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Ad giant that owns over 80 percent of search traffic yells at cloud monopoly Updated  Google has again stoked fears that rival Microsoft is using anticompetitive business practices and licenses to establish a cloud monopoly, and is calling on regula…

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Broadcom CEO pay award jumps 164% to $160.8 million

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Stock awards front loaded, get five years in one go Broadcom's boss Hock Tan more than doubled his total compensation package in fiscal 2023, which will no doubt be well received by the thousands of small VMware customers and cloud providers he's up…

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Atos confirms sale talks for datacenter and hosting biz have failed

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Czech billionaire buyer walks away from ailing Tech Foundations division Troubled tech giant Atos confirmed today that negotiations with the prospective buyer of its legacy IT operation have ended prematurely, coming after the recent cancellation of…

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City council megaproject to spend millions for manual work Oracle system was meant to do

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Train-wreck public sector project was forecast to save 'bankrupt' council money Europe’s largest local authority has allocated £5.3 million ($6.7 million) in next year’s budget to pay for manual workarounds deemed necessary after its effort to trans…

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Plans to heat districts with datacenters may prove too hot to handle

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Report points out the difficulties of getting such a system right Using waste heat from datacenters for district heating makes sense from an environmental standpoint, yet there are implementation challenges and potential pitfalls introduced with any…

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Europe probes Microsoft's €15M stake in AI upstart Mistral

woensdag 28 februari 2024 inThe Register Data Centre (Tech News)

Cash-for-Azure-access deal went through just as latest LLM landed The European Commission is investigating Microsoft's €15 million ($16.3 million) investment in French startup Mistral, which came just after the latter released a large language model…

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