Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free - and more quick links - worth a look
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Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is
not entirely free - and more quick links - worth a look
And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eC2?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=top-article
* TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators
Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4
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* Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is
not entirely free
And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eC2?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Apple supplier Foxconn and Nvidia team up to deploy Taiwan's fastest
AI supercomputer
How does 90 exaFLOPS sound?
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBN?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane
Helene
Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBE?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to
improve them
AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBm?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance
Profit doesn't pop despite AI-inspired memory boom, leading to
executive mea culpa
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBe?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
Security
* Qualcomm urges device makers to push patches after 'targeted'
exploitation
Given Amnesty's involvement, it's a safe bet spyware is in play
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eC6?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Happy birthday, Putin – you've been pwned
Pro-Ukraine hackers claim credit for Russian state broadcasting
shutdown
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBj?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
Software
* Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to
your boss
What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBY?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Incumbent congressman not turning up to debates? Train an AI on his
press releases
Hallucinations, made-up facts... and that's just the human politicians
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBT?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts
NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never
existed
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBG?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit
climate goals anyway'
Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits
former Google CEO
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBC?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good
Stability? Predictability? Reliability? Where's the fun in that?
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBA?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with
more AI
Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBy?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Linus Torvalds declares war on the passive voice
Linux contributors told to sort out their grammar lest they be actively
corrected
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBW?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal
The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software
shake-up
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBt?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Microsoft veteran ditches Team Tabs, blaming storage trauma of
yesteryear
How do you indent yours?
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBp?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* XCP-NG thanks Broadcom for increased interest, swipes Citrix for not
helping build an alternative
XenServer fork plans to make its next version a better target for
VMware migrations
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBg?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* China reportedly tells local AI buyers to ignore Nvidia
Plus: Google, Oracle, spend $9.5 billion on Asia datacenters;
Philippines to tax clouds; Vietnam infosec praised; and more
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBa?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
Special Features
* Microsoft issues 117 patches – some for flaws already under attack
Plus: SAP re-patches a failed patch for critical-rated flaw
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eCa?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims
Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBc?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
Offbeat
* AI godfather-turned-doomer shares Nobel with neural network pioneer
First-ever awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eC8?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* Babbage boffin Ada Lovelace honored for computer science
contributions
Penned Analytical Engine algorithm in her youth, imagine if she'd lived
past 36
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eC4?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
* DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards
'Deconversion' can begin now, but initial enrichment, transportation
and storage to processors is still TBD
https://go.reg.cx/tdml/18dcb5/672ea5ff/4152998c/4eBJ?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article
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