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Western Union zaps VMware and moves to Nutanix

2 months 1 week ago
South Korea’s biggest theme park is also riding the VM migration roller coaster

Western Union has commenced a migration from VMware to Nutanix after deciding it didn’t want to do business with Broadcom.…

Simon Sharwood

Atlassian gussies up Confluence for the AI era

2 months 1 week ago
Helps employees present data in Confluence in various ways

Atlassian is modernizing Confluence for the AI era, testing tools and agentic capabilities that give users the chance to turn their written notes into graphics and their ideas into software applications.…

O'Ryan Johnson

Criminal wannabes even more dangerous than the pros, says ex-FBI cyber chief

2 months 1 week ago
If they don't know what they're doing, you might never get your data back

interview  It's the biggest threat today, but it took her a while to appreciate it. After spending two decades at the FBI and much of that time working to intercept and stop cyber threats from the likes of China and Russia, Halcyon Ransomware Research Center SVP Cynthia Kaiser says she was a "latercomer to really wanting to focus on ransomware."…

Jessica Lyons

DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months

2 months 1 week ago
Drawback: it’s radioactive

Forget recharging or swapping out disposable AAs every day. What if you could power energy-hungry devices for months or even years at a time from a single, reasonably-sized battery? A Washington state-based fusion energy startup is helping to make that dream a reality for DARPA, which wants higher-power radioactive batteries for space. …

Brandon Vigliarolo

Call your existing automation ‘zero-token architecture’ to become an instant agentic AI wiz

2 months 1 week ago
Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that’s trying to hide deep tech

As businesses drink the agentic AI Kool-Aid and go looking for productivity enhancements, IT professionals can deliver by rebranding their existing automations as “zero-token architecture,” according to Kelsey Hightower, a former Google distinguished engineer and a notable early promoter of Kubernetes.…

Simon Sharwood

RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets

2 months 1 week ago
BAE says trials could offer cheaper way to counter uncrewed aerial threats

BAE Systems has successfully tested a laser-guided rocket system with a Typhoon fighter jet from Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) as a potential anti-drone weapon. It follows earlier trials in the US with the F-15E Strike Eagle.…

Dan Robinson

Talk ain't cheap: DARPA offers grants for new AI-to-AI communication protocol

2 months 1 week ago
MATHBAC program wants better machine-to-machine chatter for scientific discovery

To supercharge agents' ability to make scientific discoveries, DARPA is looking to improve cross-bot collaboration by developing a "science of AI communication" that will help the models work together to come up with better ideas. …

Brandon Vigliarolo

Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework

2 months 1 week ago
Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a library

Microsoft has set an end-of-support date of April 7, 2027, for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the only supported version on .NET Framework, even though .NET Framework (and the original ASP.NET) will continue to be supported.…

Tim Anderson

Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers

2 months 1 week ago
To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want

Updated  Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to "minimize disruption" for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBook credit.…

Paul Kunert

Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed

2 months 1 week ago
Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand

Investors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK's datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.…

Dan Robinson

DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B

2 months 1 week ago
Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform

The UK's largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run a host of business process outsourcing services – including building a new Oracle ERP system.…

Lindsay Clark

White House seeks deep NASA cuts as Artemis II breaks spaceflight record

2 months 1 week ago
'Proposal resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration'

First, the good news: the Artemis II crew has successfully swung around the far side of the Moon and surpassed Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth. Now the bad news: the White House is sharpening the budget blade once again.…

Richard Speed

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones

2 months 1 week ago
President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war

Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US military operations.…

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