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High-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage

Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia's NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems on Tuesday, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator.…

Always bet on backpropagation

Always bet on backpropagation

If you've ever read Anthropic's disclaimer that responses generated by Claude may contain mistakes and thought, "That's what I need to spice up financial operations," you're in luck.…

With help from Google and Intel, Big Blue brings new automation to Db2

With help from Google and Intel, Big Blue brings new automation to Db2

IBM has added support for Google Vertex AI and Intel Gaudi to boost the AI-based management of its stalwart Db2 database.…

ServiceNow acquisitions Veza and Traceloop join to monitor agents and AI workflows

ServiceNow acquisitions Veza and Traceloop join to monitor agents and AI workflows

ServiceNow announced an expansion of its AI Control Tower, transforming what began last year as a governance dashboard into what the company now describes as a command center for managing AI assets across an entire enterprise, including those running outside ServiceNow's own platform.…

A rough guide to when your signal will behave, or not

A rough guide to when your signal will behave, or not

Shortwave radio enthusiasts are sure to know the problem: You're trying to tune in to your favorite global broadcast only to find that the signal is fuzzy. Is it you? Your equipment? It might just be the conditions in the ionosphere, which you'd know if you built this DIY device. …

Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long

Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long

CISA is warning that a newly-disclosed Linux kernel bug dubbed "CopyFail" is already being exploited, just days after researchers dropped a working root-level exploit.…

Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time

Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time

OPINION  NASA's budget and its new administrator's statements are evoking a ghost from the agency's past: Faster, better, cheaper.…

Zig's no-AI policy is at odds with view that most open source code will be AI-written in future

Zig's no-AI policy is at odds with view that most open source code will be AI-written in future

Bun creator Jarred Sumner has posted a Zig-to-Rust porting guide, igniting speculation that the project may migrate away from Zig, though Sumner said there is no commitment to rewriting, only that he is "curious to see what a working version of this looks like."…

Cushman & Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats

Cushman & Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats

Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed a data breach after two cybercrime groups, ShinyHunters and Qilin, separately claimed responsibility for attacks on the company.…

ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration

ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration

SAP has snapped up Dremio, a data integration and analytics provider, to extend the reach of its data analytics and AI agent-building tools into external data sources.…

Delivers update aimed at reducing hardware bill shock