Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites (2025/07/16) Network update reports median 25 ms latency – in the US – as capacity rockets upwards
Uber to roll out thousands of robo-cabs built by China’s Baidu (2025/07/16) Coming soon, somewhere in the Middle East or Asia
AMD cleared to join Nvidia and resume selling some underpowered AI chips to China (2025/07/16) Waiting for license approval but plans to resume shipments of the MI308 accelerator soon-ish
Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop (2025/07/16) Maintainers struggle to handle growing flow of low-quality bug reports written by bots
Ex-US soldier who Googled 'can hacking be treason' pleads guilty to extortion (2025/07/16) File this one under what not to search if you've committed a crime
German team warns ChatGPT is changing how you talk (2025/07/15) Let us delve swiftly into meticulous inquiry with our AI masters
Mistral launches Voxtral speech recognition model (2025/07/15) Apache-licensed plan takes aim at costlier options
Caught between China and Trump, Apple spends $500M on rare earth recycling (2025/07/15) MP Materials aims to deliver US-made, recycled magnets by 2027
Faceless megacorps could be a salary-hungry IT pro's best friend, if you're in AI that is (2025/07/15) They might pay more, but don't expect a mega salary anymore
Smartphones in the doldrums due to crap demand and tariff woes (2025/07/15) Inventories stack up stateside as Apple and co prep for import tax tweaks
Nearly 3 out of 4 Oracle Java users say they've been audited in the past 3 years (2025/07/15) Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source
AI creeps into the risk register for America's biggest firms (2025/07/15) S&P 500 businesses warn investors they may never see ROI in SEC filings
With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom asks who needs UALink when there's Ethernet? (2025/07/15) The never Nvidia networking party just got another option
IT consultancy settles US battle over alleged $14.75M government contract fraud (2025/07/15) Outfit was accused of charging for specialist IT labor performed by uncertified folks
Former Google DeepMind engineer behind Simular says other AI agents are doing it wrong (2025/07/15) Simular is starting with industries like insurance and healthcare with tons of forms to fill
CIOs pause net-new IT investments as global tariff jitters bite (2025/07/15) World War Fee Uncertainty to blame as businesses wait to see what US Prez Trump does next
HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast (2025/07/15) Exos and IronWolf drives show spinning rust isn't going anywhere
Britain's billion-pound F-35s not quite ready for, well, anything (2025/07/15) Stealth jets can't fight, can't fly much, and can't shoot UK missiles, says NAO
Meta reveals plan for several multi-gigawatt datacenter clusters (2025/07/15) First, Zuck takes Manhattan. Then he might actually deliver a product that matters
Scientists spot massive black hole collision that defies current theories (2025/07/15) Off-the-charts gravitational waves ripple out from merged dead stars