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US announces further crackdown on firms selling technology to Huawei

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In its latest crackdown designed to curb China’s dominance in the tech sector, and amid continued geopolitical tensions, the United States has revoked certain licenses permitting the sale of chips to Shenzhen-based Huawei. The news, confirmed by the US Department of Commerce (via CNBC), fails to detail the specific licenses that have been revoked. According … Read more

South Korea defense firms hit by North Korean attacks

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Multiple North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups have been attacking South Korean defense companies for more than a year, stealing login credentials and sensitive data.  A Reuters report, citing South Korea’s law enforcement, claims three major threat actors – Lazarus, Kimsuky, and Andariel, have been going after defense organizations and third-party contractors, planting malicious code in … Read more

Visa warns dangerous new malware is attacking financial firms

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Visa is warning its partners, clients, and customers, of an ongoing phishing attack that aims to deliver a banking trojan.  The Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PDF) unit sent out a security alert to card issuers, processors, and acquirers, noting it had observed a new phishing campaign that started in late March this year.  The campaign … Read more

This startup wants to take on Nvidia with a server-on-a-chip to eliminate what it calls an already flawed system — faster GPU, CPU, LPU, TPU or NIC will not deliver the leap that many firms are aiming for

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According to Israeli startup NeuReality, many AI possibilities aren’t fully realized due to the cost and complexity of building and scaling AI systems.  Current solutions are not optimized for inference and rely on general-purpose CPUs, which were not designed for AI. Moreover, CPU-centric architectures necessitate multiple hardware components, resulting in underutilized Deep Learning Accelerators (DLAs) … Read more

‘Algae recycled into energy’: How one of Europe’s largest data center firms wants to harness heat from GPUs and others to grow sustainable marine flora — but will it be worth it?

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Data centers produce a lot of waste heat that could one day be recycled and used to heat millions of homes. Now, French data center company Data4 has partnered with the University of Paris-Saclay to launch a project that aims to use data center heat to grow algae, which can then be recycled into energy. … Read more

Tech firms must align on ambitious ESG standards

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With the debate surrounding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles persisting, one of the few unanimous conclusions is that all of us – from governments and policymakers to NGOs, citizens, and businesses – have a critical role to play. The recent COP28 Summit has bolstered my sense of collective action. We’ve just endured one of … Read more