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AFRINIC Election Proceeds After ICANNs Attempt To Replace Officials Fails

Regulator remains concerned about election integrity Elections at troubled regional internet registry the African Netwo... Read more

ZTE Supports AI With Full-stack IT Offering

Company expands from telco origins to support compute-hungry use cases Partner content  Under the wave of digital tran... Read more

China Just Two Years Behind USA On Chip Design, Says White House Tech Czar

Expects Huawei to start exporting AI chips soon, creating global fight for tech stack dominance China’s AI and chipma... Read more

Japan's Sequel To Fugaku Supercomputer Will Be Arm'd To The Teeth

Fujitsu picked to build system using 'MONAKA-X' CPUs Fujitsu has bagged the contract to design Japan's next-gen superco... Read more

Interactive IEA Tracker Shows Where AI Is Guzzling The Most Energy

Observatory maps datacenter hubs and power demand worldwide The International Energy Agency (IEA) has unveiled an onlin... Read more

UK Gov Asks University Boffins To Pinpoint Cyber Growth Areas Where It Should Splash Cash

Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people Cyb... Read more

Space Manufacturing Company Varda Gets Clearance To Launch More Uncrewed Capsules

Startup has already shown how to make drugs in space UPDATED  America's aviation regulator has issued its first licens... Read more

Europe Slams Online Tat Bazaar AliExpress For Dodging Obligation To Stop Dodgy Traders

Illegal products abound on Chinese site and its processes to stop ‘em are hopeless The European Commission has found ... Read more

Irans Internet Goes Offline For Hours Amid Claims Of Enemy Abuse

Bank and crypto outfits hit after Israeli commander mentioned attacks expanding to ‘other areas’ The government of ... Read more

Nvidia Bets On Gates-backed Nuclear Startup To Keep Its AI Ambitions From Melting Down

$650M funding round aims to bring TerraPower's Natrium power plant in Wyoming online by 2030 Datacenter operators’ de... Read more

Military-tech Upstart Anduril Pushes Further Into NATO With German Arms Maker Deal

Move fast and blow things up Silicon Valley-backed weapons maker Anduril and German armaments biz Rheinmetall have sign... Read more

Judge Smacks Down Pentagon Plan To Slash University Research Funding Awards

Sec Def Hegseth says funds better spent elsewhere, because it's not like the military needs new tech, right? A federal ... Read more

European Consumers Are Mostly Saying 'non' To Trading In Their Old Phones

Are they using it to death then locking it in a drawer? Schemes needed as shipments of refurbed kit dips Less than a th... Read more

Training AI On Mastodon Posts? The Idea's Extinct After Terms Updated

Such rules could be tricky to enforce in the Fediverse, though Mastodon is the latest platform to push back against AI ... Read more