Burger King Russia breach exposes 3.2M customer records
A six-year-old marketing database tied to Burger King Russia was compromised, and Have I Been Pwned has confirmed the leak.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Mazzolai Wants Robots That Give Back to Environment
Barbara Mazzolai draws on nature to build robots that not only mimic life but also benefit the environment.
EU Datacenter Green Labels Finally Land, Efficiency Standards Next
The EU's long-delayed sustainability scorecard for datacenters is out, and regulators are already eyeing binding efficiency floors.
Berkeley Lab Pairs Imaging and Simulation to Watch Electrons in Thin Semiconductors
A new Berkeley Lab technique combines direct imaging with simulation to reveal how electrons interact with defects in ultrathin semiconductor devices.
GMMK Eternal Review: Compact 96% Board Keeps the Noise Down
Glorious's GMMK Eternal packs a 96-percent layout, hot-swappable switches, and heavy sound dampening into a wired keyboard built to fit almost any desk.
Sovereign AI Aims to Ease Compliance and Boost Innovation
A sponsored analysis argues that national AI infrastructure can turn regulatory compliance into a driver of innovation.
Nvidia-Backed Startup Says It Will Mine Bitcoin in Space
Starcloud plans to switch on Bitcoin mining ASICs after its second spacecraft reaches orbit later this year, claiming a space-first for the industry.
Scaling SoC Test for AI and HPC: Beyond Compression to Hierarchical Connectivity
As AI and HPC chips grow in complexity, test engineers must focus on how test data is distributed, not just how much is compressed.
GPUThor Attack Bypasses ECC on NVIDIA GPUs
University of Toronto researchers show non-uniform hammering can defeat ECC protection on NVIDIA GPUs, enabling high-intensity Rowhammer attacks.
Cloudflare cuts server hashes by 90% to save 100 TB of RAM
Cloudflare saved 100 TB of RAM by shrinking its hash-mapping table from 100,000 entries to 10,000, reducing cache bloat.
Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware hijack dictation traffic
A vulnerability in Meta's Muse AI app could let malware on a device redirect voice dictation to attackers, undermining the company's user-control promises.
AMD Reaches $1T Market Cap as AI Demand Boosts Epyc and Instinct
AMD has joined the $1 trillion market value club, with its rise driven by both AI-focused Instinct GPUs and strong Epyc server processor designs.
Anthropic-Linked Flaws Reach 225, but Only One Exploited
A large batch of vulnerabilities tied to Anthropic has seen almost no real-world exploitation, according to new tracking data.
GOV.UK founder warns sovereign AI rush could lock UK into big tech
Mike Bracken cautions that the government's push for sovereign AI may hand more control to a small group of technology suppliers.
Leaker: Nvidia RTX 60 GPUs may not arrive until 2028
A prominent leaker claims Nvidia is prioritizing data center products, potentially leaving gamers waiting three years for next-gen RTX 60 cards.
Cambium to shut cloud portal, exits enterprise networking hardware
UK vendor's failure leaves customers scrambling to migrate to on-prem management before the cloud portal goes dark.
US datacenter efficiency rises as emissions rules are rolled back
A Register report highlights a tradeoff: Nvidia-based datacenters are extracting more compute per megawatt, even as US power emissions restrictions are dismantled.
Fake Rust Job Interviews Deliver Malicious Payloads to Crate Owners
Attackers are targeting Rust crate maintainers with fake recruitment calls that carry booby-trapped payloads.