Noctua Partners to Adapt 2,000W Micro-Channel Air Cooling for PCs
Noctua and Forced Physics are exploring whether a micro-channel air-cooling array that can handle over 2,000W can be made quiet enough for desktop PCs.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
New Flow Compares A7 CFET and A10 Nanosheet FETs From Parasitics to Reliability
A physics-based co-evaluation flow lets researchers isolate parasitic RC effects and aging in competing transistor architectures for AI accelerators.
ASUS eShop Breach Exposes Customer Contact and Order Data
ASUS disclosed that unauthorized access to its eShop may have exposed customer contact details and order records, though financial data was not compromised.
Docker Cloud Sandboxes aim to keep AI agents contained
Docker's hosted sandboxes run AI agents in micro VMs to prevent them from reaching host systems, after a series of containment failures.
Dyfed-Powys Police Confirms Cyberattack, Probes Staff Data Theft
The Welsh force says emergency services held up, but investigators are checking whether attackers accessed employee information.
ALCF Summer Students Tackle HPC and AI Research Projects
Argonne's summer program gave undergraduate and graduate students hands-on experience in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
Phishing job ad bans script reading, then prints the script
Trellix's Dark Web Roast highlights a Telegram scam ad that forbids callers from reading scripts—then includes the exact script to read.
eBPF-based mkcheck2 cuts build dependency check overhead by 99.7%
A Waseda University tool uses eBPF tracing and incremental analysis to make continuous build dependency verification practical.
Google-backed Fervo Energy switches on 33 MW geothermal plant in Utah
The first GeoBlock at Cape Station is now delivering power, with plans to expand to 4 GW and support datacenter growth.
Raspberry Pi's RAM Stockpile Pays Off in Record First Half
A strategic memory inventory built before the shortage helped Raspberry Pi post record revenue and profit while rivals struggled.
AMD EPYC 9006 Venice: Zen 6 Servers Bring 256-Core Dense Chips
AMD's next-generation EPYC 9006 family pairs Zen 6 cores with TSMC 2nm, new memory and I/O, and a record 256-core dense part.
Chip Design AI Stalls on Messy Data, Not Model Power
A new analysis argues that fragmented, poorly documented design data—not a lack of algorithms or compute—is the real barrier to AI-driven semiconductor engineering.
Office 2016/2019 activation failures linked to optional Microsoft update
Users of out-of-support Office versions report mass license deactivation after a Microsoft 365 update, with no official explanation.
Analyst accuses AMD of 'treason' over China chip availability; AMD denies
A SemiAnalysis analyst says AMD's restricted RFSoCs are being crowdfunded in China at a fraction of US prices; AMD says it complies with export rules and investigates diversion.
F-Droid 2.0 ships with new UI, better search, and Google policy threat looming
The open-source Android app store's biggest update in a decade arrives as Google's developer verification rules could upend sideloading.
DOJ: US agencies bought forensics tools from Russian-owned firm
Prosecutors allege Oxygen Forensics hid its Russian ownership and development from US defense and homeland security customers.
ASRock Rack SORANOD8-2L2T Brings AMD Sorano to SP6 Boards
ServeTheHome reviews ASRock Rack's new SP6 motherboard for AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano processors, balancing server I/O with a memory-speed trade-off.
Framework Helps Decide Which HPC Workloads Fit in the Cloud
An HPCwire analysis offers a decision framework for moving HPC workloads to the cloud, addressing long-standing networking and storage gaps.