China unveils ‘world’s first’ underwater data center — 2,000 server facility is powered by offshore wind, and cooled by the sea, making it one of the most efficient around

China launched an underwater AI data center using seawater cooling and offshore wind electricity to reduce rising infrastructure energy demands.
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‘A true engineering feat’: Silicon-based qubits have a clear advantage in race to million-qubit quantum computer thanks to tech that made Nvidia AI GPUs possible

Quantum computing using silicon-based qubits has a unique set of advantages versus other approaches

I found a lot of cheap Memorial Day business laptops on Amazon — here are the only ones worth buying under $600 from Dell, Lenovo, and HP

Don’t be fooled by all those ultra-cheap business laptop deals in Amazon’s sale – these are the ones to look for.

Dell launches record-shattering server with 9.8PB of flash storage in just 2U — paving the way for massive $75 million 200PB+ AI data center racks

Dell and KIOXIA unveiled a 9.8PB flash server targeting hyperscale AI workloads with extreme density and lower power consumption.
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Android users beware — this huge fraud scam campaign hit millions of victims around the world, make sure you’re not next

Researchers found hundreds of malicious Android apps on the Play Store, generating profits through fake ads.

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Zendesk expands AI agents across ChatGPT, Gemini, voice and messaging

Zendesk is shifting customer service to platform-agnostic AI agents, ensuring customers receive consistent, contextualized support across third-party apps like Gemini.
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Trust me, this HP laptop Is the best you can buy under $300 right now — the 17z has an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U CPU that’s almost as fast as the Apple M2

“RAMgeddon” has pushed up budget PC prices, but this stunning Memorial Day deal bucks the trend with an Apple M2-rivalling Ryzen 5 processor.
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Nvidia tells users to update GPU drivers now or face possible attack — here’s what we know

More than a dozen Nvidia GPU flaws were fixed, including several high-severity ones.

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12 products for keeping cool at work

My strategy for productive working in 30°C+ heat

Top arcade game maker leaks nearly 19 million user records via WeChat mini app

Researchers found a new Elasticsearch instance containing plenty of sensitive data.

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