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US-Iran war permanently damaged Amazon's AWS infrastructure in the Middle East
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
Amazon recently confirmed that Iran's threats against US tech corporations were all but real. The company provided a few updates on the health of its AWS services in the Middle East, stating that some of its facilities have been damaged to the point of becoming completely inoperable for the foreseeable...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A judge ruled Google broke antitrust law, then let it keep its entire ad-tech business
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema concluded that divestiture was "neither realistic nor needed," even after finding last year that Google had violated antitrust law in its handling of the ad-tech market. Instead, the ruling calls for changes to how Google's advertising tools operate. Google must make its products interoperable...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft will reveal what's next for Windows and Surface next month, Nvidia RTX Spark included
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
The event is expected to cover Windows, Surface, Nvidia RTX Spark, and the broader PC market. It kicks off at 10am Pacific time, 1pm Eastern.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Someone finally cracked the PlayStation 2's security chip, 26 years later
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
Reverse-engineering enthusiast "DiscoStarslayer" recently announced that the MechaCon security chip used in PlayStation 2 consoles has finally been dumped. The "secret" chip is now being fully documented, which should help developers with modding projects designed for original hardware.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fusion startups keep promising power plants, the physics still says otherwise
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
Pacific Fusion recently broke ground on a test facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Helion Energy says it plans to provide electricity to Microsoft by 2028. Other companies are aiming to build commercial plants in the 2030s.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's next GPUs could bring neural rendering to the PS6 and next Xbox
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
In a recent post on the AnandTech forums, trusted leaker Kepler_L2 claimed that AMD's next-generation graphics hardware will support its take on neural lighting, which Nvidia recently introduced with DLSS 5. The move could significantly expand the technology's reach beyond PCs using Nvidia's high-end graphics cards.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Hackers stole a Flock camera and found 27,321 video clips, 1.6 million images, and an encryption key
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
The group, calling itself stegan0gram, said it removed and disarmed the hardware before reverse engineering the camera and its associated solar equipment.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple could return to the server market with M8 Ultra hardware and Nvidia networking
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
According to a report in The Information, Apple is considering versions with either two or four M8 Ultra chips. It is also discussing whether to use Nvidia's NVLink Fusion technology to connect the chips. NVLink Fusion combines hardware and software designed to move data between processors. Apple's existing methods for...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
In July 2025, a team of US Marshals arrested 50-year-old Lipps in Tennessee at gunpoint while she was babysitting four young children. She was booked into the county jail in Tennessee as a fugitive from justice wanted in North Dakota.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Valve says Nvidia GeForce support for SteamOS is progressing, but could take years
Posted on Thursday September 17, 2026
A Valve spokesperson recently told IGN that the company is working hard to make Nvidia graphics drivers viable on SteamOS, the Linux distro powering the Steam Deck and Steam Machine. Introducing Nvidia hardware support would dramatically expand the appeal of Valve's OS and other Linux distros for third-party hardware manufacturers...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »