Nvidia joins made-in-America party, hopes to flog $500B in homegrown AI supers by 2029 Blackwell production already underway in Arizona with server manufacturing coming to Texas within 15 months Nvidia wants to build and sell up to half a trillion US dollars of American-made AI supercomputer equipment over the next four years, with the help of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, aka TSMC,… #theregister #IT

Nvidia eyes $500B in homegrown servers by 2029

: Blackwell production already underway in Arizona with server manufacturing coming to Texas within 15 months

Don't delete that mystery empty folder. Windows put it there as a security fix Copilot vibe coding for OS development? Why not Canny Windows users who've spotted a mysterious folder on hard drives after applying last week's security patches for the operating system can rest assured – it's perfectly benign. In fact, it's recommended you leave the directory there.… #theregister #IT

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: Copilot vibe coding for OS development? Why not

Microsoft OneDrive file sync apps for Windows, Mac broken for 10 months Users, unsurprisingly, are not pleased and feel forgotten amid Redmond's Copilot frenzy In June 2024, users of the OneDrive sync client for macOS and Windows began reporting that shared folders had vanished from their local drives, replaced with web shortcuts.… #theregister #IT

OneDrive clients for Windows, Mac still broken 10 months on

Updated: Users, unsurprisingly, are not pleased and feel forgotten amid Redmond's Copilot frenzy

New SSL/TLS cert to live no longer than 47 days by 2029 IT admins, get ready to grumble CA/Browser Forum – a central body of web browser makers, security certificate issuers, and friends – has voted to cut the maximum lifespan of new SSL/TLS certs to just 47 days by March 15, 2029.… #theregister #IT

SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029

: IT admins, get ready to grumble

Intel flogs off majority stake in Altera to private equity for $4B Buy high, sell low: FPGA biz cost x86 giant $16B decade ago A decade after gobbling up Altera, Intel is loosening its grip. On Monday, the x86 giant said it's flogging a 51 percent stake in the FPGA slinger to private equity firm Silver Lake.… #theregister #IT

Intel flogs off majority stake in Altera to Silver Lake

: Buy high, sell low: FPGA biz cost x86 giant $16B decade ago

Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size What's the goal here, Homeland Insecurity or something? As drastic cuts to the US govt's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency loom, Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the ranking member of the House's cybersecurity subcommittee, has demanded that CISA brief the subcommittee "prior to any significant changes to CISA's workforc… #theregister #IT

Congressman Eric Swalwell demands briefing on CISA cuts

: What's the goal here, Homeland Insecurity or something?

Resellers may be sitting on costly pile of regret after US smartphone shopping spree Q1 sector growth unlikely to survive current trade policy Profiteering resellers stateside filled up on smartphone inventory in calendar Q1 before the scheduled imposition of US tariffs, which have rocked global stock prices and US Treasury bonds since April 2.… #theregister #IT

Resellers hoovered up smartphone stock in Q1

: Q1 sector growth unlikely to survive current trade policy

Avnet accuses Arm chip slinger Ampere of screwing it over on server deal Sales backstop deal? More like ... Sales? Back, stop! Deal! Arizona electronics supplier Avnet has accused California semiconductor design firm Ampere Computing of going against its word and backing out of a server purchasing deal.… #theregister #IT

Avnet allegedly stiffed by Ampere in server supply deal

: Sales backstop deal? More like ... Sales? Back, stop! Deal!

Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR Elon Musk's social media outfit X is again under the regulatory microscope in Europe – this time for allegedly using EU users' public posts to train its Grok AI chatbot, possibly without the transparency or legal basis required under the General Data … #theregister #IT

Ireland demands look at Grok to check for GDPR violations

: Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR

White House budget proposal could beam NASA science back decades Houston, we have a funding problem The US administration appears set to slash NASA's science budget with cuts to spending in the order of almost 50 percent, according to a draft of the White House's proposal.… #theregister #IT

White House budget could beam NASA science back decades

: Houston, we have a funding problem