Google Cloud flexes as first to host Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Server VMs Baby got Blackwell GPUs Google Cloud on Wednesday celebrated the debut of virtual machines incorporating Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPU technology, claiming to be the first cloud provider to sell this particular offering.… #theregister #IT
Google Cloud claims first Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Server VM
: Baby got Blackwell GPUs
US auditors beg Pentagon to pay attention to latest report about IT system flaws The DoD has ignored many past recommendations US government auditors have been trying to whip the Pentagon's IT programs into shape for half a decade, and the latest report suggests it continues to be an uphill battle. … #theregister #IT
Pentagon IT projects have lots of things to to fix, says GAO
: The DoD has ignored many past recommendations
Meta sues 'nudify' app-maker that it claims ran 87k+ Facebook, Instagram ads Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop Meta has sued an app maker for advertising on Facebook and Instagram a so-called "nudify" app that uses AI to generate nude and sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent.… #theregister #IT
Meta sues
: Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop
Global Cloud goes down, takes Cloudflare and its customers with it Big G said it was fixed, but acknowledged ongoing customer pain Google Cloud went down hard on Thursday, and took Cloudflare and some of its customers with it.… #theregister #IT
Google Cloud goes down, takes Cloudflare with it
UPDATED: Big G said it was fixed, but acknowledged ongoing customer pain
Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area A Boeing 787 flying from India to London's Gatwick airport has crashed, leaving one reported survivor among the 242 people aboard.… #theregister #IT
One passenger survives Air India Boeing 787 crash: reports
: Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area
TSMC strengthens Japan ties with joint RD lab in Tokyo University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policy TSMC has opened a joint research lab with the University of Tokyo in Japan, the company's first such collaboration with an academic institute outside of Taiwan, amid ongoing concerns over the Trump administration's attitude to foreign tech firms.… #theregister #IT
TSMC strengthens Japan ties with joint R&D lab in Tokyo
: University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policy
AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030 Who'd have thunk? The bigger the iron, the more efficient it gets With Moore's Law on its last legs and datacenter power consumption a growing concern, AMD is embarking on an ambitious new goal to boost the energy efficiency of its chips 20-fold before 2030. And it sees rack-scale architectures as a key design point to get there.… #theregister #IT
AMD
: Who'd have thunk? The bigger the iron, the more efficient it gets
AMD preps rack-scale Helios systems to contend with Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL144 House of Zen's biggest iron yet boasts 72 MI400 GPUs, 260 TBps of UALink bandwidth, and 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4 AMD offered its best look yet at the rack-scale architecture that'll underpin its MI400-series GPUs in 2026 at its Advancing AI event in San Jose on Thursday.… #theregister #IT
AMD shines a light on its Helios rack-scale compute platform
: House of Zen's biggest iron yet boasts 72 MI400 GPUs, 260 TBps of UALink bandwidth, and 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4
CISA loses another senior exec - and the budget cuts haven't even started yet Another one bites the dust at America's top cybersecurity agency The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has lost another senior leader: executive director Bridget Bean departed on Wednesday.… #theregister #IT
CISA loses senior exec Bridget Bean, pre-budget cuts
: Another one bites the dust at America's top cybersecurity agency
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS The Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been held up by a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon 9's first stage.… #theregister #IT
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission grounded
: Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS