NASA needs new ideas and tech to get Mars Sample Return mission off the ground
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by Brandon Vigliarolo
1h ago
Current plans are too expensive and slow, meaning China could win race to score red rocks NASA still wants to proceed with its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission but needs its cost to drop – so it's seeking help from the commercial space sector ..read more
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Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline
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by Simon Sharwood
1h ago
Meanwhile, Gartner predicts massive market share loss and European regulators start asking questions Broadcom has blinked, and made a couple of changes to support VMware customers who don't want to move to its new software bundle subscriptions ..read more
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Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that cut number of engineers needed by 86%
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by Simon Sharwood
2h ago
Zoonet employs 'elegant generalization of ping and traceroute' among other tricks Exclusive  Alibaba Cloud has detailed the telemetry tool it uses to look out for glitches in customers' virtual networks, and revealed it’s reduced the number of personnel dedicated to troubleshooting by 86 percent since developing the system ..read more
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Konica Minolta and Fujifilm ponder JV to cut costs of printer businesses
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by Simon Sharwood
6h ago
Japanese giants have big brands, but tiny shares of a shrinking market Japanese imaging manufacturers Konica Minolta and Fujifilm have revealed talks aimed at creating a joint venture to handle printer manufacturing and R&D for both brands ..read more
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Los Alamos Lab powers up Nvidia-laden Venado supercomputer
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by Tobias Mann
7h ago
Promises up to ten AI exaFLOPs of grunt – if you turn down the resolution a bit Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has flipped the switch on its Venado supercomputer – a machine capable of bringing ten exaFLOPS of performance to bear on AI workloads for the Department of Energy ..read more
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CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely
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by Matthew Connatser
9h ago
Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app Some smart locks controlled by Chirp Systems' software can be remotely unlocked by strangers thanks to a critical security vulnerability ..read more
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What's up with AI lately? Let's start with soaring costs, public anger, regulations...
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by Thomas Claburn
11h ago
'Obtaining genuine consent for training data collection is especially challenging' industry sages say The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has issued its seventh annual AI Index Report, which reports a thriving industry facing growing costs, regulations, and public concern ..read more
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Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again
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by Iain Thomson
12h ago
Says the IRS can do this stuff for free As Americans go through their annual ceremony of tax day, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has reminded the FTC that tax software biz Intuit is making bank on "junk fees ..read more
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Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs
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by Brandon Vigliarolo
14h ago
Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership Samsung is the latest chipmaker to benefit from CHIPS and Science Act funds, with the US Commerce Department today announcing the Korean megacorporation is getting $6.4 billion in funding to expand its Texas operations.  ..read more
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US lawmakers rage over Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei PC
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by Matthew Connatser
14h ago
Special export license granted to Intel by President Trump unlikely to be renewed Huawei's launch of its newest MateBook Pro X, which uses Intel's latest Meteor Lake CPU has invoked the ire of Republican members of Congress in the US ..read more
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