EchoStar sells off its spectrum for more than its total market cap $23B deal with AT&T shows where the money is US telco EchoStar, valued around $14.5 billion on Wednesday morning, has sold its American spectrum allocation to AT&T for $23 billion.… #theregister #IT
EchoStar sells off its spectrum for more than its market cap
: $23B deal with AT&T shows where the money is
VMware: The private cloud's main purpose is now keeping developers happy The DevOps dance has new steps, but Virtzilla thinks it can teach ops folks to tango Private clouds are all about keeping developers happy and productive, according to Krish Prasad, senior veep and general manager of Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation division.… #theregister #IT
VMware: Private clouds are now for keeping developers happy
: The DevOps dance has new steps, but Virtzilla thinks it can teach ops folks to tango
Unlike most of Musk's other ventures, Starship keeps it together for Flight Test 10 Explosions all expected and on schedule this time SpaceX has finally managed a test flight of Starship without anything creating an impromptu firework display.… #theregister #IT
SpaceX
: Explosions all expected and on schedule this time
Who are you again? Infosec experiencing 'Identity crisis' amid rising login attacks Vendor insists passkeys are the future, but getting workers on board is proving difficult Infosec pros are losing confidence in their identity providers' ability to keep attackers out, with Cisco-owned Duo warning that the industry is facing what it calls "an identity crisis."… #theregister #IT
Report declares
: Vendor insists passkeys are the future, but getting workers on board is proving difficult
Datacenters face rising thirst as Europe dries up Analysts warn cooling demands could outstrip supplies as heatwaves intensify Water scarcity is rising up the agenda as one of the major concerns for datacenters in Europe following an unusually hot and dry summer, marked by intense heatwaves in southern parts of the continent.… #theregister #IT
Datacenters face rising thirst as Europe dries up
: Analysts warn cooling demands could outstrip supplies as heatwaves intensify
More than 100 companies are chasing an AI chip gold rush. Few will surive Quick, get some investment money before the bubble bursts The number of companies developing AI processor chips now numbers well over a hundred, according to new research.… #theregister #IT
More than 100 companies are chasing an AI chip gold rush
: Quick, get some investment money before the bubble bursts
Intel pitches Clearwater Forest as a consolidation play for all you hoarding ancient Xeons Chipzilla's first datacenter part to use 18A process tech is another core-packed monster Hot Chips  The first datacenter silicon to use Intel's two-nanometer-class 18A process tech won't arrive for a while yet, but that's not stopping the struggling x86 giant from making its sales pitch early.… #theregister #IT
Intel pitches Clearwater Forest as Xeon consolidation play
Hot Chips: Chipzilla's first datacenter part to use 18A process tech is another core-packed monster
BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour Systems Approach  I’ve been working on a chapter about infrastructure security for our network security book.… #theregister #IT
FIxing BGP’s security problems is not proving to be easy
Systems Approach: Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour
Google issued ‘State-backed attack in progress’ warnings after spotting web hijack scheme Suspects this was Beijing-backed Typhoon and/or Panda crew targeting diplomats in Asia Google has warned customers of a suspected state-backed attack after observing a web traffic hijacking campaign.… #theregister #IT
Google warns of state-backed web hijack attack
: Suspects this was Beijing-backed Typhoon and/or Panda crew targeting diplomats in Asia
Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban 'They have to give us magnets' world war fee  The Chinese lockdown on rare-earth minerals has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is threatening crushing tariffs if the Middle Kingdom doesn't cough up more rare earths.… #theregister #IT
Trump pulls out
World War Fee: 'They have to give us magnets'