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Classical internetworking and standards matter less, now that CDNs and private networks dominate traffic

Analysis The internet has become smaller – the result of a necessary re-thinking of when and where to use the net's original architecture. But in the process it may also have further concentrated power in the hands of giant technology companies.…

Plus: iXsystems' NAS OS has a new Linux-based sibling called SCALE

BSD vendor iXsystems has released the latest version of its FreeBSD-derived Network Attached Storage (NAS) OS, TrueNAS 13.0.…

Slips some extra grunt into Snapdragon X70 5G chipset before devices launch

Qualcomm has updated its Snapdragon X70 5G chipset to extend range and balance the transmit power for better performance. It also claims the Snapdragon modem will be the first to support a standalone 5G mmWave connection once it is available.…

RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, how about that? We talk to founder about HPC, open-source and more

Interview CIQ, founding sponsor and services partner of Rocky Linux – a community build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) – is to receive a $26m injection of private funding led by Two Bear Capital.…

The progress bar of lies reborn as a cheery 'Checking' message

Microsoft Visual Studio appears to be having a bad Wednesday with users of the development suite forced to jump into Microsoft's feedback forum to complain about prolonged problems with the software's installer.…

Secureworks' investigation only the latest evidence Kaseya and JBS attackers are on the move again

New ransomware samples analyzed by Secureworks' threat intelligence team are the latest indication that high-profile ransomware operation REvil is once again up and running after months of relative inactivity.…

Going for a walk: Good. Doomscrolling: Bad

What are your peers doing to stave off burnout? Research from Stack Overflow suggests about half of developers are still spending their breaks in front of a screen.…

eVocore processor line aimed at high-performance, real-time compute applications

MIPS is back, but this time the company is bringing processors to market based on the RISC-V open instruction set architecture, rather than the MIPS architecture the chip designer is synonymous with.…

Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red

A US class-action case claiming Oracle falsely inflated its cloud revenue by threatening customers with audits is set to continue after a federal judge approved the damages model proposed by the plaintiffs.…

Fire the update engines if you haven't already

Microsoft has pulled the plug on support for .NET 5 and the Pro and Home versions of Windows 10 20H2.…

By 2030 we'll be shipping 1.2 billion cellular-module devices each year, says analyst

4G will continue to be the dominant cellular connectivity technology used by IoT devices until 2028, according to a report from Counterpoint Research.…

Zero-touch provisioning, single-node deployments, and Advanced Cluster Management support confirmed

Red Hat Summit Red Hat is targeting edge deployments with fresh features across a portfolio based around containerized software deployments that build on its Enterprise Linux and OpenShift application platform.…

What goes up will also come down. The question is... how?

Orbex is showing off a full-scale prototype of the Prime rocket atop its test stand at Kinloss in Scotland.…

IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow

UK telecoms and IT services company BT is forecasting £25 million ($30.8 million) in savings over five years by ditching some legacy applications and switching to ServiceNow workflow and automation technologies.…

30! million! users! already! moved! to! TXT! and/or! FIDO! Attacks! and! support! requests! both! down!

Yahoo Japan has revealed that it plans to go passwordless, and that 30 million of its 50 million monthly active users have already stopped using passwords in favor of a combination of FIDO and TXT messages.…

Analytics veteran also cosies up to consultancies to extend market reach in IPO year

Analytics industry veteran SAS has announced support for Python in its proprietary analytics studio.…

The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple

For the past six months I've been staring at the backside of my iPhone 13 Pro wondering what possessed Apple to build a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) camera into its flagship smartphone.…

Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme

India has accused ride-sharing companies of over-charging loyal customers who regularly take the same route, and directed six platforms to become part of a scheme that offers third-party grievance handling services.…

The day the music died … was probably 2007, when the iPhone made standalone music players redundant

Apple has ended production of the last remaining version of the iPod – the iPod Touch.…

NUC NUC. Who's there?

Intel Vision Scale Computing announced a strategic partnership with Intel on Monday to offer a fully-integrated, low-power platform for deploying and managing applications at the edge.…