Month: September 2023 - Page 37

Sep 5 2023

ASRock Reveals 4×4 Box 7040 Series: SFF PCs with AMD Phoenix and USB4

2 minutes of reading / AI, Tech / By Comkex

ASRock Industrial has introduced a new lineup of NUC-like systems based on AMD’s Ryzen 7040-series ‘Phoenix’ processors for laptops and compact desktops. The new 4×4 Box 7040 series compact PCs can be used for a wide variety of workloads given their high performance, advanced built-in graphics, rich connectivity, and USB4 support. ASRock’s 4×4 Box 7040…

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Sep 5 2023

VMware builds vSAN Max, consolidates multicloud and online deployment

6 minutes of reading / API, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Computer, containers, Dell, HP, Intel, Kubernetes, multicloud, Tech, VPN / By Comkex

VMware’s vSphere 8 has mutated into vSphere “8+”, which brings three new storage-related options: disaggregated storage in vSAN Max; NSX+ to support multicloud deployments; and Ransomware Recovery extended to an online service. “vSAN Max is a product that you can buy and deploy in your datacentre,” said CEO Raghu Raghuram at VMware Explore 2023 last…

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Sep 5 2023

Going cloud-native: How to develop better cloud apps

5 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, cloud-native, Intel, machine learning, serverless, Tech / By Comkex

Many cloud applications are slow, clunky, bloated or otherwise fail to meet user expectations – yet answers on how to address this are out there already, if teams are given the resources to follow through from first principles. Owen Rogers, cloud research director at Uptime Intelligence, says cloud apps should be architected to be scalable…

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Sep 5 2023

Tackling Scope 3 emissions in materials to help meet datacentre climate goals

8 minutes of reading / AI, Schneider Electric, Tech / By Comkex

While greenwashing continues to confuse and even block the best intended emissions reduction plans, a 495MW €3.5bn (£3bn) datacentre project in Portugal is making progress on Scope 3 accounting. The Sines 4.0 datacentre campus, which is the work of sustainable server farm developer Start Campus, is predicted to become one of the largest hyperscale sites…

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Sep 5 2023

Plymouth Uni spearheads research into wind farm cyber resilience

3 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Researchers from the University of Plymouth, alongside the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) catapult and engineering firm Expleo, are to collaborate on new cyber security measures to protect the UK’s growing estate of offshore wind farms from threat actors. The newly launched Cyber Resilience of Offshore Wind Networks (CROWN) project will incorporate a purpose-built lab space…

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Sep 5 2023

NCSC names ex-NCC man as new CTO

2 minutes of reading / Computer, Tech, Technology / By Comkex

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has named former NCC Group chief technology officer (CTO) Ollie Whitehouse as its CTO, in a newly created role that replaces in part that performed by the agency’s well-regarded technical director Ian Levy, who left the organisation earlier this year. Whitehouse will be tasked with shaping and delivering…

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Sep 5 2023

Shenmue Is A Beautiful Grief Simulator

8 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Content warning for discussion of death and the loss of a child. In the 22 years since Shenmue’s debut, I’ve played the game 23 times. Twenty-three times I’ve lived the life of protagonist Ryo Hazuki, watched his father die, and navigated his world and experiences. Each time I’ve realized something new about the game, the…

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Sep 4 2023

Ethical perspectives on ChatGPT | Computer Weekly

8 minutes of reading / AI, chatbot, ChatGPT, Google, social media, Tech / By Comkex

In previous essays, we discussed ethics as a process of reflection and deliberation; an iterative and participatory process in which you look at your project from four different ethical perspectives: consequentialism (pluses and minuses), duty ethics (duties and rights), relational ethics (interactions and power), and virtue ethics (virtues and living together). We will now test…

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Sep 4 2023

How startup Once.net and Cloudflare secured the 2023 Eurovision vote

9 minutes of reading / API, Cloud, Cloudflare, DNS, Git, Tech / By Comkex

With 64 contests, 67 winners, 101 live shows, 52 participating countries, 1,500 songs, 12 points, seven wins for Ireland, seven for Sweden, five apiece for the UK, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, The Eurovision Song Contest is as heavy on statistics as any sporting league. With viewer numbers regularly in the hundreds of millions, and an…

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Sep 4 2023

Dungeons of Hinterberg Preview – Not Your Typical Idyllic Countryside

4 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Dungeons of Hinterberg’s announcement at Summer Game Fest 2023 didn’t garner a ton of fanfare in the midst of massive games like Starfield, Fable, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and Forza Motorsport, but it sticks out as one of the more promising indies highlighted during the Xbox Games Showcase. That same week, I witnessed a behind-closed-doors…

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