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US Announces AI Project to Provide $500 Billion for Infrastructure
A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the U.S., representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle announced in partnership with President Donald Trump on Jan. 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, contributing to what OpenAI calls a “computing system.” “This infrastructure will secure American leadership…
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Public sector improvements, infrastructure investment, and AI pothole repairs: Tech industry welcomes UK’s “ambitious” AI action plan
The UK government has officially unveiled its AI Opportunity Action Plan, promising a greater focus on the opportunities of the burgeoning technology rather than the risks. Under the new industry focus, the Labour government plans to implement all 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan, commissioned by technology secretary Peter Kyle last year. Announcing…
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US sanctions Chinese tech firm that targets critical infrastructure
The US has imposed sanctions on a Chinese company that it said has been involved in a series of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure organizations in the US and elsewhere. According to the State Department, cyber security firm Integrity Technology Group provides services to Chinese national and municipal state security and public security bureaus, as well as other government contractors.…
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Equinix and Dell Technologies want to transform AI infrastructure
Equinix and Dell Technologies are teaming up to offer a private AI solution that lets businesses train AI models in public and private clouds. The plan is to integrate Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA technology into the Equinix global network of data centers to offer a range of products, solutions, and services in a neutral, cloud-adjacent platform, the duo said.…
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How sustainable compute infrastructure supports business growth & opens up an AI advantage
Aging IT infrastructure can have a significant detrimental impact on enterprises, not least of all in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and an increasingly competitive global business landscape. Research from McKinsey as far back as 2017 specifically highlighted legacy IT infrastructure as a major hurdle for tech leaders and organizations globally, with 85% of respondents identifying this as their…
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New IOCONTROL malware used in critical infrastructure attacks
Iranian threat actors are utilizing a new malware named IOCONTROL to compromise Internet of Things (IoT) devices and OT/SCADA systems used by critical infrastructure in Israel and the United States. Targeted devices include routers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), IP cameras, firewalls, and fuel management systems. The malware’s modular nature makes it capable of compromising a broad spectrum of…
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Microsoft disrupts ONNX phishing-as-a-service infrastructure
Microsoft has seized 240 domains used by customers of ONNX, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, to target companies and individuals across the United States and worldwide since at least 2017. According to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report 2024, ONNX (previously known as Caffeine) was the top Adversary in the Middle (AitM) phishing service by volume of phishing messages during the first half…
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The CIO’s quantum leap into the cloud: Integrating quantum computing into cloud infrastructure
As a CIO, I’ve always believed in transformation through innovation. This is more than a buzzword to put in your technology bingo card. Transformation through innovation involves a change in mindset as to how we action information, resolve complex problems, and improve organizational processes and objectives. We are at a time of another technological revolution with respect to the understanding…
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Data centers will be critical to UK economic growth in the coming decade – but researchers have warned of a ‘data doomsday’ unless energy infrastructure is improved
The UK’s data center industry could grow tenfold by 2035, according to new analysis from techUK, but only if the government takes action on energy supply and planning reforms. A new report from the trade body found data centers are already contributing £4.7 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually to the UK economy, £640 million in tax revenue, and…
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Google Cloud Expands AI Infrastructure With Sixth-Gen TPUs
Google Cloud will enhance AI cloud infrastructure with new TPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, the tech company announced on Oct. 30 at the App Day & Infrastructure Summit. Now in preview for cloud customers, the sixth-generation of the Trillium NPU powers many of Google Cloud’s most popular services, including Search and Maps. “Through these advancements in AI infrastructure, Google Cloud empowers…
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