Kakao and Naver, two major South Korean internet service providers, experienced major service interruptions due to a datacenter fire causing infrastructure shutdowns. The datacenter in question was operated by C&C, a division of South Korean conglomerate SK. The datacenter was responsible fo... Read more
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The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) set a new traffic record. On the evening of October 16, the organization processed more than 11 Terabits of internet traffic per second. Internet exchanges are a hub for the networks of various providers and corporations. Networks connected to the same i... Read more
2 years ago
According to an official document seen by Reuters, several EU nations would like to subsidize manufacturers of existing chips rather than the first-of-their-kind chips suggested by the European Commission in the European Chips Act. The European Chips Act, launched earlier this year, intends to s... Read more
2 years ago
According to sources familiar with the matter, US chipmaker Broadcom will pursue early European Union antitrust clearance for its $61 billion VMware acquisition by citing rivalry from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The transaction was announced in May and is the second-largest buyout this year. B... Read more
2 years ago
Vodafone and Altice want to construct a €7 billion optical fibre network in Germany. The partners are stepping up the competition with Deutsche Telekom, one of Germany's biggest optical fibre providers. As part of the plan, Vodafone and Altice will found a new company dubbed FibreCo. The plan... Read more
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Nutanix is considering a buyout. Insiders claim the hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) vendor investigated the possibility of an acquisition after receiving interest from a potential buyer. According to The Wall Street Journal, one or more parties are inte... Read more
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Members of the European Parliament claim the tech giants used shady techniques to influence European lawmakers and law. Big tech companies like Google, Meta and Amazon have deceived lawmakers by lobbying through smaller front organizations, according to a report in POLITICO. Leading European law... Read more
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Europe's data protection authority has issued a call to increase the protection of "fundamental rights". The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued an opinion on 13 October 2022 welcoming the opening of negotiations for a Council of Europe convention on artificial intelligence, human ... Read more
2 years ago
The new Canonical Ubuntu Pro update pushes unsolicited ads to users, and people are unhappy about it. Canonical recently released a new update for Ubuntu Pro, an update service that's free for up to five machines. There is a catch. People are unhappy with the unsolicited ads presented when using... Read more
2 years ago
Google commenced real-world trials for a video booth project that promises to bring the future of video meetings to businesses. Google announced a video booth idea in 2021 during one of its keynote sessions at Google I/O. While the concept had been on the back burner as Google focused on some o... Read more
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