A subcontractor being terminated brought a loaded gun to Meta’s New Albany data center on November 17. The facility was evacuated after company officials discovered the weapon during the firing process. The employee managed to escape before law enforcement arrived.
TIP Brasil is pouring R$500 million into completely renovating its Campinas data center. The facility will target ISPs, security companies, and government bodies with colocation and cloud services. First phase opens November 2025 with capacity for 2,000 racks.
The LTO Program just announced 40TB LTO-10 tape cartridges coming in early 2026, representing a 33% capacity jump. Meanwhile, Vdura’s Data Platform V12 software promises better performance with SMR hard drives. Both technologies are pushing the boundaries of affordable mass storage.
The vector database hype cycle has crashed into reality, with most companies seeing no returns from their AI investments. Pinecone is reportedly exploring a sale amid fierce competition from open-source alternatives and established databases adding vector capabilities. The future belongs to hybrid a
The Washington Post has confirmed it was affected by the widespread Oracle E-Business Suite hacks linked to ransomware gang Clop. The attacks exploited multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle’s corporate software, stealing sensitive business data and employee records from over 100 companies. Hackers dema
Security expert Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned service just acquired a massive collection of 2 billion unique email addresses from various data breaches. The dataset includes 1.3 billion unique passwords that were intercepted by Infostealer malware. You should immediately check if your credentials ar
Cybersecurity teams are drowning in data from too many tools, and the promise of normalized data lakes isn’t delivering. Crogl just patented a semantic layer approach that might actually work in the real world where nobody’s data is actually normalized.
AMD disclosed it paid $36 million on smaller acquisitions this year to strengthen its data center capabilities. The chip designer also expressed concerns about Intel’s new partnership with Nvidia potentially increasing competition.
Saudi Arabia plans to leverage its abundant, low-cost energy to become a major player in artificial intelligence. Aramco is investing heavily in gas production and taking a stake in national AI champion Humain, aiming to compete with the US and China.
Intuitive Machines is making a massive $800 million bet to transform from a lunar lander company into a full-service space prime contractor. The acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems combines lunar expertise with established satellite manufacturing capabilities. But can this ambitious pivot actually
