Nothing is making over-the-ear headphones and they might be better (and cheaper) than AirPods Max
Nothing is officially making its own pair of over-the-ear wireless Bluetooth headphones. The company confirmed the news in an almost four-minute video where the London-based design team discussed their goals for the still-unnamed audio gear. The news follows Nothing’s announcement earlier this week that it will be partnering with British hi-fi institution KEF on new […]
Stealth RAT uses a PowerShell loader for fileless attacks
Running shellcode entirely in memory Once the obfuscated PowerShell script is executed, it decodes and reconstructs two chunks of base64-encoded data–one is a shellcode loader, the other a PE file (Remcos RAT). To run this entirely in memory, the script relies heavily on native Windows API functions, such as VirtualAlloc, Marshal.Copy, and CallWindowProcW, accessed via […]
The FBI says hackers are using AI voice clones to impersonate US government officials
Had a call from a senior US official? It probably wasn’t real. The FBI has issued a warning about an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign in which scammers use AI-generated voices to target victims. As part of the campaign, threats actors claim to be a senior US official in a bid to access […]
6 Best Virtual Machine Software for Windows in 2023
ServerWatch content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Virtual machine (VM) software for Windows is a type of application that allows you to create and run one or more virtual environments on a single physical computer. These virtual environments, known as […]
Analysts Warn of Overbuild Risks as AI Data Centers Reshape Industry
There is no shortage of large-scale data center buildouts planned for 2025, but the pace and scale might leave some reason for concern. In 2024, Moody’s Ratings detailed the rapid expansion of data center construction. This growth continues in 2025, but the accelerating investment comes with significant credit risks, according to a new sector study […]
Superwood aims to replace steel and concrete with a sustainable alternative
Forward-looking: As InventWood prepares to bring its first batches of Superwood to market, it stands as a testament to what can happen when scientific innovation meets entrepreneurial determination. If successful, Superwood could mark a turning point in the quest for greener, stronger, and more beautiful buildings. What began as a laboratory experiment at the University […]
New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life
The LegoGPT system works in three parts, shown in this diagram. Credit: Pun et al. The researchers also expanded the system’s abilities by adding texture and color options. For example, using an appearance prompt like “Electric guitar in metallic purple,” LegoGPT can generate a guitar model, with bricks assigned a purple color. Testing with robots […]
Huawei Will Likely Sell Over 700,000 Units Of Its Ascend 910 Series Chips In 2025, Despite SMIC’s “Fairly Low” Yields Of ~30 Percent
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. Huawei’s Ascend 910C chips are apparently good enough to give NVIDIA’s H100 GPUs a run for their money, as per the publicized claims of China’s star AI player. And, judging from the […]
Mid-Tier Snapdragon Gets Cortex-A720 Treatment
Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With […]
Veeam Report Finds Ransomware Is Still Thriving
Veeam recently held its user event, VeeamON 2025, in San Diego. The annual show has been used by the data resilience market leader to announce new products and innovations to the thousands of attendees. One mainstay of the event has been the release of Veeam’s state of ransomware report that highlights key trends and how […]
China Export Controls Whack AMD Datacenter GPU Business
As far as we can tell, the export controls on crippled GPU compute engines announced by the US Department of Commerce back in April have had a disproportionately hard impact on AMD compared to Nvidia, as far as we can tell. These controls did not affect AMD’s first quarter financial results announced this week, but […]
Storage news ticker – May 16 – Blocks and Files
Screenshot Open source ETL connector biz Airbyte announced progress in the first quarter with revenues up 25 percent, industry recognition, new product features, and Hackathon results. Michel Tricot, co-founder and CEO, Airbyte, said: “This year is off to a great start on every level – customer acceptance and revenue growth, industry recognition, and product development […]
Proposed data center blocked by planning authority in Chesapeake, Virginia
A land rezoning proposal for a potential data center project in Chesapeake, Virginia, has received a recommendation of denial by local planners. First submitted in late January, the proposal intended to rezone an approximately 22.6-acre land parcel, located on the west side of Centerville Turnpike and south of Etheridge Manor Boulevard, for a 350,000 sq […]
Kioxia CM9 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs Launched in 2.5in and E3.S
Kioxia CM9 Launch Cover Kioxia has a new line of SSDs using its 8th generation of BiCS flash. The new Kioxia CM9 is targeting high performance and high capacities with improvements on both fronts. Kioxia CM9 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs Launched in 2.5in and E3.S Using the new 8th Gen BiCS […]
Senators Revive Bill to Break Big Tech’s Grip on Pentagon Cloud Deals
(Bloomberg) — A bipartisan pair of senators is reviving a bill to break the grip that tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have on the Pentagon’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence contracts. The Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act is set to be reintroduced on Thursday by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of […]
How to watch Knicks vs Celtics for free: live stream Game 6 tonight
The Knicks have the chance to close out this series up in front of a home crowd at Madison Square Garden tonight, May 16, in Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs against the Celtics. It’s no slam dunk, though. You can watch the Knicks game live online and on TV, including for free – if […]
Google patches Chrome vulnerability used for account takeover and MFA bypass
“Unlike other browsers, Chrome resolves the Link header on subresource requests. But what’s the problem? The issue is that the Link header can set a referrer-policy. We can specify unsafe-url and capture the full query parameters,” he wrote. Link headers are used by websites to tell a browser about important page resources, for example, images, […]
Trump administration to rescind, modify AI chip export curbs
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been particularly noisy about this issue, telling CNBC earlier this month that the market for AI chips in China could reach $50 billion in the next couple of years, and it was important for U.S. firms to have access to that market. And Nvidia has a dog in this fight. […]
Everything we know about the Dior cyber attack so far
Luxury fashion brand Dior is the latest victim in a flurry of cyber attacks on retailers in recent weeks, joining Harrods and M&S. The company has contacted an unknown number of customers in China and South Korea, telling them that on May 7 it had discovered an unauthorized third party had accessed systems and stolen […]
What You Need to Know
ServerWatch content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Energy consumption represents one of the largest operational expenses for data centers. The cost of powering servers and cooling systems, which are needed to dissipate the heat generated by the servers, can be […]
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