Local Opposition Hinders More Data Center Construction Projects
The booming data center industry is facing a rising tide of local resistance, with more than $64 billion worth of projects blocked or delayed across the U.S., a new study indicates. Driven by growing concerns over environmental impact, resource consumption, and neighborhood disruption, local activists and residents have successfully stalled some of the industry’s largest […]
Acer’s surprise new device is nothing to do with your laptop – it’s a fitness-tracking smart ring
Acer, a company best known for computing components, is releasing a new health-tracking smart ring The Acer FreeSense Ring comes in Rose Gold or Black, and will pack ‘AI enhanced’ wellness insights Acer hasn’t announced a price of the ring, but it has said there will be no additional subscription fee Acer has announced the […]
How to establish an effective AI GRC framework
Make AI governance a team effort AI crosses virtually every facet of the business, so the GRC framework should include input from a broad spectrum of participants. “We typically begin with stakeholder identification and inclusion by engaging a diverse group of sponsors, leaders, users, and experts,” says Ricardo Madan, senior vice president and head of […]
Network jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends
The PenTest+ exam features a maximum of 90 performance-based and multiple-choice questions and runs 165 minutes. Testers must receive a score of 750 or higher to pass the certification test. CompTIA recommends professionals taking the certification course and exam also have Network+ and/or Security+ certifications or equivalent knowledge, and three to four years of experience […]
Check Point CISO: Network segregation can prevent blackouts, disruptions
Fischbein agrees 100% with his colleague’s analysis and adds that education and training can help prevent such incidents from occurring. “Simulating such a blackout is impossible, it has never been done,” he acknowledges, but he is committed to strengthening personal and team training and risk awareness. Increased defense and cybersecurity budgets In 2025, industry watchers […]
Does computer vision have strong business potential?
Computer vision is a well-understood field of technological development, in which computer systems derive contextual information from digital images, videos, physical scans, or other visual data. Having been kickstarted in the 1960s, computer vision has been a focus of researchers for than a half-century. From the artificial neural networks of the 1970s through to today’s […]
What Is E-Waste? 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. Electronic waste, commonly known as e-waste, refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices. This category of waste includes a wide range of products, anything from small gadgets like smartphones and MP3 players to […]
E.U. Will Work on Setting Water Use Caps for Thirsty Data Centers
(Bloomberg) — The European Union will work on setting minimum performance standards to curb water usage in data centers as the continent confronts potential shortages over the coming decades. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, will propose the measure by the end of 2026 as part of a scheme to make data centers, whose […]
Stellar Blade hits PC on June 11 with modest system requirements
Something to look forward to: Sony recently confirmed that it will release a PC port of Shift Up Corporation’s well-regarded Stellar Blade on June 11. The game’s PC enhancements resemble Sony’s in-house PC conversions, with improved graphics and performance. New content is also coming to the PC and PlayStation 5 versions. The hack-and-slash action game, […]
OpenAI adds GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT amid complaints over confusing model lineup
The release comes just two weeks after OpenAI made GPT-4 unavailable in ChatGPT on April 30. That earlier model, which launched in March 2023, once sparked widespread hype about AI capabilities. Compared to that hyperbolic launch, GPT-4.1’s rollout has been a fairly understated affair—probably because it’s tricky to convey the subtle differences between all of […]
Red Dead Redemption 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Port, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S Upgraded Versions are in the Works
A Nintendo Switch 2 port of Red Dead Redemption 2 is in the works, alongside PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game, according to rumors circulating online. As reported by GameReactor, sources close to Rockstar Games revealed that the studio is working on a port of the excellent open-world game originally released […]
The iBUYPOWER AW4 360 AIO Cooler Review: A Good First Effort
iBUYPOWER is a U.S.-based company known for its custom-built gaming PCs and peripherals. Established in 1999, the company offers a wide range of self-branded products, including pre-built desktop computers, laptops, and gaming accessories. These products are designed to cater to various performance needs, from casual gaming to high-end competitive gaming. iBUYPOWER is particularly recognized for […]
Cisco Leaps into Quantum Computing
Cisco is making a significant move into quantum networking technology. Last week, the company announced two milestones intended to make “quantum computing practical years ahead of current timelines,” according to a blog post by Vijoy Pandey, GM and senior vice president of Outshift by Cisco, the company’s emerging technologies incubation engine. First, Cisco introduced a […]
6 trends that will shape the future of the cloud: Gartner
For this reason, Gartner recommends identifying specific use cases and planning the applications and data distributed across the organization that could benefit from a cross-cloud deployment model. This allows workloads to operate collaboratively across different cloud platforms, as well as different on-premises and co-location facilities. 4. Industry solutions According to Gartner, another upward trend is […]
Intel Xeon 6 CPUs Carve Out Their Territory In AI, HPC
IT environments today have a passing resemblance to those from 15 or 20 years ago, when enterprise workloads mostly ran on industry standard servers connected through networks and into storage systems that were all contained within the four walls of a datacenter, where performance as the name of the game and was protected by a […]
Backblaze Q1 2025 drive stats show slight rise in failure rates – Blocks and Files
Backblaze published its disk drive annual failure rates (AFRs) for Q1 2025, noting that the quarterly failure rate went up from 1.35 to 1.42 percent. The cloud storage company was tracking 317,833 drives across models that had more than 100 drives in operation as of March 31, and that collectively logged over 10,000 drive-days during […]
AMD EPYC 4005 Grado is Great and Intel is Exposed
AMD EPYC 4565P Grado Front I feel like a broken record. If everything were about technical merits, the AMD EPYC 4005 “Grado” processor should take over almost all of the entry server market. That is simply because with the new six SKU stack, AMD is simply offering a lot more for the dollar. Indeed, this […]
Cognichip raises $33m for AI-powered chip design
Cognichip has launched from stealth with $33 million in seed funding. The round was led by Lux Capital and Mayfield, with support from FPV and Candou Ventures. Founded by experts from Amazon, Google, Apple, Synopsys, Aquantia, and KLA, the San Francisco-based startup has developed a “physics-informed foundational model” specifically targeted at semiconductor design and which […]
How to See if ECC is Working in Windows Quickly
Generic 96GB 48GB X2 3Gx8 2Rx8 DDR5 5600 PC5 44800 ECC UDIMM Kit 3 Have you ever installed ECC memory on an AMD Ryzen or Intel Core platform and wondered if ECC is working? If so, here is a quick way to check using Windows and CPU-Z. This is a busy two weeks on STH, […]
Why AI Will Drive Demand for Nuclear Power Plants
As AI adoption grows exponentially, power demand is expected to skyrocket. With electrical grids already straining to meet current needs, it appears that nuclear energy may be the only way to supply the power needed to accommodate AI technology quickly and at an affordable cost. Energy scarcity has been an issue for a while; the proliferation of […]
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