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The United States has begun taking precautions to prepare its key bases to operate without outside support for at least three months. The planning is part of the FORTRESS (Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability) preparedness program. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the military’s dependence on civilian infrastructure … Read more
Deployment flexibility changes the enterprise technology equation as companies weigh new model options against existing data and development investments. Open weight models and open source clouds are generating renewed interest in on-premise deployment. According to Paul Gillin (pictured right), business editor at SiliconANGLE Media and theCUBE, Cloudera Inc.’s expertise in data analytics provides a foundation … Read more
In context: Pilot projects have shown that underwater data centers can operate reliably and without significant heat dissipation problems. However, underwater environments support fragile ecosystems that could be seriously disrupted by artificial computing infrastructure. Earlier this year, DeepGreen Holdings submitted a preliminary approval application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The company wants to … Read more
Engineers have just unveiled a powerful 1.2-megawatt heat pump that can convert waste heat from paper production into industrial steam at temperatures of around 120 degrees Celsius. The heat pump was manufactured by a research team with participation from the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies (IEG) in Germany. It was tested in a … Read more
Exaggerated: In 2014, the GTX 750 Ti was an upgrade of choice for budget PCs, primarily because it fit into an old office tower without the need for additional power cables. However, it only had 2GB of memory – a limitation that can easily occur with many games released in recent years. A version with … Read more
Continuous closing, where a company’s books are closed every day rather than weeks after the end of the month, could change the way accounting firms serve their clients. As artificial intelligence reduces the delay between a transaction and the advice based on it, year-end cleanup can become an ongoing conversation. Software makers are targeting their … Read more
The U.S. Navy awarded a $23.13 million contract to South Carolina-based Integer Technologies to develop cybersecurity measures for warship power systems to help naval platforms withstand cyberattacks without disrupting critical operations. The War Department announced the contract on October 28 and funded the research under the Threat Resilient Integrated Defense for Enhanced Naval Technologies (TRIDENT) … Read more
What we know so far: Hackers have leaked credentials for more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors, revealing not only who works at the agency but also what surveillance and investigative tools they are allowed to use. Taken together, the files provide a rare glimpse into the technology behind the department’s investigations … Read more
Crux Labs, an artificial intelligence platform that transforms business judgment into continuous agent improvement, launched today with over $6 million in funding. Benchstrength and Misneach led the round, with participation from Analog Ventures and Pareto Holdings. The scale of enterprise AI agents deployed can range from thousands to millions of user interactions per day. Existing … Read more
Operators in China control a 442-foot (135-meter) tunnel-boring machine from a ground control center about two miles from its excavation point under the sea, monitoring its progress using cameras, sensors and real-time alerts. The machine, named Yongzhou, is excavating part of the Jintang undersea tunnel that connects Ningbo and Zhoushan in Zhejiang province. From the … Read more