Microsoft Defender XDR suffered a significant service disruption yesterday. The outage blocked access to key security features like alerts and endpoint management before being fully mitigated.
This week’s tech news is a wild mix of societal and security alarms. We’ve got toddlers hooked on algorithms, AI pumping out toxic content on TikTok, and a five-year-long con in your browser. Plus, cars keep getting bigger.
SC Zeus Data Centers has broken ground on its first Japanese facility, Zeus OSA1, in Osaka. The 13,955 sqm campus will offer 70MW of IT load and support high-density liquid cooling. This marks the real estate firm’s major entry into the APAC data center market.
AWS’s big conference is in full swing, with a relentless focus on AI agents that can operate autonomously. The company also announced new AI chips and, to many customers’ relief, long-awaited database discounts.
Waymo is aggressively expanding its robotaxi footprint, announcing manual test drives in three new cities and a partnership with Uber. This comes as competition with Amazon’s Zoox and Tesla heats up in the autonomous vehicle space. The moves signal growing confidence in handling diverse climates and
The Indian government has withdrawn a controversial order that would have forced smartphone makers to preinstall an undeletable government safety app. The reversal came after major pushback from Apple and Samsung, who argued it created security and privacy risks.
The Bolivian Attorney General’s Office has broken ground on a new data center to serve as the judicial system’s technological backbone. The project, partially funded by the EU, will be built in two phases targeting high-availability international standards.
Sony has given the PlayStation 5 Slim a silent but significant hardware upgrade. The new CFI-2116 revision now uses the grooved heatsink design from the upcoming PS5 Pro, which fixes problematic liquid metal distribution. It’s a major reliability fix discovered by modders, not announced by Sony.
A collaborative experiment called Dynamic Targeting has proven that satellites can use onboard AI to look ahead for clouds and autonomously reposition their sensors to capture clear imagery. This breakthrough in “satellite autonomy” promises to make Earth observation far more efficient and flexible
A new report shows Nvidia’s grip on the discrete GPU market slipped slightly last quarter. AMD and Intel both gained share, but Team Green still holds a staggering 92% of the market.
