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China reports local chipmaking boom with output up more than 40%

PC and smartphone numbers also grew in 2021, suggesting supply chains are strong

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Pi calculated to '62.8 trillion digits' with a pair of 32-core AMD Epyc chips, 1TB RAM, 510TB disk space

Swiss uni challenges world record after 108 days and 9 hours of divisive effort

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The data must flow! Facebook and Google funding Apricot – a 12,000-kilometre sub cable across South-East-Asia

Nations from Indonesia to Japan to score 190 terabits per second of capacity some time in 2024

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Apple says its CSAM scan code can be verified by researchers. Corellium starts throwing out dollar bills

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If you haven't updated your ThroughTek DVR since 2018 do so now, warns Mandiant as critical vuln surfaces

Callooh! Kalay! Outdated SDK component poses threat, says intel firm

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The cloud changes the game for cybersecurity incident response – here’s how to master the new rules

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British defence supplier Ultra Electronics to be sold for £2.6bn to US-controlled firm

UK.gov shrugs at calls for national security intervention

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Pakistan's tax office services go dark after migration project goes awry

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CentOS replacement AlmaLinux free on Azure, Microsoft to provide global network of mirrors

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Git 2.33 released with new optional merge process likely to become the default: It's 'over 9,000' times faster

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Green hydrogen 'transitioning from a shed-based industry' says researcher as the UK hedges its H2 strategy

Am I blue? Am I green? Government report isn't quite transparent

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Blackbaud – firm that paid off crooks after 2020 ransomware attack – fails to get California privacy law claim dropped

Suit could net $750 a pop under GDPR-ish rule for complainants who allege info 'unencrypted'

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A new island has popped up off the coast of Japan thanks to an underwater volcano

The saying is that they aren't making any more land yet here we are

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Cassini data from last decade reveals insights into 'diffuse' nature of Saturn's core

Internal structure extends to 60% of gas giant's radius, study shows

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A Whopper of a bork for seekers of pre-flight nosh

BSODs should be scary, not soothing

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China starts testing tech to harvest solar energy from orbiting panels

Ground facility to be finished this year as early trials focus on balloons just 300m away

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