This is the first PCIe 6.0 SSD you can actually buy and by ‘you’ I mean hyperscalers — Micron 9650 can reach 28GBps read speeds and will only be used for AI inference

Micron has launched the 9650, the first PCIe 6.0 SSD built for hyperscale AI inference workloads and high-bandwidth data center storage.
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Sex toy firm hit by data breach – Tenga says hacker infiltrated systems, stole customer data

A Tenga employee fell for a phishing email, and gave away access to a company email account.

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‘My own opinion is that much of the fear is overblown’: AWS CEO thinks investors may be worrying about AI risks too much

Investors worry AI could weaken software margins, while Amazon Web Services reports solid expansion and questions the scale of market panic.
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Tens of billions of dollars wiped out from household name brands as obscure “penny stock” karaoke-vendor-turned-AI platform debuts “game-changing platform”

Logistics stocks tumble after tiny AI firm claims massive freight efficiency gains trigger investor fears over automation replacing jobs and reshaping industry costs.
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3D printing ‘saved’ from AI as MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse – over 8 million users and an archive of over 2.5 million “things” set to be protected

MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse, promising technical cleanup, human-reviewed files, creator monetization, and protection for millions of 3D printing designs.
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‘I think we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’: Microsoft AI chief thinks AI will replace most white-collar work in the 12 to 18 months – so is this the end for human workers?

Is AI coming for white-collar roles next? Microsoft’s AI boss thinks so.

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Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards – Claude maker expresses concerns over ‘hard limits around fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance’

The Pentagon is threating to cut a $200 million contract with Anthropic over a rift in how the Claude AI model should be used.
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If you’re an engineering student, this laptop deal is the best around – my favorite mobile workstation gets a $1600 price-cut in Lenovo Presidents’ Day sales

This fully loaded mobile workstation gets a major price-cut for Lenovo Presidents’ Day sales.

I can’t recommend this Dell laptop deal enough – this Windows 11 machine is the ultimate ‘work-from-anywhere’ machine in the Presidents’ Day sale

The $330 Dell 15 Laptop ticks all my boxes for business or home use, with a Core 3 processor, 8GB RAM, and a fast 512GB SSD.
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Farewell Apple iWork? Iconic brand appears to be disappearing in favor of Creator Studio

Apple’s iWork brand looks to have been retired after two decades, with the launch of new Creator Studio, which includes paid subscriptions.
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