Malaysia’s state of Johor has formally launched the 7,300-acre Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC), designed as Asia’s largest innovation sandbox. Part of a new special economic zone with Singapore, it aims to create over 20,000 jobs and has already secured over $7 billion in data center investments.
The Linux kernel is flipping a switch for better storage performance. In version 6.19, per-CPU BIO caching will be enabled by default, a move that showed a nice speed bump in early tests.
The U.S. is reportedly preparing to lift export restrictions on Nvidia’s H200 AI chip for the Chinese market. This follows a thaw in relations and could add over $15 billion to Nvidia’s revenue. But the company faces cooling investor enthusiasm and rising competition on all sides.
The upcoming Mesa 26.0 graphics driver stack is packing some serious upgrades for Linux users. It’s bringing initial support for Qualcomm’s newest Adreno Gen 8 graphics and has finalized OpenGL mesh shader support for AMD Radeon hardware.
Major law firms like Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins faced pressure to make deals with the new Trump administration in early 2025. Meanwhile, they’re racing to build AI tools powered by their own secret data to stay ahead.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has identified energy as the biggest bottleneck for AI’s future. He outlined a strategy focusing on diversified power sources, extreme efficiency, and new energy technologies to meet surging demand.
A housing dispute case was dismissed in September after a judge spotted a deepfake video of a witness. This incident is a warning sign that the U.S. legal system is not ready to handle synthetic evidence, with judges admitting they fear making life-altering decisions based on fakes.
A developer has been testing a full operating system called ESP Brookesia Phone on a $60 Elecrow display powered by an ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6. The system runs custom apps and demonstrates the surprising power now packed into affordable microcontroller units, opening doors for more sophisticated indus
Joshua Aaron, creator of the ICEBlock app, has filed a lawsuit against Trump administration officials. He claims they violated his First Amendment rights by coercing Apple into removing the app from the App Store in early October.
Apple has expanded its satellite connectivity features to Japan, enabling standard messaging over satellite for iPhone 14 and later models. The service remains free and offers the same encryption as terrestrial messaging.
