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Apr 10, 2026

 
Semiconductor startup market activity

SK Hynix has invested in Semidynamics, a firm specializing in memory-centric RISC-V chips.

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RISC-V chip designer SiFive has successfully closed an oversubscribed Series G funding round, raising $400 million with participation from Nvidia, valuing the startup at $3.65 billion.

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Chip startup d-Matrix has acquired SuperNODE and FabreX from GigaIO, a move that will also integrate GigaIO's rack-scale engineering team into d-Matrix.

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Does d-Matrix's acquisition of SuperNODE and FabreX signal industry consolidation?

 

Digital Edge has acquired 50 acres of land in Johor, Malaysia, from Crescendo Corporation to develop a new data center facility.

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March 2026's global data center roundup indicates that compute economics, power availability, and execution capabilities are now the decisive factors in building and scaling AI capacity, driven by GPU-specific designs and shifting capital stacks.

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A threat group known as TeamPCP has breached Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure instances using compromised credentials, highlighting the need for rapid response to security breaches in cloud environments.

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Cold-climate data centers are emerging as a promising sustainable strategy for reducing cooling expenses and energy consumption within the data center sector.

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More coverage at The Register →

 
Cloud infrastructure for AI

Sudha Raghavan, senior vice president at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, discusses the current renaissance in artificial intelligence infrastructure and the resulting innovation opportunities across cloud and data center environments.

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Data centers in the United Kingdom are facing increased regulatory scrutiny regarding privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance, highlighting the challenges of maintaining digital infrastructure amid growing pressures.

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Chatter
The view from Reddit
“FIX: Welch Allyn / Mortara Diagnostic Cardiology Suite - Service Crashes and Server Connection Guide”

A detailed guide provides fixes for common issues with Welch Allyn/Mortara Diagnostic Cardiology Suite, including startup crashes due to misspelled DLLs and server connection problems, later identifying SentinelOne as the root cause of the 'Leet speak' bug.

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“Anyone read this 49 day SSL expiration thing and think they would rather just retire?”

The author expresses frustration with the proposed 49-day SSL certificate expiration, questioning the technology's inadequacy and the confusion surrounding automated renewal tools like Certbot.

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“Need Help: All M365 Global Admin locked out after hack - Microsoft support has provided no comment / communication in 24h+”

A desperate plea for assistance is issued by an IT administrator locked out of their Microsoft 365 tenant for over 24 hours following a security incident and subsequent MFA policy misconfiguration, with Microsoft support proving unresponsive.

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Should Microsoft M365 administrators have immediate emergency lockout access?

 

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