A 30,000TB tower powered by a 70-year-old technology — Spectra Logic proves that data tape still has a place in an AI world with storage system that can handle thousands of LTO-9 tapes

A 30,000TB tower powered by a 70-year-old technology — Spectra Logic proves that data tape still has a place in an AI world with storage system that can handle thousands of LTO-9 tapes
Spectra Logic has introduced the Spectra Cube tape library, a cloud-optimized system for on-premise, hybrid cloud, and IaaS environments that is designed to be quickly deployed, dynamically scaled, and easily serviced without tools or downtime.  The Spectra Cube library is... Read more

Microsoft makes major quantum computing breakthrough — development of most stable qubits might actually make the technology viable for many, but will anyone be able to afford it?

Microsoft makes major quantum computing breakthrough — development of most stable qubits might actually make the technology viable for many, but will anyone be able to afford it?
Unlike traditional computing that uses binary bits, quantum computing uses quantum bits or ‘qubits’, enabling simultaneous processing of vast amounts of data, potentially solving complex problems much faster than conventional computers. In a major step forward for quantum computing, Microsoft... Read more

Why WiFi 7 is the future of wireless technology

VMware launches new VeloCloud SASE to help tie together all your edge infrastructure
WiFi 7 is a quantum leap forward from WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E. With its faster speeds, lower latency, and significant capacity increases, WiFi 7 is a major evolution in wireless technology. It has much in common with WiFi 6... Read more

Las Vegas Sphere has 4,000TB SSD storage delivering 400GB/s throughput — World’s only 16K display requires some exquisite technology to keep it going

Las Vegas Sphere has 4,000TB SSD storage delivering 400GB/s throughput — World's only 16K display requires some exquisite technology to keep it going
We’ve written previously about some of the technology that powers the Las Vegas Sphere, including the 16K interior LED screen, and the ultra-high resolution 18K camera system. Now, details have emerged of the storage employed by the massive music and... Read more

6G mobile networks could reach one terabit per second — researchers unveil record-breaking wireless transmission technology that aims to quadruple its performance

6G mobile networks could reach one terabit per second — researchers unveil record-breaking wireless transmission technology that aims to quadruple its performance
In a potentially promising breakthrough, researchers from Osaka University and IMRA America have unveiled a single channel optical wireless link that can achieve speeds of up to 240GB/s, a new world record. The team is now setting its sights on... Read more

Google Faces $7 Billion US Patent Infringement Trial Over AI Technology

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Tells Employees to Expect More Job Cuts This Year: Report
Alphabet’s Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday in a trial over accusations that processors it uses to power artificial intelligence technology in key products infringe a computer scientist’s patents. Singular Computing, founded by... Read more

OpenAI Adds New Watermarking Technology in DALL-E 3

OpenAI Implements New Watermarking Technology in AI-Generated Images by DALL-E 3
OpenAI has announced that it will add watermark to the metadata of the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images created by DALL-E 3. The company stated that it will now use the open technical standard adopted by the Coalition for Content Provenance... Read more

Solid-state battery breakthrough could solve the biggest flaw in this potentially world-changing technology

Solid-state battery breakthrough could solve the biggest flaw in this potentially world-changing technology
Researchers at Harvard have developed a new type of solid-state battery employing solid electrodes and a solid electrolyte, as opposed to using liquid or polymer gel electrolytes in conventional lithium-ion or lithium polymer batteries that power most of our current... Read more

New York man DIES while being treated with experimental gene-editing technology CRISPR

Terry Horgan, 27, died last month while taking part in a trial of a new gene-editing technology aimed at treating his Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disorder that causes muscle wasting.
The sole volunteer in a trial to test an experimental and controversial gene-editing therapy has died of unknown causes. Terry Horgan, from Montour Falls, New York, enrolled in the study in late August with the hope of treating Duchenne muscular... Read more

Grotesque model 'Mindy' reveals what humans could look like thanks to our reliance on technology

Researchers have created a grotesque model called 'Mindy', which they say offers a glimpse of what humans might look like in less than 800 years.
What humans will look like in the year 3000, thanks to our reliance on technology: hunchbacked and wide-necked with a ‘text claw-like thumb’ and a second set of eyelids Experts have created a model called ‘Mindy’ that gives an idea... Read more