Italy’s Meloni Blames Pro-Russian Hackers for Leak of Foreign Minister’s Data on the Dark Web
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web.
The ICT Trends: latest ICT industry news
Telecom & 5G
All stories →Rakuten AST formed for $2 billion Japan LEO project
Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile have set up a new joint venture company to build an LEO-based direct-to-device network in Japan that will be part-funded by the government.
Extreme Networks explores sale after approach
US networking company Extreme Networks reportedly is exploring a sale after attracting inbound acquisition interest, with Fortinet, Cisco Systems and NetApp among the potential buyers.
China rejects spying allegations as CEO scandal rocks Nvidia
Beijing reportedly dismissed allegations that it has been spying on Nvidia, after the company opened a probe into CEO Jensen Huang (pictured) over his admission of an affair with a woman accused by the US of working for Chinese…
Vodafone and Skylo satellite service now commercially available
Following a trial of an NTN narrowband IoT satellite service, Vodafone IoT and Skylo are offering the service commercially to enterprises.
Jio eyes global telcos with managed services model
Jio plans to take its UBR and OSS/BSS platforms overseas through selective partnerships in both developed and emerging markets.
SpaceX and Qualcomm threaten to topple US market's cozy 5G order
Elon Musk's plans for a fourth American 5G network look both reactionary and radical, with potential consequences for the whole telecom industry.
Cloud & Data Centers
All stories →Your data center may be halfway to waterless
How existing data centers can retrofit waterless cooling systems to reduce water consumption, recover waste heat, and improve cooling efficiency
Building AI Kill Switches in Data Centers
Data center-level AI “kill switches” are more feasible than agent-level ones, but they need early detection and global regulatory alignment to work.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair with alleged Chinese spy, board to investigate
Huang previously denied any relationship with Megaspeed exec
What data centers need to consider when storing produced water
A possible alternative to portable supplies
After the midterms, things are looking rocky for Elon Musk and data centers
On Equity, we unpacked what the midterms mean for the tech industry.
SpaceXAI plans data center in Arizona, Musk's firm claims it will have 6GW capacity
Construction work could start in March 2027
Artificial Intelligence
All stories →PLDT’s Smart launches AI noise cancellation for voice calls
PLDT’s wireless arm, Smart Communications, said on Friday it has launched a new service for premium postpaid customers that uses AI noise cancellation to filter out background noise during voice calls.
Korea Advances Physical AI Across Industries With NVIDIA
Tapping into the country’s strengths in manufacturing and engineering, NVIDIA is helping advance Korea’s physical AI ecosystem.
From Chips to Skills, NVIDIA and Korea Expand Sovereign AI Collaboration
NVIDIA and Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) are expanding their collaboration across the country’s sovereign AI ecosystem, from AI semiconductors and data center infrastructure to talent, startups, models, agents and security.
NVIDIA Dynamo Recipes Bring Korea’s Leading Open Models to Production
NVIDIA is releasing Dynamo-optimized deployment recipes for Korea’s leading open models: A.X K2 from SK Telecom, K-EXAONE 2.0 from LG AI Research, Solar Open 2 from Upstage and Motif-3 from Motif Technologies.
NVIDIA, Rebellions and SK Telecom Announce Collaboration to Advance Sovereign AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA NVLink Fusion
NVIDIA, Rebellions and SK Telecom today announced a collaboration to advance Korea’s sovereign AI infrastructure — using NVIDIA NVLink Fusion™ to bring together NVIDIA’s open infrastructure platform, Rebellions’ Korean-designed AI…
A Message to Our Company
I owe my family and all of you an apology. I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry. Throughout my life, my…
Cybersecurity
All stories →Default 'admin:admin' Server Password Helps Researchers Hack Two Automakers, Unlock and Start Cars
The login systems behind two car brands' mobile apps could be taken over completely, two security researchers found, allowing them to access any customer's account and, for an owner with a connected car, unlock the doors and start the…
CISA Flags SonicWall SonicOS MFA Bypass Flaw Amid Reports of Possible Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity vulnerability impacting SonicWall SonicOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports that it said may have been…
Linus Torvalds sees signs AI-prompted patch flood has peaked
Fixes are arriving faster than new bug reports for one major Linux project
He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Iris Ohyama data cloud breach exposes info of 7.7 million customers
Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama, the operator of the Iris Plaza shopping platform, disclosed that personal information belonging to about 7.7 million people may have been exposed after unauthorized access to a third-party cloud service…
Semiconductors
All stories →Cosmic at SEMICON Europa 2026: Advancing High-Complexity Semiconductor Test Solutions
ALTOPASCIO, Italy — Nov. 9, 2026 — Cosmic Group will participate in SEMICON Europa 2026 in Munich, held concurrently with electronica from Nov. 10 to 13, 2026. Cosmic will be located at booth C1255.
PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem
Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient
Ongoing labor dispute sees Micron pause construction at its $4.5bn memory fab in Taoyuan, Taiwan – report
Micron is latest memory chip maker to face pushback from employees over profit sharing bonuses
Two dead and five injured following fire at Panasonic chip packaging facility in Taiwan
Fire broke out at 2:00 am local time on November 4
DRAM demand stays strong, fuelling gains
DRAM revenue surged during Q3 despite minimal growth in shipments, as demand for AI and data centres continued to keep prices high, Counterpoint Research figures showed.
Viettel reveals homegrown security chip co-developed with Vietnam govt
Viettel Group and Vietnam's Government Cipher Committee revealed on Wednesday they have jointly developed a semiconductor security platform featuring VGC v1.0, a homegrown chipset that integrates a domestic cryptographic algorithm directly…
Enterprise IT
All stories →GSMA MWC26 Doha opens with call to align on global industry standards and close MENA’s connectivity gap
Operators, technology leaders, policymakers and innovators gather in Doha today for three days of exhibition, collaboration and debate on the future of connectivity across the Middle East and North Africa.
CFIX secures VARA in-principle approval to expand into virtual assets
CFI Financial Group advances its digital assets strategy in Dubai as CFIX moves closer to securing a full Virtual Asset…
Mac lookalikes multiply as Linux raids Apple's wardrobe
New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing
Oak Ridge labs gets hybrid quantum-HPC system to test qubit error correction
Co-design platform for quantum error correction melds IBM quantum kit with AMD CPUs and GPUs
Veeam warns of Software Appliance boot failures on AMD EPYC hosts
Veeam warned customers about boot failures affecting Software Appliance virtual machines (VMs) on hosts with AMD EPYC processors.
Crowd fave Linux Mint update approaches, fresh from autumn release of Cinnamon desktop
Mint 27 to land before Christmas, with stable Wayland display upgrades, as punters try out Cinnamon 6.8
IoT & Smart Cities
All stories →eSIM Market Outlook & Opportunities in IoT: 2026
Explore the 2026 eSIM market outlook, including SGP.32 commercialisation, RSP-capable iSIM, in-factory profile provisioning and the opportunities shaping large-scale IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER
The advent of 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks
Explore how 3GPP NTN brings satellite connectivity into the cellular ecosystem, enabling hybrid coverage for remote, mobile and geographically dispersed IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER
Beyond static forecasts: Finding hidden IoT revenue opportunities
A market forecast can show where IoT is growing. But how useful is it to a commercial team deciding which opportunities to pursue this quarter? In the first video of … Continued
Infineon’s Steve Tateosian Talks IoT, Consumer, and Industrial MCUs at OktoberTech
Sponsored: EDN's Majeed Ahmad talks to Infineon's Steve Tateosian on edge systems, application examples, and the growth of the market.
IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced
Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued
Omdia lifts lid on edge IoT deployments
A majority of businesses are prioritising edge computing in IoT deployments, with the approach now at a tipping point in terms of delivering tangible benefits, research by Omdia showed.