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US farm machinery maker set for Agility Robotics pilot

Agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO inked a deal to trial Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid for various factory operations including sorting and stacking parts, with a view to using robots to automate repetitive and hazardous tasks.

Nvidia GTC Berlin keynote disrupted by Greenpeace activists

‘Nvidia, clean up your dirty business,’ - protesters heckle Jensen Huang

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Wi-Fi 8, Edge AI and the Introduction of Security and Management services

Nvidia launches DSX POD, claims the Vera-Rubin reference architecture will make AI data centers more water and energy efficient

Details released at GTC Berlin event, taking place this week

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AST SpaceMobile limited coverage coming soon in US and beyond

AST SpaceMobile targets 'initial, intermittent coverage' for satellite mobile broadband services by year-end in US, Canada, Japan, UK and Saudi Arabia.

New PCE Metric Could Recover Stranded Data Center Power

PCE measures how much provisioned power is available for compute rather than support systems, helping operators free up capacity for AI demand without new grid power.

Better Broadband Starts with Better Intelligence

Amazon readies €16B German investment

Amazon outlined plans to invest more than €16 billion in its German operations in 2027 to expand its AI infrastructure, cloud computing and satellite connectivity.

Why VMO2 isn't afraid of VodafoneThree's monster 5G footprint

Under its 'Grid 2040' plan, Virgin Media O2 is in talks with rivals about possible 5G 'densification,' but its network is already making strides.

Toshiba targets scalability with new quantum-safe network platform

Toshiba execs say the company's QSN platform will make quantum-safe networks more scalable, allowing for simpler and cheaper implementation.

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Hijacked Developer Account Used to Plant Stealer in OVHcloud CLI

Researchers say the developer’s account was compromised in March with a GlassWorm-linked loader.

Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities

The first phase will cover up to 500 utilities, which will get free security tools, equipment, deployment help and training.

Thunes brings its cross-border payments network to Venezuela

Singapore-based global payment platform Thunes announced on Tuesday it has expanded its cross-border payments network into Venezuela, billed as one of Latin America's critical financial corridors.

Vodacom Mpumalanga to invest US$35.6m in network upgrades in FY27

Vodacom Mpumalanga says it will invest over ZAR600 million (around US$36.6 million) in network infrastructure and technology in the coming financial year to expand broadband connectivity and support growing demand for digital services…

Aolani commits to 500MW of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia in 2027

Singapore-based AI cloud firm Aolani said on Monday it has signed a Letters of Intent (LOI) to take up 500 MW of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia starting in the second half of 2027 across multiple sites.

SONiC momentum continues at OCP Global Summit

Proponents of SONiC made a strong showing at last week’s Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, where vendors including Cisco, Microsoft, and Nokia championed SONiC’s capabilities as an open Ethernet platform for AI networking.

2026 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery.

Stolen UpdraftCentral keys used to backdoor WordPress sites

A threat actor breached TeamUpdraft's website, a developer of popular WordPress backup and security plugins, potentially compromising UpdraftCentral connection keys that can send commands to connected websites.

Mozilla, Google, Apple block compromised eMudhra CA certificates

Certificate authority eMudhra revoked eight compromised intermediate certificates after researchers found their private keys were so weak that anyone could recover them almost instantly and use them to forge trusted certificates for…

Gartner’s top tech trends for 2027 expand—and constrain—AI capabilities

Gartner kicked off its IT Symposium/Xpo this week and unveiled its annual list of the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in the coming year.

Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP address

IQ.Lvbs implies that rival Comma.ai isn't playing fair

PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow

The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.

Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure

And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model

Clearfield CEO Cheri Beranek to retire

Cheri Beranek will retire as Clearfield's president and CEO, effective March 31, 2027. Beranek will move to an Emeritus position once her successor is appointed. #pressrelease