Mississippi law forces Bluesky to track kids
Social media age law demands surveillance lawmakers (probably) didn’t think through
Social notworking outfit, Bluesky has cut off access to everyone in Mississippi thanks to a sweeping new state law that not only demands age verification for social media users but forces platforms to track the movements and activity of minors.
Musk's SpaceX throws tantrum over Virginia broadband plan
Wants $60 million for doing less than local providers
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is throwing its toys out of the pram again, this time over Virginia’s decision to fund proper broadband infrastructure instead of handing cash to his satellite internet sideshow.
Nvidia straps Blackwell GPUs into more enterprise servers
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell heads for mainstream 2U systems
Nvidia is stuffing its RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs into the world’s most popular enterprise server designs, claiming it will help companies ditch slow CPU-only boxes for faster, more efficient accelerated computing.
AOL pulls the plug on its dial-up dinosaur
After 34 years, the screech of the modem is no more
AOL has decided to kill off its dial-up internet service at the end of September, bringing the curtain down on a relic of the early web.
Qualcomm wants Wi-Fi 8 to work when everything goes wrong
No more dropped packets, roaming flops, and latency hell
Qualcomm is leading a new crusade to make Wi-Fi suck less in the real world.