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Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Relativity Networks, a startup developing hollow-core fibre optic technology, has raised $22 million in SAFE note funding to help data centre operators overcome the physical distance limits that increasingly constrain the AI compute boom. As firms spend heavily on ever-larger data centre campuses, network latency between distant clusters of GPUs has become a growing bottleneck,…
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Fast and Furious star wants the final movie to go back to “what it all started as” rather that “007 bring your cars to space s***”
A Fast & Furious cast member has said they want the franchise’s upcoming final instalment to return to its street-racing origins rather than continue the increasingly outlandish, spy-film-style spectacle of recent entries. The comment reflects growing fan and cast debate over the series’ direction, as instalments have shifted from underground car culture towards globe-trotting action…
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Huge £32million car park which has been empty for two years has opening delayed AGAIN as road linking to it is still not finished
The opening of a £32million park and ride in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, has been delayed for another year because the access road connecting it to the A40 still has not been built. The 850-space site was completed in 2024 but has stood empty ever since, prompting local residents to brand it an “embarrassing” and costly “white…
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US charges 17 Iranians over ‘massive’ cyber theft campaign
The US Department of Justice has charged 17 Iranians in connection with a years-long, state-sponsored hacking campaign that allegedly stole vast amounts of data from American universities, government agencies and private companies. Officials say members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute, working on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ran the operation from at least…
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Hot or Not Built the Internet We’re Still Swiping Through
Hot or Not, launched in 2000, let users upload photos to be rated by strangers on a 1-to-10 scale, quickly becoming one of the internet’s most-visited sites and pioneering the idea of turning subjective human judgement into structured, rankable data. Its influence shaped the design of later dating apps, particularly Tinder, whose swipe mechanism combined…
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Raspberry Pi gets jiggy with batch CM5 provisioning
Raspberry Pi has launched a $600 Programming Jig designed to speed up batch provisioning of its Compute Module 5 (CM5) boards for industrial and embedded deployments. The device combines the provisioning host and module interface into a single unit, removing the need for a separate IO board or an additional host computer that was previously…
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Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved
Green party analysis shared with the Guardian suggests Labour could lose up to 50 seats to the Greens at the next general election if the government approves new North Sea oil and gas drilling or fails to prioritise urgent climate action. The research, based on polling of key Labour-Green marginal constituencies, indicates that affected voters…
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Latest alleged GTA 6 leak “risks tarnishing the reputation of our communities”, say Stop Killing Games after hackers claim pro-consumer motivations
A group calling itself Cyberleek leaked further alleged Grand Theft Auto 6 footage, framing the act as a protest against anti-consumer practices such as digital preorders and gated singleplayer DLC. The Stop Killing Games campaign, which lobbies for similar consumer protections through legislation, has publicly condemned the leak and distanced itself from the hackers, warning…
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Tekken 8 director jumps ship to join Harada’s new Vs Studio team
Kohei Ikeda, game director of Tekken 8, has left Bandai Namco to join Vs Studio, the new venture led by former Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada. Ikeda announced the move on X, saying it felt “nostalgic” to work with former colleagues again while also being excited about building something new. The move extends a run…
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The Blood of Dawnwalker – save your family while becoming what you hate
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an upcoming dark fantasy role-playing game from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former talent behind The Witcher 3. Set in the 14th century in the fictional Carpathian region of Vale Sangora, it follows Coen, a man who becomes half-vampire after his family is taken by a ruling vampire clan,…