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Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

• GPUs' environmental costs extend well beyond AI data centres alone
• Nvidia's data-centre revenue soared from $0.6bn to $62bn since 2018
• Communities increasingly grapple with new AI data centres locally

A feature from The Verge examines the environmental and ethical costs of GPUs, the chips powering the current AI boom, arguing that scrutiny should extend beyond AI data centres to the broader history and use of graphics processors. The piece notes that hundreds of thousands of GPUs are…

Remembering When an EP Brought Four New Beatles Recordings to the Brits in 1964

• Long Tall Sally EP (June 1964) offered UK fans genuinely new Beatles recordings
• Featured three covers plus original "I Call Your Name"
• Some tracks had already been released earlier in the US

The article looks back at The Beatles' Long Tall Sally EP, released in Britain in June 1964, which stood out from the group's earlier EPs by featuring genuinely new recordings rather than repackaged tracks. Most previous Beatles EPs had simply recycled songs already released as singles or on…

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

• KARR car alarms in 2m+ US vehicles have a serious Bluetooth hack flaw
• Flaw lets hackers unlock, disable alarms, or immobilise cars remotely
• Owners must manually check for the device and install a firmware patch

Security researchers at UC San Diego have discovered a serious vulnerability in the KARR Security System, an aftermarket car alarm fitted to more than two million vehicles across the United States. The flaw allows anyone within Bluetooth range to remotely unlock a vehicle, disable its alarm, sound the…

Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out

• Accelsius claims two-phase coolants let datacentre water run up to 14°C hotter
• Higher water temperatures could cut annual cooling energy costs substantially
• Tests on Dell servers with Nvidia B200 chips showed notable temperature drops

US startup Accelsius has commissioned research suggesting datacentres could cut cooling costs significantly by switching to two-phase cooling fluids for AI accelerators, which run far hotter than traditional server chips. The approach matters because the ongoing AI datacentre building boom, combined with rising electricity costs and supply constraints,…

As Sony plans to kill discs, PS5 publisher says “physical games help us reach audiences that digital often can’t,” even if “digital distribution has made games more accessible”

• Sony reportedly plans to phase out physical PS5 game discs.
• A PS5 publisher says physical games reach audiences digital can't.
• Publisher still credits digital distribution with boosting accessibility.

A publisher working on PlayStation 5 titles has defended the continued value of physical games, even as Sony moves towards phasing out disc-based releases. The publisher argued that physical copies allow games to reach audiences that digital storefronts often struggle to reach, highlighting a tension between industry trends…

‘Snap your hand off’ – O’Reilly profiled as SWFC close in on Aston Villa attacker – thestar.co.uk

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