The current state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllers — Marvell, Phison, and SMI prepare controllers as drives finally come to market following years of delays
 The current state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllers — Marvell, Phison, and SMI prepare controllers as drives finally come to market following years of delays

PCIe 6.0 SSDs are almost here. We review the state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllers from Micron and Samsung, as well as controllers that can handle 2 Petabyte-class SSDs with 28 TB/s read/write speeds.

Oracle plans more layoffs weeks after spending most of its $2.1 billion restructuring budget, report claims — some teams face double-digit percentage reductions, 21,000 full-time positions already eliminated
 Oracle plans more layoffs weeks after spending most of its $2.1 billion restructuring budget, report claims — some teams face double-digit percentage reductions, 21,000 full-time positions already eliminated

Oracle plans to cut more jobs this month, with reductions on some teams reaching double-digit percentages.

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AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws
 AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws

Some data center developers are suing local governments for passing temporary bans and moratorium, saying that they such moves violated their rights to due process and equal protection. This move has gotten one county to reverse their decision, while others are still fighting the cases in court.

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Suspected China-linked hackers used AI to run the first-ever end-to-end autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan’s government, Israeli firm says — open-source-built tool continuously devised effective hack strategies in real-time

Suspected China-linked hackers used autonomous AI agents to breach Taiwanese government systems, compromising 85 accounts and stealing 2,500+ records.

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How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI’s next hot commodity — looming US-China summit puts photonics into the crosshairs

The U.S. wants Chinese optical transceivers out of future AI data centers, but China’s current dominance of the rapidly evolving photonics supply chain could make a ban complicated

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YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash — Chinese vendor has 14% share, according to research
 YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash — Chinese vendor has 14% share, according to research

Samsung led with 25%, SK hynix followed at 22%, and Micron rounded out the top five.

Claude will begin digitally watermarking marking AI-generated text and images — Anthropic details how it’ll comply with the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act

European users of Anthropic’s Claude models can expect that future versions of those tools will begin embedding digital marks in generated text and images to identify them as the product of AI.

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Samsung Foundry updates process roadmap to move 1.4nm node to 2029 — high-NA EUV will enable 1nm-class and smaller nodes in 2030 and beyond

Samsung Foundry has delayed its 1.4nm-class node to 2029, making SF2 one of its longest-lasting process technologies ever. The company also aims to start using High-NA EUV for its 1nm-class process technology in 2030.

Passenger returning from DEF CON 34 spoofs Delta Wi-Fi network while in flight using pentest tool — pilots tell ground crew to alert corporate security after attendee from hacking conference brings the party to the sky

A flight carrying passengers who attended a cybersecurity convention reportedly had its Wi-Fi network victimized by deauthentication attacks while an ‘evil twin’ hotspot rerouted potential victims to a phishing website. While flight safety was never affected, it’s unclear if any of the other passengers had their credentials stolen while in the air.

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Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they’ll be destroyed to train AI — sellers believe acquisitions are part of AI tech companies’ push to get more data

Bookstores in Europe receive massive online purchases for obscure titles that haven’t seen interest in years. They fear that these orders were made by AI firms looking to find more data to train their LLMs.

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