ITU says it’ll cost up to $2.8 trillion to get everyone online
Connecting the unconnected now five times more than predicted
The International Telecommunication Union, the UN’s tech arm, says hooking up the world to the Internet by 2030 will cost $2.6-$2.8 trillion, before anyone logs on.
Huawei wants to kill PCIe, TCP/IP and NVLink
Chinese giant pitches UB-Mesh as a single unifying protocol
Huawei has rolled out a grand plan to scrap half the data centre’s plumbing and replace it with its shiny new UB-Mesh protocol.
Morgan Stanley reckons Nvidia’s GB200 racks mint money
Rivals left bleeding red ink in AI factory economics
Number crunchers at Morgan Stanley have been adding up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that Nvidia’s monster GB200 NVL72 racks are the only kit worth buying if you want to turn an AI factory into a cash cow.
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.