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Off the Wire Press Releases July 15, 2026 — As the Director of the Scientific Networking Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Executive Director of the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), Inder Monga is an expert in keeping the flow of scientific data

A dried-out felt-tip marker and a snapped-off piece of molded black plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday. What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NAS

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified Wednesday before the Senate banking committee, facing questions over the economy and how various factors might impact interest rates. As part of congressionally mandated Capitol Hill appearances for the central bank leader, Warsh spo

Off the Wire Press Releases Partnership with Flywheel Data makes solutions available now, focusing initially on the needs of military and intelligence agencies. CARLSBAD, Calif., July 15, 2026 — GigaIO, a pioneer in delivering datacenter-class computing at the edge, has had its e

'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC - Published As the rubber boat he was on rocked through choppy waves, fear washed over Chinese dissident Dong Guangping, who had gone without sleep for two days. The 68-year-old knew he was taking a

While the FIFA World Cup provided a tourism boost to host cities, its positive impact was mitigated by economic weakness seen elsewhere, according to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday. The soccer tournament, which the U.S. co-hosted, has fetched median admissions prices

Sheetz, a US convenience store chain, is moving its 838 locations off VMware. Sheetz has used VMware virtualization across two Dell R440/R450-series servers at each of its locations since 2019. Now it’s migrating 12 to 14 virtual machines (VMs) in each of its stores from VMware v

The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood “knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent saf

This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke green cards and deport non-US citizens who work on misinformation, disinformation, fa

Odds that gas prices will go above $4 per gallon by the end of this month have jumped to 90% from 56% on Kalshi in the last two days. Kalshi traders now see a 93% chance that gas prices will go above $4 per gallon and 63% that it will go over $4.10. The contract, which asks what

Jurassic Park, while beloved as a film, has been the subject of snarky memes for the infamous line in which one of the characters declares, “This is a Unix system, I know this!” while using a computer with an unusual 3D file manager interface. Despite the memes, the film’s produc

United Airlines' second-quarter results came in ahead of Wall Street estimates, but billions of dollars in added fuel costs continue to weigh on earnings, the carrier said Wednesday. Here is what United Airlines reported for the quarter that ended June 30 compared with what Wall

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the state’s congressional delegation on Wednesday, pushing for ICE “to be fundamentally reformed,” after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford on Monday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told Semafor the letter was “strange” beca

The News President Donald Trump extended a warm welcome this week to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the businessman-turned-politician central to the president’s effort to redefine the US-Iraq relationship around commerce rather than conflict. Al-Zaidi will speak at a

IDCA CEO Calls for Global Consensus on Data Center Development As AI-driven power demand accelerates, the IDCA says fragmented national policies risk slowing data center development and calls for a common global framework. The data center industry needs a global consensus on how

President Donald Trump slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's new data center moratorium on Wednesday, saying in a Truth Social post that the state should change its policy "IMMEDIATELY" after it became the first in the U.S. to impose a ban of its kind. "One of the biggest Driving

President Donald Trump slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's new data center moratorium on Wednesday, saying in a Truth Social post that the state should change its policy "IMMEDIATELY" after it became the first in the U.S. to impose a ban of its kind. "One of the biggest Driving

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software. Data recovered from the Tesla showed that the ve

SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, briefly dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time as hype around the reusable rocket maker fizzled. Shares have whipsawed since the reusable rocket maker's historic IPO last month, whi

SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, briefly dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time as hype around the reusable rocket maker fizzled. Shares have whipsawed since the reusable rocket maker's historic IPO last month, whi

This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of The Odyssey. It’s on track to rake in anywhere between $80–$100 million in just a few days. People are clearly excited to see how Nolan uses c

Right on the heels of Microsoft releasing a record number of security patches, a researcher has published exploit code that can enable low-privilege Windows accounts to make sensitive changes to administrator accounts. The exploit, which multiple researchers say works, is sending

Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Community Partnerships Are Becoming Data Centers’ Most Valuable Asset Community trust is now a core input to capacity. Here’s how developers can align projects with local priorities on culture, jobs, and

Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election, claimed not to know his predecessor Tulsi Gabbard took part in a raid of a Georgia election office earlier this year and defended subpoenaing New York

Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above, right) and his co-founder Hjalmar Nilsonne (above, left), has raised a $700 million Series C. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and O.G. Venture Partners. T

OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex. The Codex Micro, co-designed with specialty keyboard designer Work Louder, is being advertised as a fancy new way for ChatGPT users

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