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Nvidia has announced a delay of over three months for its Blackwell GPUs due to unexpected design flaws. This setback impacts major AI data center initiatives for Google, Meta, and Microsoft, each investing billions in these chips. Discovered by manufacturer TSMC, the issue means large-scale GPU deployments are now pushed to Q1 2025, causing significant disruption for these tech giants’ AI projects.
This is exactly how we think of cloud storage, too. pic.twitter.com/P1VjgOYCUb
— HostingDiscussion (@HDforum) August 4, 2024
Admins, you’ve been doing it all wrong.
Zendesk, once a go-to for web hosting support, is under fire after a social media uproar. The President and COO of the Daniel Vaughn fan club accused Zendesk of misleading them on contract renewal dates, trapping them in a year-long deal, and charging $2,000 monthly for a canceled service. Her influence has spotlighted the issue, forcing Zendesk to address these serious customer service failings.
Intel is cooked
– 15,000+ to be laid off
– $INTC down 29% today
– Dividend suspended
– Foundry business hemorrhaging billions
– Broken Raptor Lake chips unfixable
– ARM taking over laptop market
– ARM taking over data center market
– Totally missed the AI hype train pic.twitter.com/QmqtaiwpM2— Fireship (@fireship_dev) August 2, 2024
Intel’s struggle to turn itself around continues as the company announced it will layoff 15,000 workers, sending its shares in freefall.
IceWarp, a European-based player in the collaboration and productivity space, made waves at CloudFest USA with its comprehensive platform that poses a serious challenge to industry players like Slack, Flock, or Google Workspace. The company’s all-in-one solution boasts an impressive array of integrated business tools, featuring robust email functionality and video conferencing capabilities. At the bustling conference, IceWarp’s booth has drawn professionals eager to explore how its unified approach could help their communication and workflow processes become more efficient.
In a surprising turn, X (formerly Twitter) has vanished from the Mac App Store, leaving users to rely solely on the browser version. Despite a buggy reputation and no updates since Elon Musk’s 2023 rebrand, the app’s sudden delisting remains unconfirmed by X. Users can still access the old app, but the future of X on Mac remains uncertain. Further updates are awaited.
Tech guys don't use Google search anymore.
It's not just censored. It just sucks.
Perplexity is better.
And you can set it as default.
Here's how to fix your search in thirty seconds: pic.twitter.com/bmCCX0ySnm— Balaji (@balajis) August 1, 2024
Tech guys, is this true?
Alerify, Inc., a newly formed colocation firm, has acquired Elevated MSP’s data center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The 68,830 sq ft facility at 2330 Vartan Way will enhance Alerify’s hosting and colocation services in South Central PA. Founder Andy Kochanowski aims to leverage his industry experience to grow the business regionally. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
