Network World

Microsoft’s laser-free cable tech promises to slash AI data center networking power bills

MOSAIC ditches lasers for cheap MicroLEDs and medical imaging fiber, cuts cabling energy by up to 50%, and already fits in a ...
Network World

Microsoft’s laser-free cable tech promises to slash AI data center power bills in half

MOSAIC ditches lasers for cheap MicroLEDs and medical imaging fiber, cuts cabling energy by up to 50%, and already fits in a ...

Quantum-inspired laser system delivers distance measurements with sub-millimeter accuracy

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background ...
Computer Weekly

Photonics - Xscape: Building the eight-wavelength laser for AI data

Xscape Photonics also announced the launch of FalconX: a fully redundant External Laser Small Form-factor Pluggable (ELSFP) device capable of emitting up to eight wavelengths or colours of light for ...
The Conversation

Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?

Alex Fuerbach received/receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Department of Defence, The US Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Arthrolase, HB11 Energy and ...
Army Times

The Pentagon wants to field laser weapons at scale within 3 years

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...
The Financial Express

India’s data centre power demand to jump 6x by 2030, straining grids and transmission

India’s data centre capacity is projected to surge nearly six-fold from about 1.5 GW in 2025 to 8–10 GW by 2030, while electricity consumption from the sector is expected to rise sharply from 10–15 ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

New chip lets robots see in 4D by tracking distance and speed simultaneously

Current vision systems for robots and drones rely on 3D sensors that, although powerful, do not always keep up with the ...
Nature

Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia

Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.
CNBC

U.S. military shoots down government drone in Texas accident, Reuters sources say

The U.S. military shot down a government drone with a laser-based anti-drone system, an accident that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to bar flights on Thursday in an area around Fort ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...
New York Post

UK blocks Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran — and he is already retaliating

The UK is blocking President Trump from using its military air bases for a possible attack on Iran — because the lefty government believes such strikes could violate international law and doesn’t want ...