In 2019, Intel and the Department of Energy announced plans for Aurora, the world’s first exascale computer. It was expected to be operational by 2021. Now, Aurora is finally online—but only at half-scale. Despite its many setbacks, it debuted on the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers in …
Read More »FCC Republicans confirm they’ll act to topple net neutrality as quickly as possible
Net neutrality is firmly on the chopping block in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election. The two Republican members of the FCC, Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly, have made this clear in a letter sent to small ISPs with less than 100,000 subscribers, in which they vow to revisit both …
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