Networking

AI regulation freeze could fracture US digital future

As a vote in the US Senate over BEAD and a 10-year ban on state AI regulations moves ever closer, state officials band together to try and stop it.

Cornelis brings Intel Omni-Path networking tech back from dead

Vendor claims better performance per watt than other networking tech, translating to lower costs.

GenAI crawler problem highlights a bigger issue: the cloud bandwidth nightmare

Online generative AI robots that scrape content and ignore websites’ ‘Do Not Enter ‘signs can cost enterprises a lot of money. But the underlying issue is how those bandwidth charges are calculated.

IBM CEO: Smaller, domain-specific genAI models are the future

At its annual Think Conference in Boston, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said his company is focused on using smaller genAI models integrated with edge networking capabilities to address cost, speed and security issues.

How Wi-Fi 6 Impacts Your Business Network

Attack of the AI crawlers

Unlike their search engine counterparts, scraper bots in search of content for genAI model training often go where site owners tell them not to go. Some sites are getting hit millions of times and incurring massive bandwidth charges. What can IT do?

Google US antitrust trials: A timeline

The largest and second-largest US antitrust trials of the century, which targeted Google's search and advertising businesses, both ended with decisions against the company. Here's a rundown of major milestones in the two trials.