HPE just dumped a massive networking upgrade that merges tech from Aruba and the Juniper acquisition they closed five months back, and the whole thing is built for AI workloads running at scale. The company rolled out unified AIOps tools and shared hardware between both platforms, plus they added cross-platform features like bringing Juniper's Large Experience Model into Aruba Central while pushing Aruba's Agentic Mesh over to Mist users.
Hardware-wise, the QFX5250 switch uses Broadcom Tomahawk 6 silicon to push 102.4 Tbps for GPU-to-GPU links in data centers, and the MX301 edge router brings AI inference capabilities closer to where data gets generated. HPE also expanded partnerships with NVIDIA and AMD, backing AMD's new Helios...
OKX threw open a new UAE office after grinding out a full year with its Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority license, and the crypto exchange is doubling down on the Middle East with over 100 people running regional ops. The company has been stacking retail and institutional customers since they got approved back then, and they added regulated derivatives trading while partnering with Standard Chartered on some collateral system.
The fresh office basically becomes their regional command center for customer support and education stuff, with plans to host training sessions and workshops for locals trying to figure out digital assets. The UAE market apparently went hard on its services because of the solid regulatory framework and tech...
e& Egypt just locked down another year with Viu to keep pumping Arabic movies and Korean dramas to its premium customers like Emerald and Hekaya subscribers. The telecom company made the call at GITEX Global after seeing how much people ate up the content during their first partnership round, and they want to keep adding entertainment perks to their service bundles.
Samer Mourad from e& Egypt says the whole move fits their bigger push into digital transformation beyond basic phone service. Viu's general manager, Samer Mazjoub, seems pretty stoked that Egyptian viewers actually engaged with their catalog, and both sides think the renewal will keep customers happy and locked in. The company is basically trying to build out a whole...
Fractal Design released the Epoch XL mid-tower case that fits cards stretching out to 425mm and can hold either a 280mm or 360mm radiator up front or on top. The thing ships with three Momentum 14 fans already installed, and you can cram in seven 120mm fans total if you really want to go wild with airflow. CPU clearance maxes out at 176mm, and it handles E-ATX boards up to 275mm deep.
The front panel pops off without tools, and the top slides open with a fabric tab for easy access when you're building or swapping parts. Cable management gets rubber grommets and fixed straps to keep things tidy, plus the front I/O throws in a 20Gbps USB-C port on the top panel.
Fractal went with a minimalist vibe, using mesh panels for ventilation, and...
TEAMGROUP dropped the PD40, a tiny external SSD that weighs 22 grams and hits 4000 MB/s read speeds with 3500 MB/s writes through USB4 Type-C. The thing comes in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB sizes and basically feels like carrying around a flash drive instead of a chunky external storage brick.
The drive has IP54 protection against dust and water, so you can toss it in a bag without babying it. They gave it rubberized grooves for grip, a little hanging loop, and a silicone cap to protect the port. The company backs it with a five-year warranty, which is pretty solid for portable storage that gets banged around during travel or field shoots.
Transcend told its distributors that SanDisk and Samsung stopped sending NAND flash chips their way since October, and the storage company is staring down massive shortages for SSDs, memory cards, and USB sticks through the fourth quarter. The supply crunch hit both NAND and DRAM because data centers and cloud providers are hoovering up everything, and chip prices jumped anywhere from 50% to 100% recently.
Anyone hoping to grab storage upgrades or flash-based gear is gonna hit delays and pay more. Transcend warned that deliveries will crawl through the rest of the year, and prices are staying stupid high compared to earlier quarters. The shortage looks like it will keep going at least through the fourth quarter.
AMD dropped a write-up on how they want to build the next wave of embedded hardware, and they're pushing three main things: better processing power, rock-solid connectivity, and security baked into the chips themselves. The company thinks these pieces need to work together instead of being bolted on separately, especially since edge computing needs real-time data handling and has to run for years without breaking.
The chiplet angle is getting serious attention because it lets engineers mix and match different silicon blocks for specific jobs like factory automation or AI inference at the edge. AMD says this modular approach beats building giant monolithic chips, and it helps keep systems running predictably across different setups...
Eidos Montréal just axed another round of workers, and this time it looks like they killed the Legacy of Kain project those devs were on. The studio already canned a Deus Ex game last year and cut 97 people, then dropped 75 more recently while shutting down other stuff they had going. Pretty much everything they were making in-house is dead at this point.
The Montréal team is basically just helping out with Fable and Grounded 2 these days instead of making their big-budget games. They used to be known for cranking out AAA titles, but Embracer Group seems to have turned them into a support studio that does grunt work for other projects instead.
British American Tobacco Zimbabwe just lost both its managing director, Kenneth Gitonga, and finance director Lucy Irungu, with Rumbidzai Hondora and Tumisang Lebogang taking over next month. The company had a rough year, posting a $7.1 million loss after bringing in $9 million profit the year before, but things turned around by mid-2025 when they made $4.33 million.
The leadership shakeup is part of a bigger transformation plan the tobacco company has been running for 18 months. They've been doing dual-currency billing, expanding into rural areas, and cutting operating costs through automation. They also dropped their first sustainability report this year.
The company pumped $34.7 million into Zimbabwe's economy through taxes, wages...
