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DOWNERS GROVE, IL / ACCESSWIRE / December 15, 2022 / IDGlobal Corp. (OTC PINK:IDGC) - is pleased to announce acquiring a 4000 sq. ft. specialized facility, thus extending the Company's service range with ultimate Cybersecurity as a Service (CaaS) and Virtual Power Plant platform solutions, through the Utmost Tech Research & Development Center, Ltd., based in Poland. Utmost Tech through UTXO is on a mission to scale up its' existing data center infrastructure and upgrade the computing power with the latest technology from Nvidia - the Grace Hopper H100 GPU architecture.

High Performance Computing - to answer rapidly growing demand for big data processing and artificial intelligence apps the IT world is migrating from CPU-based data center architecture into the GPU architecture with distributed microservices that provides computing power outperforming by 20x the old CPU-based datacenters.

UTXO is specialized in manufacturing and servicing of multiple electronics devices, including industrial computers and High-Performance Computing servers, dedicated for data centers and AI factories. The Company has established procurement process of electronics components from partners that include Nvidia and Intel as well as many distributors world-wide. The basic building block of the UTXO's AI Factory Data Center is the AI Wall which consists of 20 UT-8xGPU (or 20x UT-4xGPU) servers installed in 5 racks, 4 servers per rack. Additional rack for switches is installed in the middle to assure proper, same length cable distribution. This size optimizes both performance and cost while still minimizing system bottlenecks so that complex workloads are well supported. "A single AI Wall is capable of 48 AI PFLOPS. The UTXO AI Factory consists of 4 AI Walls connected via two layer switching system, providing 192 Peta FLOPS across 80 servers, states Marcin Michel, CEO of UTXO Technologies, Inc."

"The Company is elated on the progress we have made over the last quarter of the year, and we will be providing a lot more details on the various products, forecasts and projections, as well as lending more insight as to the future of IDGC, states interim CEO, Sebastien Dufort."

ABOUT UTXO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (WWW.UTMOSTTECH.COM)

UTXO is a multi-disciplinary hi-tech organization consisting of several teams experienced in advanced IT solutions, electronics, software and hardware development, as well as nano material science. The teams are dedicated disruptive innovators in the energy sector, highly focused within the world of distributed renewable energy solutions. The teams work together under DevOps principles providing to UTXO Clients advanced IT services & Machine Learning Operations that run on modern High Power Computing distributed GPU server infrastructure, owned and operated by UTXO.

IDGC's Plan of Operations.

IDGC is an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act of 2012 and, as a diversified holding company, will focus on emerging and middle-market international investment opportunities through its subsidiaries. IDGlobal Corp. is an organization engaged in the business of fostering early-stage companies through the different developmental phases until the companies have sufficient financial, human, and physical resources to function on their own.

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What AIIMS server hijack tells us about cyber security: Every database is vulnerable, and our defences a – Times of India

Mishi Choudhary and Faisal Farooqui

For days, hundreds of dedicated healthcare professionals at Delhis prestigious AIIMS had to work with pen and paper to register a sea of patients waiting in long queues after a ransomware attack. What should have been a seamless task of admitting patients in the hospital or rendering check-ups and diagnostic services in the outpatient department had to be done as it was in the 1970s and 80s.

This is because on November 23 the core or main servers of AIIMS were hijacked (or held hostage) by an unknown, faceless enemy who could have been operating as a single individual or a group or organisation. The servers were partially restored on December 6 and online appointments were restored earlier this week.

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Xnspy stalkerware spied on thousands of iPhones and Android devices – TechCrunch

A little-known phone monitoring app called Xnspy has stolen data from tens of thousands of iPhones and Android devices, the majority whose owners are unaware that their data has been compromised.

Xnspy is one of many so-called stalkerware apps sold under the guise of allowing a parent to monitor their childs activities, but are explicitly marketed for spying on a spouse or domestic partners devices without their permission. Its website boasts, to catch a cheating spouse, you need Xnspy on your side, and, Xnspy makes reporting and data extraction simple for you.

Stalkerware apps, also known as spouseware, are surreptitiously planted by someone with physical access to a persons phone, bypassing the on-device security protections, and are designed to stay hidden from home screens, which makes them difficult to detect. Once installed, these apps will silently and continually upload the contents of a persons phone, including their call records, text messages, photos, browsing history and precise location data, allowing the person who planted the app near-complete access to their victims data.

But new findings show many stalkerware apps are riddled with security flaws and are exposing the data stolen from victims phones. Xnspy is no different.

Security researchers Vangelis Stykas and Felipe Solferini spent months decompiling several known stalkerware apps and analyzing the edges of the networks that the apps send data to. Their research, presented at BSides London this month, identified common and easy to find security flaws in several stalkerware families, including Xnspy, such as credentials and private keys left behind in the code by the developers and broken or nonexistent encryption. In some cases the flaws are exposing the victims stolen data, now sitting on someone elses insecure servers.

During their research, Stykas and Solferini discovered clues and artifacts that identified the individuals behind each operation, but they declined to share details of the vulnerabilities with the stalkerware operators or publicly disclose details about the flaws for fear that doing so would benefit malicious hackers and further harm victims. Stykas and Solferini said that all of the flaws they found are easy to exploit and have likely existed for years.

Others have waded into murkier legal waters by exploiting those easy-to-find vulnerabilities with the apparent aim of exposing stalkerware operations as a form of vigilantism. A huge cache of internal data taken from the servers of TheTruthSpy stalkerware and its affiliate apps and given to TechCrunch earlier this year allowed us to notify thousands of victims whose devices were compromised.

Since our investigation into TheTruthSpy, TechCrunch has obtained further caches of stalkerware data, including from Xnspy, exposing their operations and the individuals who profit from the surveillance.

Xnspy advertises its phone monitoring app for spying on a persons spouse or domestic partner. Image Credits: TechCrunch (screenshot)

Data seen by TechCrunch shows Xnspy has at least 60,000 victims dating back to 2014, including thousands of newer compromises recorded as recently as 2022. The majority of victims are Android owners, but Xnspy also has data taken from thousands of iPhones.

Many stalkerware apps are built for Android since it is easier to plant a malicious app than on an iPhone, which have tighter restrictions on which apps can be installed and what data can be accessed. Instead of planting a malicious app, stalkerware for iPhones tap into a devices backup stored in Apples cloud storage service iCloud.

With a victims iCloud credentials, the stalkerware continually downloads the devices most recent iCloud backup directly from Apples servers without the owners knowledge. ICloud backups contain the majority of a persons device data, allowing the stalkerware to steal their messages, photos and other information. Enabling two-factor authentication makes it far more difficult for malicious individuals to compromise a persons online account.

The data we have seen contains more than 10,000 unique iCloud email addresses and passwords used for accessing a victims cloud-stored data, though many of the iCloud accounts are connected to more than one device. Of that number, the data contains more than 6,600 authentication tokens, which had been actively used to exfiltrate victims device data from Apples cloud, though many had expired. Given the possibility of ongoing risk to victims, TechCrunch provided the list of compromised iCloud credentials to Apple before publication.

The Xnspy data we obtained was unencrypted. It also included information that further unmasked Xnspys developers.

Konext is a small development startup in Lahore, Pakistan, manned by a dozen employees, according to its LinkedIn page. The startups website says the startup specializes in bespoke software for businesses that seek all-in-one solutions, and claims to have built dozens of mobile apps and games.

What Konext doesnt advertise is that it develops and maintains the Xnspy stalkerware.

The data seen by TechCrunch included a list of names, email addresses and scrambled passwords registered exclusively to Konext developers and employees for accessing internal Xnspy systems.

The cache also includes Xnspy credentials for a third-party payments provider that are tied to the email address of Konexts lead systems architect, according to his LinkedIn, and who is believed to be the principal developer behind the spyware operation. Other Konext developers used credit cards registered to their own home addresses in Lahore for testing the payment systems used for Xnspy and TrackMyFone, an Xnspy clone also developed by Konext.

Some of Konexts employees are located in Cyprus, the data shows.

Konext, like other stalkerware developers, makes a concerted effort to conceal its activities and keep the identities of its developers from public view, likely to shield from the legal and reputational risks that come with facilitating covert surveillance on a massive scale. But coding mistakes left behind by Konexts own developers further link its involvement in developing stalkerware.

TechCrunch found that Konexts website is hosted on the same dedicated server as the website for TrackMyFone, as well as Serfolet, a Cyprus-based entity with a conspicuously barebones website, which Xnspy says processes refunds on behalf of its customers. No other websites are hosted on the server.

TechCrunch contacted Konexts lead systems architect by email for comment, both to his Konext and Xnspy email addresses. Instead, a person named Sal, whose Konext email address was also in the data but declined to provide their full name, responded to our email. Sal did not dispute or deny the companys links to Xnspy in a series of emails with TechCrunch, but declined to comment. When asked about the number of compromised devices, Sal appeared to confirm his companys involvement, saying in one email that the figures you quoted dont match with what we have. When asked for clarity, Sal did not elaborate.

Xnspy is the latest in a long list of flawed stalkerware apps: mSpy, Mobistealth, Flexispy, Family Orbit, KidsGuard and TheTruthSpy have all exposed or compromised their victims data in recent years.

If you or someone you know needs help, the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) provides 24/7 free, confidential support to victims of domestic abuse and violence. If you are in an emergency situation, call 911. The Coalition Against Stalkerware also has resources if you think your phone has been compromised by spyware. You can contact this reporter on Signal and WhatsApp at +1 646-755-8849 or zack.whittaker@techcrunch.com by email.

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How Musk may reinvent the internet without even trying – The Hill

Billionaire entrepreneur and innovator Elon Musk might have just opened a new chapter in the history of the internet albeit unintentionally. Hisnew Twitter policiesand thedigital refugees he created, most fleeing to the heretofore obscureTwitter-like platform Mastodon, could give birth to a very new type of social media experience.

Upon buying Twitter, Musk,a self-described free speech absolutist, reinstated accounts belonging to formerPresident Donald Trump, the right-wing satire siteBabylon Beeand the occasionally crude left-wing comedianKathy Griffin.This was coupled with removing verification requirements (that have since been updated) while adding a monthly fee, as well as mass layoff at the company.

More recently,Twitter has suspended several journalistswho reported on information about Musks jet.

Disgruntled with the changes and controversy, some users stampeded to other services, such as the far smaller European Twitter alternative Mastodon, the brainchild of free-speech advocate and German software engineerEugen Rochko. But can Mastodon compete with Twitters reach? AlthoughMastodons 1 million userspale in comparison toTwitters 238 million users, Mastodons secret weapon is that its more than a mere site. It is a federation of sites that can maintain their autonomy while exchanging information with each other. Mastodon uses an open and freesocial media protocol, ActivityPub,which allows any social medium to connect to any other, as long as they are open and transparent with each other. Several platforms, such as the YouTube-likePeerTube, Instagram alternativePixelfed, social networkingFriendicaalready do it.The shift from Twitter to Mastodon and ActivityPub could be an epoch-making digital revolution, comparable with the invention of the web itself. ActivityPub may restore the web and its most sophisticated layer, social media, to the open and universally connectable vision of the internet itself. Our most popular social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and TikTok remain walled gardens, only allowing the users to exchange information within apps under the same ownership or create apps within each platform. This drawback does not apply to ActivityPub-empowered sites. Far from walled gardens, they are fields connected by open roads.

What is ActivityPub and how does it work? At the simplest level, it is a method (protocol) for social media servers to talk to each other even if they are owned by different entities and dedicated to different purposes. Imagine that CBS News, BBC, National Review and Fox News create their own social media servers using the Mastodon user interface and ActivityPub as a server-to-server protocol. All that the owners of these sites must do to connect to each other is to list the server addresses of each other on a list of federated sites.

Immediately, the users of the sites that talk to each other will be able to follow other users reposts or comments across server boundaries. This has several advantages. The first and most important is that social media owners have a direct and immediate relationship with their users. The owners do not need to be corporate, by the way. Independent media organizations, nonprofits or user co-ops can create their own media servers. They can develop their content policies, privacy protection methods and financial support methods, from advertising (which they control) to subscription or donation-based support. Social media owners can also decide when and how to open access to other federation members. This may includetrial periods or suspension of communication.

Finally, any company or nonprofit organization can use a social media interface of their own, not Mastodon, and still be able to talk to other sites using ActivityPub. The interface can include new tools, such as a Trust button to replace the like or favorite buttons. My colleagues and I created the TrustFirst social media server powered by ActivityPub and Mastodon. On it, machine learning analyzes the content you are about to reshare or like and advises you whether the content is trustworthy. A new button invites you to trust or not and the trust value is used in disseminating the content more or less.

More intriguingly, Musk could also implement ActivityPub on Twitter, asTumblr did. He would ensure the sites long-term reach while Twitter users will have the cake (be on Twitter) and eat it too (not be beholden to its rules).

The genius of the internet is that it allowed and should allow independently owned and managed sites to talk to each other. This is reflected in the very name of the internet, which is a network of networks (inter-net), not one integrated network. The closed social media detour in the history of communication might just come to a very interesting swerve. Watch out for tight turns!

Sorin Matei, Ph.D., is the College of Liberal Arts associate dean of research and graduate education and a professor of communication at Purdue University, where he studies the relationship between information technology, group behavior and social structures in a variety of contexts. He is a senior research fellow at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue.

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Bar Talk: PARC Aspen off to tasty start – The Aspen Times

Just over a year after beloved local gathering spot LHosteria closed in Aspen, another restaurant that wants to be the hub of the local dining scene has opened in its place.

PARC Aspen officially opened Dec. 16 but enjoyed a soft opening on Dec. 13.

The below-street level eatery has been fully-renovated in a farmhouse style, the walls whitewashed, and the space heavily brightened. Gone are the days of dark corners and the dim lighting of PARCs predecessor.

According to the PARC Aspen website, the new restaurant is focused on revitalizing the local dining scene in Aspen with a menu of locally-sourced, seasonally-curated dishes.

The idea of locally-sourced and seasonal or as our server put it, Aspen seasonal also extends to the cocktail menu, which highlights a few Roaring Fork Valley and Colorado-based distilleries, plus a section dedicated to winter flavors.

The selection of cocktails is broken down into five sections, starting with PARC Aspen specialties. Just about every mainstream spirit option is represented in the specialties section, and the liquor is paired with some more unique ingredients, such as a tequila drink called the Spiral Incline that has tomatillo in it, and the Newbury Park, which is the drink that caught my eye first because of its flavors.

The Newbury Park is made with Roaring Fork Vodka, raspberry, beet, Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur and topped with Fever Tree. The result is a beautiful and bright raspberry-colored drink that you might be able to trick your mind into thinking is just a healthy juice, thanks to the beets. The taste is slightly beet-forward on the first sip, but the finish is all tart raspberry. The warming and spicy presence of the ginger is there but not overwhelming, and I believe the presence of the bubbles from the Fever Tree helps dilute the ginger flavor a contribution to keeping the drink light. Vodka, although not my preferred liquor by any means, was definitely the correct spirit choice for the cocktail because its easily hidden and doesnt take away from the fresh, fun flavor of the drink. I would honestly rate this a 10 out of 10 and can see this being an easy go-to drink.

Next up on the PARC Aspen cocktail list is a short section of zero-proof cocktails, two options to be exact, followed by two hot alcoholic drinks (620 Toddy and Mulled Wine), and then a nice selection of classic cocktails, including an Old Fashioned, Jimmys style, and the spirit-forward Vesper.

My next, and final, cocktail of the evening came from the seasonal Winter Specialties section.

Two of the drinks in this section sound like good, creamy, dessert cocktails, while the other two seem more appropriate for sipping with your meal.

I chose the A White Winter cocktail, made again with Roaring Fork Vodka, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, white cranberry and egg white.

This drink appeared and was totally different than my expectations but not in a bad way.

Its served in a martini glass and is indeed the color of a white winter with a nice amount of foam from the egg whites and garnished with a dash of bright-blue sugar crystals. It tastes like youre drinking a cloud, both in texture and flavor. Somehow all the ingredients, when mixed together, seem to cancel each other out. There are floral notes of the St-Germain on the nose, but the first flavor on the tongue is somehow cotton candy-esque. Although the drink starts off white, like a wintery day in Aspen, by the end, it turns an icy blue, thanks to the sugar crystals on top.

I wont go into discussing the food because this is a drink column, after all, but, safe to say, it did not disappoint, and it was full of flavor.

I already have my eyes on some other cocktails I want to try from the menu such as the Blueberry Glacier found on the Winter Specialties section and look forward to seeing how the restaurant changes with the seasons, as it finds its foothold in Aspen.

Cheers, PARC Aspen, youre off to a great start!

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After server shutdown, Kakao pledges to triple investment over next 5 years – The Korea Herald

Kakaos former and current officials speak about the cause of the Kakao service outage and future preventive measures during the online conference on Wednesday. (Kakao)

South Korean IT giant Kakao vowed Wednesday to triple its investment in efforts to set up more stable service operations after the company faced heat when its major services, such as KakaoTalk, were shut down due to a data center fire.

Kakao will invest more than three times the amount it invested in the past five years to secure human resources and develop technologies for service stabilization while implementing disaster recovery with a triple structure or higher over the next five years, said Ko Woo-chan, a subcommittee co-chair under Kakaos emergency countermeasure committee, in an online conference.

Kakao did not disclose the amount of investment it had used for service stabilization in the past five years. A Kakao official told The Korea Herald that the future investment will include various spending areas including expanding infrastructures such as more servers and upgrading information security.The conference, named "if(kakao)dev 2022," is the IT companys annual developers event. But this years edition has been dedicated to looking back at what went wrong during the service blackout in October and what the company could do better in the future to prevent such a mishap.

Kakaos first data center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, began construction in January. With a total of 460 billion won ($350 million) allocated for the project, the data center is expected to begin operation in 2024. Kakao said it is strengthening the data centers infrastructures on electricity, cooling and communication system so that it can stay operational under all circumstances.

Ko added that Kakaos envisioned disaster recovery architecture, which is expected to have three or more data centers, can serve as a backup even if one of the three data centers becomes paralyzed.

According to Kakao, the company plans to set up a new committee on disaster recovery in preparation for large-scale service errors.

Ko pointed out that the company will work with outside experts and partners to diagnose the vulnerability of Kakaos business continuity plan -- an action plan designed to minimize the stoppage of business despite natural disasters or unforeseen incidents.

Namkoong Whon, former co-CEO of Kakao, said the incident made the company realize what was at the core of its environment, social and governance efforts.

Kakaos top ESG priority was providing our services stably. Our (server) duplication measures were like an incomplete bridge. We will do our utmost to ensure such an incident never takes place in the future, he said. Namkoong has been part of Kakaos emergency countermeasure committee after he stepped down from the top position shortly after the service blackout.

Kakao still did not unveil a possible compensation plan for those who claimed to have suffered from the IT companys service meltdown.

According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, there have been about 100,000 damage reports over Kakaos service outage. Of them, 15.1 percent said they used Kakaos free services such as KakaoTalk, the popular messaging app used by over 90 percent of the population, and took a financial hit.

Kakaos consultative body, which was established to discuss damage compensation, carried out two meetings but has not come up with a blueprint for a compensation plan. The members of the consultative body include Kakao officials and representatives of small merchants and a consumer association.

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Ampere Cloud Native Processors Can Help Achieve Sustainability Goals – Forbes

Environmental sustainability is no longer just a corporate social responsibility but a business imperative. That was evident at the recent Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, where sustainability was the theme in almost every booth.

We are all aware of the rising energy consumption of hyperscale data centers the comparisons to towns and even small countries. Of course, the solution is straightforward - more compute with less power. This opportunity has created a new wave of innovative startup chipset companies. I recently wrote an article about Groq, which focuses on discrete chips for specialized workloads such as artificial intelligence (AI).

Ampere is another rising star with the same goal but a different strategy. Ampere is designing purpose-built, multi-core processors optimized for multi-tenant cloud workloads.

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Time for a new type of CPU

I am an avid chip guy who has been in the industry for many years. This story reminded me of the transition from mainframes to a client-server model a couple of decades ago. First, the usage model changed, followed by the adaptation of the software to become higher performance more and more efficient, and then finally, the hardware changed. We are going through a similar transition right now. Cloud-native has happened from an architectural perspective and also from a software perspective. It is time for a cloud-native processor to drive higher performance and improved sustainability.

Enterprise-class processors the wrong tool for the cloud

CSPs must have profitable cloud infrastructure while delivering the performance customers expect. Enterprise-class processors are not the right tool for cloud-native workloads and can negatively impact customer SLAs and add unpredictability.

Enterprise-class processors support applications written as monolithic blocks of code executed in a dedicated environment. Enterprise-class processors have evolved with increasing power and large amounts of memory with innovations such as high-capacity cores, higher CPU frequencies, and larger caches.

Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) and Turbo Boost are enhancements that can be effective for the correct use case but not for latency-sensitive, scalable cloud-native workloads.

SMT enables each physical core to split into two logical threads simultaneously executing separate instruction sequences. Turbo Boost automatically runs cores faster than the rated operating frequencies.

SMT can cause problems in a multi-tenant cloud environment. Multiple applications must share execution resources when a CPU core has two SMT threads. A resource-intensive workload, known as a noisy neighbor, will cause workloads on the other SMT thread will slow from lack of execution resources. Similarly, Turbo Boost can cause unpredictable performance depending on the type of workload.

In summary, enterprise-class cores perform well with computationally intensive applications but not in a shared cloud infrastructure.

Ampere taking a clean-slate approach to CPU design

Cloud-native applications have distributed components, such as micro-services, that perform specific tasks and collaborate to achieve an objective. A benefit is that lightweight applications are faster to develop, test, and integrate, leading to practices like continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).

Ampere took a clean-slate approach to CPU design that caters to this new software paradigm in multi-tenant environments. CSPs want to host more end users per server with dedicated physical cores. Ampere responded with a processor design that offers near-linear scaling across a 128-core Altra processor.

Ampere's processors are immune to the "noisy neighbor" issues that plague enterprise-class processors with SMT. Ampere's processor cores are single-threaded, resulting in no resource contention and more predictable performance. With Ampere, each thread runs solo on a single core.

Changing the game in terms of sustainability

Ampere starts with single-threaded cores - one thread, one process - different from the enterprise-class processors with multiple threads competing for processor resources. Multiple threads create an unpredictable environment, whereas a single-threaded core provides the same performance with every core resulting in a high degree of predictability.

Ampere uses a constant operating frequency delivering predictability as opposed to x86 processors that employ frequency scaling. Ampere uses power-efficient cores, which allow the stacking of many cores into a processor. The highest core counts in the industry.

Ampere pipelines cores with a large private L2 cache located right next to the core. Loading data and instruction sets into the L2 cache results in a predictable performance profile for each core.

The high number of cores makes it cost-effective for CSPs to rent each core to a single customer. Customers get scalability and predictable performance. CSPs can run at the lowest possible power with fully populated racks with no stranded capacity. Running at the lowest power reduces the thermal load. The net result is a quantum leap in efficiency and maximum performance per rack.

A strong endorsement from Microsoft Azure

Microsoft now offers Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors that can run Linux workloads such as web servers, open-source databases, in-memory applications, big data analytics, gaming, and media.

An Ampere Altra VM is a high-performance compute alternative that scales up linearly, delivers predictable performance at full utilization, and is power efficient, directly reducing users overall carbon footprint.

Wrapping up

Ampere has addressed the simple question posed at the beginning - more compute with less power. A cloud native processor with single-threaded cores, consistent operating frequencies, and the most power-efficient cores in the industry, topped by a large L2 cache close to the processor resulting in a cloud-native processor built for the sustainable cloud.

Microsoft has proven this isn't a fantasy - the solution exists today. Instead of building out data centers with compute using enterprise-class processors switching to Ampere's cloud-native processors could reduce power consumption by 20 percent and still meet the compute needs.

Other major players have also embraced the Ampere technology. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced in it will offer a cloud-native server in later in 2022 using Ampere chips. Google Cloud has launched virtual machines using Ampere Altra Arm-based processors. Oracle, in addition to being a major investor, offers a comprehensive line of Ampere platforms on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

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One of the World’s Most Picturesque Meals Is in the Dubai Desert – Yahoo Life

The stunning sand dune setting is just the beginning.

A top dining destination with 11 Michelin-starred restaurants, Dubai boasts exceptional culinary experiences from underwater to sky-high. There's one decadent meal, however, that stands out for its extreme setting: the middle of the desert.

While there are many desert dining options near Morocco and Abu Dhabi, Sonara Camp is one of the most exceptional in Dubai. Located in the middle of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve aka the heart of the Arabian Desert the restaurant is more than just a pop-up in a stunning sand dune setting. Its an entire evening of activity for all ages set against one of the most picturesque backdrops in the world.

The experience begins with a winding Jeep ride through the sand dunes, which takes guests to the upper camp, where tents are decked out with oversized couches and loungers oriented to watch the sunset. During the two hours before sunset, a server brings out drinks and appetizers like escabeche tuna mini tacos, smoked salmon blinis, and wood-fired burrata pizzettas.

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On a recent trip to Sonara Camp with my family, the evening continued with activities like sand boarding, soft archery (its a suction cup instead of an arrow), volleyball, and camel rides. Of course, my four-year-old loved playing in the sand with the other kids who viewed the camp as a giant sandbox. The team also sets up a sunset photo session for every group.

When night fell, we ventured down the dune to a private table under a tent of twinkling lights, where a family-style feast awaited us, featuring grilled marinated chicken with peri-peri spices, chargrilled aged beef striploin in a tangy red chimichurri sauce, and the signature madfoon (a seven-hour slow-cooked lamb with Yemeni spices).

Cirque Du Soleil-esque performers would pop up on stage set up in the middle as we chowed down. There was a fire breather, a man who defied gravity with his balancing skills, a fire dancer, and more. Children can partake in the adult entertainment or opt to hang in the dedicated kids' area, complete with a buffet serving mini wagyu beef sliders, toys, and an outdoor movie theater.

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Desserts like yuzu and raspberry sorbet with almond tuile and make-your-own smores topped off the evening. Once the entertainment and dining ended, we took that winding Jeep ride back to the entrance marking the end of one of the most unique family dinners weve ever had.

If dinner theater isn't your thing, visitors can opt just for the upper camp sunset option, or even an overnight option called The Nest, where you sleep in a luxe tent among the dunes.

Of course, if youd rather stay in the city, Dubai is filled with rare and exceptional dining options. The city is home to Ossiano, a Michelin-starred underwater restaurant at the Atlantis Palm hotel. You can also dine at the highest restaurant in the world At.mosphere located 1,450 feet above the ground in the Burj Khalifa. And Ain Dubai restaurant (currently closed for renovation) lets you enjoy dinner in the worlds highest observation wheel.

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Atmosphere to Deliver PGA TOUR Content to Businesses via Streaming Platform – Business Wire

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmosphere (www.atmosphere.tv), the worldwide leader in streaming TV entertainment for businesses, today announced a content agreement with the PGA TOUR to bring both highlights and dedicated golf programming to the Atmosphere platform and its audience of 60 million monthly viewers.

Atmosphere has built an innovative platform with significant reach and an active, engaged audience, said Norb Gambuzza, PGA TOUR Senior Vice President of Media and Gaming. Were excited to work with Atmosphere to deliver a dedicated PGA TOUR channel onto its platform with a goal of engaging more fans.

Launching today, the channel features a mix of tournament coverage highlights, tournament recaps and footage from the PGA TOURs most iconic moments. Additionally, the PGA TOURs highlights will be played on Atmosphere Sports, the platforms popular sports news channel. The partnership is the latest in Atmospheres continued growth into sports throughout 2022, starting with the launch of Atmosphere Sports in March and continuing in September with RealMadrid TV, a channel dedicated to one of Europes most popular football teams and which features live matches.

With golf being one of the most watched sports in the world, were immensely proud to be partnering with the PGA TOUR to provide businesses with a viewing experience tailored to their spaces, says Blake Sabatinelli, Chief Operating Officer at Atmosphere. The addition of golf to our platform has been one of the biggest requests of our fans, but also one of the hardest to obtain, so to have the worlds most competitive golf tour on Atmosphere shows just how far weve come in 2022, and how much further we can grow in 2023.

Atmosphere is available in over 45,000 venues worldwide across restaurants & bars, gyms and health clubs, medical waiting rooms and more. Optimized for viewing in public spaces, Atmospheres engaging content encompasses viral video compilations, news and sports coverage, lifestyle, extreme sports, art, and ambient nature, designed to complement every business environment. Atmospheres self-service ad portal also provides streaming customers with the ability to run promotions to its captive customers within the content for free.

For more information, visit the Atmosphere website.

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About Atmosphere

Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform for businesses, offering more than 60 original and partner TV channels. The platform, which was named on Fast Companys 2022 Most Innovative Companies and Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups lists, has been built from the ground up with proprietary content, technology and data to deliver unparalleled experiences for businesses and advertisers. For more information, visit http://www.atmosphere.tv.

About PGA TOUR

By showcasing golf's greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.

The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamrica and PGA TOUR Canada. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world's best players, hailing from 28 countries and territories outside the United States (90 international members). The PGA TOUR has long-term domestic distribution partnerships for broadcast coverage on CBS, NBC and Golf Channel and video streaming service on ESPN+. Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage is available across 200+ countries and territories in 27 languages via 43 local broadcast partners. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving, and to date, tournaments across all Tours have generated more than $3.37 billion.

Fans can follow the PGA TOUR onPGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on thePGA TOUR appand on social media channels, includingFacebook, Instagram (inEnglish,SpanishandKorean),LinkedIn,TikTok,Twitter,WeChat,Weibo,Toutiao,DouyinandLINE.

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Announcing Exclusive Events And Updates On The Chess.com Discord – Chess.com

Are you a member of the Chess.com Discord server? If not, nows the time to join! Weve just revamped our server, giving you lots of brand-new benefits and ways to be part of a community full of 35,000+ chess lovers.

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