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With the announcement today of the latest generation of AMD EPYC 7003 processors, the major vendors will be rolling out support in the form of new systems, quite a few actually. In just servers alone, HPE introduced 3rd generation of AMD EPYC or EPYC 7003 support in the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus v2 server, HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2 server, HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus server, and the HPE ProLiant DL365 Gen10 Plus server. The company is extending support of the new processors to new Apollo systems as well as new Cray supercomputers. (more…)

The “March to Milan” is finally at an end, as the release of AMD EPYC 7003 is here, and along with it, a slew of new information on the next-gen CPU release. The new EPYC CPUs are a technical feat in the processor world, building on the success of the first two versions by posting impressive benchmarks and all-new records. AMD boldly claims that the new EPYC offers double the performance over the current competition (to be fair, that's before Intel Ice Lake comes to market in the very near future) as well as more security enhancements. (more…)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has gotten a new and final trailer, just days ahead of the release date (March 19) on Disney+, and Disney+ Hotstar in India.

Twitter India on Monday launched a series of new initiatives including a new information search prompt and a custom emoji ahead of the scheduled assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. This will help users get information on voter registration, details about EVMs and VVPATs, and help tackle election-related misinformation.

Microsoft could receive over $150 Million of the $650 million Covid relief fund destined for US cybersecurity defenders, sources told Reuters, angering some lawmakers who don't want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks.

Facebook has said that it will start labelling all posts that talk about COVID-19 vaccines. It is also launching a tool in the US that will give people more information about where to get COVID-19 vaccines.

E-commerce operators in India will be required to ensure equal treatment of all sellers/ vendors registered on their platforms and not adopt algorithms that result in prioritising select vendors/ sellers, according to a draft policy document.

With Justice League Snyder Cut out this week (release date is March 18), Warner Bros. and HBO Max have unveiled a new (and final) trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Indian government will introduce a new bill that will propose banning cryptocurrencies in India and penalising anyone trading or even holding such digital assets, a senior government official told Reuters.

In this week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Quantum releases reference architecture for surveillance. Qumulo integrates with Commvault. AWS announces One Zone storage. WekaIO awarded three new patents. Virtium releases StorFly Series 6 SSDs. CTERA launches remote work suite. Excelero achieves Red Hat OpenShift Operator Certification. (more…)