Super Micro will move chip production out of China to avoid spying claims

Server maker Super Micro is moving production out of China in a bid to allay US customer's concerns about spying, even though independent tests have shown no evidence of cyber espionage. The company has also announced its plans to expand its own in-h...

Microsoft beats Amazon to open the first cloud data center in Africa

Microsoft has become the first major cloud provider to open a data center in South Africa. Its two new Azure facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg have been in the works since 2017, and while they were originally slated to go live in 2018, their a...

Engadget giveaway: Win a DiskStation DS718+ courtesy of Synology!

Cloud data storage services are ubiquitous nowadays, but imagine the savings, security and ownership benefits of hosting your own server. Synology's DS718+ 2-bay unit is a good jump off point if you want to get your own network attached storage (NAS)...

While Amazon Fixes its Server, You can Shop Prime Day Alternative Sales at Best Buy, Walmart, Target and NewEgg


The 36 hours of Amazon Prime Day 2018 started as bad as possible at 3 pm ET. Amazon's servers melted under the traffic of Prime members trying to get their hands on the Prime Day deals. 40...

The EFF wants to make email servers more secure

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched HTTPS-encryption initiative Let's Encrypt two years ago with Mozilla and Cisco. Now it's turning its attention to email servers with a new project called STARTTLS Everywhere, which aims to help server...

World’s largest SSD capacity now stands at 100TB

That didn't take long -- just a month after Samsung released a record-setting 30TB SSD, a rival has claimed the throne. Nimbus Data has unveiled the ExaDrive DC100, which crams 100TB of 3D flash memory into a standard 3.5-inch SATA form factor. For c...