Texas Firm Announces Plans to Build Data Centers on the Moon

A GIANT LEAP

Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings announced in March its plans to start building data centers somewhere out of this world: the moon. Lonestar said it would use $5 million in seed funding to build a series of lunar data centers and create a platform for data storage and processing there. The sites will initially be for remote data storage and disaster recovery backups. In December 2021, Lonestar ran a successful test of its technology on the International Space Station.
Source: Gizmodo

CYBER STATS

A new report from cybersecurity firm SonicWall found there were 112.3 million attacks on Internet of Things devices globally in 2022 — a massive 87 percent increase from 2021. That number is worse in some places like North America, where IoT attacks were up 145 percent. However, the report also found that ransomware attacks dropped 21 percent from 2021.
Source: Digital Trends

1M MILES

Robotaxi company Cruise, a subsidiary of GM, announced in February that it had completed 1 million fully driverless miles since it began testing its driverless cars in San Francisco in November 2021. “Driverless miles” means there was no human “safety driver” in the car ready to take over the vehicle if needed. In June 2022, Cruise was the first company to receive a driverless deployment permit from the California Public Utilities Commission, meaning it could start charging passengers for robotaxi rides.
Source: Engadget

$63K

That’s the final price someone paid for a sealed first-generation iPhone in perfect condition at LCG Auctions early this year. Reports say the smartphone’s original owner never opened it because it was exclusive to AT&T. In the box with its plastic covering from 2007, the device is valued at $599 and versions in similar condition previously sold for $35,000.
Source: Tech Times

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