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Ukrainian drones damage Yandex data center in Sasovo, affecting AI servers

Ukrainian drones targeted a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Russia, igniting a large fire and leading to the shutdown of the facility. The site housed two of Yandex's three supercomputers used for AI development, including the high-performance Chervonenkis system, which may have been compromised. The attack disrupted Yandex Cloud services, prompting customers to switch to alternative zones.

tomshardware.com · 2026-10-08

Linux Marks 35 Years Since Linus Torvalds' Original Usenet Announcement

On August 25, 1991, Finnish student Linus Torvalds posted to a Usenet group that he was building a free operating system for 386/486 machines, calling it just a hobby project unlikely to rival GNU. Thirty-five years later, that hobby has grown into the dominant force in computing, powering most major websites, cloud platforms, and all of the world's fastest supercomputers.

zdnet.com · 2026-08-25