AMD board partners at Computex said they expect RDNA 5 gaming GPUs to arrive in the second half of 2027, with some uncertainty that could push availability into early 2028. The timing would put AMD's next major consumer GPU cycle close to Nvidia's expected RTX 60-series window, setting up a late-2027 refresh battle for high-end gaming and workstation buyers.
Google has reportedly signed a $920 million per month compute agreement with SpaceX that would give it access to 110,000 Nvidia GPUs starting in October 2026. The deal points to hyperscalers continuing to lock up large GPU capacity through external data center partners as AI infrastructure demand stays ahead of supply.
Pakistan and Saudi business partners have signed an MoU to establish a crypto and blockchain zone in Karachi. The agreement involves Karachi Port Trust, Saudi Business Council-Najd Gateway Holding Company, Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management, and the Pakistan Corporate Consortium, signaling continued official interest in digital asset and blockchain infrastructure.
Punjab has introduced a QR-based panic button system for buses, vans, rickshaws, taxis, and other public transport vehicles. The Punjab Safe Cities Authority built the system in-house under the Digital Punjab program, aiming to improve passenger safety without adding a new government procurement burden.
A new Gafgyt botnet variant called C0XMO is exploiting a DD-WRT router flaw and can spread across devices running multiple CPU architectures. It also attempts to remove rival malware, which increases the risk that compromised edge devices become part of a more persistent botnet footprint.
Mandiant says Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms and professional services organizations with social engineering calls that impersonate IT support. The attacks can lead to data theft within hours, making helpdesk verification and out-of-band identity checks critical controls for high-trust organizations.
OpenAI has unveiled Lockdown Mode as a mitigation for prompt injection attacks that try to expose sensitive data through ChatGPT workflows. The feature is not a complete fix, but it is designed to reduce the chance that private information is disclosed when a model encounters malicious or untrusted instructions.
AWS announced ExtendDB, an open source adapter that lets developers use DynamoDB APIs with pluggable storage backends, starting with PostgreSQL. The project preserves compatibility with existing SDKs and tools, giving teams a path to run DynamoDB-style workloads outside native DynamoDB when portability or deployment constraints matter.