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## The VMware deadline that could reshape your IT strategy PARTNER CONTENT: With vSphere 8 support ending in 2027, IT leaders must navigate tight timelines and costs to modernize on their terms.SCIENCE ## NASA Swift rescue mission spins into trouble during commissioning Two reaction wheels are out and comms sporadic as controllers work to stabilize LINKSecurity ## Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers suspected in attacks on Minnesota water systems More than 30 facilities disrupted in 'coordinated cyberattack,' though officials have yet to name a culpritSTORAGE ## AI storage boom is keeping Seagate's hard drives spinning Cloud operators have already claimed most of its nearline capacity through 2028SOFTWARE ## Microsoft faces competition probe over Copilot subscription price hike Watchdog asks whether customers were clearly told how to avoid the costlier AI-equipped plansAI AND ML ## AI insiders ask Uncle Sam to help slow the race they started More than 1,200 industry staff sign petition seeking international guardrails for automated researchDATABASES ## After rewriting SQLite in Rust, Turso turns its sights on Postgres Cloud database upstart wants one virtual machine core to power multiple SQL frontendsStorage ## Back of the NetApp: Latest exec signing scores $34M compensation package Product chief shoots straight to the top of the pay league, out-earning CEO in fiscal '26PUBLIC SECTOR ## NHS England rapped over inaccurate Palantir patient data disclosure Privacy guardian warns public trust quickly erodes when supplier access comes as a surpriseOFFBEAT ## AI digs through 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life, finds method in the madness Researchers uncover patterns in how sleeping minds recombine memories, people, and places