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Stefan Bond's ATX Conversion Kit Brings Apple's Classic "Cheesegrater" Mac Pro Bang Up to Date

Mechanical engineer Stefan Bond has a lot of love for the design of Apple devices of the past, but acknowledges that the hardware inside is maybe a little out-of-date — and so has designed a conversion kit that allows modern ATX-standard PC hardware to slot straight into the 2019 Mac Pro 7,1 chassis, affectionately known as the "Cheesegrater."

"The 7,1 Mac Pro 'Cheesegrater' is one of the most distinctive desktop enclosures ever made," Bond argues, in a field in which Apple is strongly represented. "But the original internal hardware is proprietary and tied to Apple’s platform. This project is designed to change that. The goal is simple. Keep the enclosure. Keep the character. Replace the proprietary platform with standard, upgradeable PC hardware."

Apple launched the original aluminum-enclosed Mac Pro in 2006 as a high-end workstation, replacing the older Power Mac G5 as the company moved to Intel processors. News of...

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US Space Force Retires the Last 1970s Soviet Missile Tracking Satellites

The US Space Force has announced the retirement of the final two satellites from the half-century-old Defense Support Program (DSP). This constellation used infrared detectors to detect signs of Soviet missile launches and remained in geosynchronous orbit, but the program is now coming to an end. The first DSP satellite

Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs

Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company said on Wednesday. The money will pay for Rivercell’s

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CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX

CoreWeave will open its first data centres in India, using 240 megawatts of capacity at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai. The US AI cloud provider announced the deal on Wednesday. CoreWeave expects the first phase to come online in mid-2028. AdaniConneX is a 50:50 joint venture between Adani

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Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source

The Dutch tax and customs administration has dropped its move to Microsoft 365 in the cloud. Its office software will instead run on servers it controls, together with European open source tools. State Secretary for Finance Eelco Eerenberg set out the plan in a letter to the Dutch parliament this

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US Space Force Retires the Last 1970s Soviet Missile Tracking Satellites

Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs

CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX

Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source