A Senate probe led by Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from seven major tech companies about their data center energy use. The senators allege secretive deals and lobbying are forcing Americans to subsidize the AI boom’s massive power demands.
A new report suggests the global memory shortage is far from over. AI PCs and insatiable data center demand are creating a perfect storm that could keep prices high and supplies tight for years.
Google is quietly redesigning the Health Connect hub in Android. The update prioritizes showing your connected apps but removes icons and buries some menus, which might not be an upgrade for everyone.
Oracle’s Larry Ellison is making a massive bet that the future of AI isn’t just training on public data, but reasoning on private corporate data. To seize this opportunity, the company is projecting a staggering $50 billion in capital expenditures. This extreme spending is a direct challenge to the
Colocation giant Equinix is reportedly planning a massive new data center campus in the Netherlands. The 150MW, €1.5 billion project in Lelystad will be built in phases through 2028/2029.
A new report warns that our casual use of AI creates permanent, vulnerable digital footprints. From data leaks to human reviewers, the privacy risks are immediate and growing. Both companies and individuals need new rules.
A new study from MIT and Empirical Health used a massive dataset from 16,522 individuals to train a foundation model for predicting medical conditions. The model, called JETS, uses a novel “joint-embedding” architecture to handle the messy, irregular data from wearables. It shows strong potential fo
Rogers Communications has sold nine of its business data centers to InfraRed Capital Partners, which has launched them as a new operator called Qu Data Centres. The platform spans nine Canadian markets and serves over 750 existing customers.
Omdia predicts datacenter capital expenditure will grow 17% annually, reaching a staggering $1.6 trillion by 2030. This relentless spending is fueled by AI, but analysts and execs are debating if this growth is sustainable or a bubble waiting to pop.
Meta is now paying news publishers like CNN and Fox News to use their content in its Meta AI chatbot. This comes after the company killed its Facebook News tab and stopped compensating publishers in recent years.
