Canadian professor warns massive new data center would release ‘23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ every day
Its planned location is in the SLCN’s traditional territory in Alberta, Canada. First-order estimate The planned scale of the data center, earmarked for a location 130 km southwest of the SLCN’s reserve, is the main…
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After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming
Tuesday’s results suggest that anger over data centers, the large facilities that house the computers powering AI, is becoming a political force. With Democrats now in control of Congress, that could lead to new limits…
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I spent a morning with Meta VR Glasses and wish I never had to take them off
These lightweight, intuitive, and engrossing VR glasses shed the weight and overdesigned fussiness of previous VR and mixed reality headsets to deliver a subtle, smart, eminently comfortable and fun wearable experience…
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Meta brings Conductor on board its model train
He also revealed that the company's hosted Conductor Cloud, a sandbox for hosted agents, will go read-only on November 13 and shut down on November 20. Conductor , the eponymous company's macOS app for running multiple…
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Tiny's new AI workstation is anything but — packing in 16 TB SSD array and 128 GB GPU memory, but with an eye-watering price tag to boot
Sixteen drives, four GPUs and an AMD EPYC CPU rule the roost The storage in play is the unique selling point for Tiny Corp's behemoth: its 16 drives form a RAID array rated at 238.4 GB/s, and Tiny Corp says its tinygrad…
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Building AI factories at enterprise scale
With the worldwide server market growing 30 percent in a single year to hit $122.6bn in the first quarter of 2025, IDC now feels safe recategorizing AI-driven investment "from cyclical to durable". The analyst company…
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Stunning collection of prehistoric engravings found in Spanish cave
The visitors, wearing wetsuits, were taking part in an adventure activity and had emerged from a nearby opening that led into a small side gallery. “Since it was my first time working at the site and I was unfamiliar…
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Samsung's 2027 promises have me worried for the Galaxy S27 series
But even in the tech world, not all news is good news. Samsung recently had its latest earnings call, and so we can supplement the Galaxy S27 rumors we've been hearing with hints from the company. However, the news has…
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, November 5 (game #1243)
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle…
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British Iron Age ‘king’ who prompted Roman invasion was probably a woman
Verica convinced the Roman emperor Claudius to launch an invasion, setting in motion the Roman Empire’s conquest of Britain. A pivotal king – except Verica was probably a queen. A new analysis suggests we have long…
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