How I set OpenAI API usage limits to stop agent overspending and other AI billing nightmares

OpenAI API costs can spiral when agents run wild. Here's how to set spend limits, enable hard caps, and avoid surprise AI ...
InfoWorld

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

After years of trying to educate developers to use pull_request_target securely, the platform finally implements stronger ...
Seattle Times

Waterfront effect? Data shows locals heading back to downtown Seattle

How about some good news about downtown Seattle, for a change? A year ago, I reported on Nielsen market research data showing a significant drop in local tourism to Seattle since before the pandemic.
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
Ars Technica

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other ...
IGN

Data Hound Guide

Data Hound is an Achievement / Trophy available in the original release of Mass Effect 2 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It tasks you with using the Hammerhead to explore the central grasslands ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

AI data centers tied to 'heat island' effect, temp increases

Large data centers used to power artificial intelligence are linked to localized “heat island” effects, raising temperatures around them, according to new research analyzing thousands of facilities ...
KSL

Proposed mega data center draws concerns over 'heat island effect'

LOGAN - Increases in temperatures around so-called urban heat domes, or heat islands could apply to a massive data center that is proposed for the northwestern side of Box Elder County. Project ...
Science Daily

Scientists just found a way to store massive data using light in 3 dimensions

A new holographic storage technique uses light in three dimensions to dramatically increase how much data can be stored. It encodes information throughout a material using amplitude, phase, and ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Using Data API Builder to Speed Up Application Development

Data API Builder helps developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building extensive custom data access code. Steve Jones' Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 session will show ...
CBS News

Using the ocean to power data centers

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...