The Verge

The FBI is buying Americans’ location data

Data brokers are helping the FBI get around warrant requirements. Data brokers are helping the FBI get around warrant requirements. is a policy reporter at The Verge covering surveillance, the ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
ReadWrite

Wynn Resorts faces second lawsuit after data breach incident involving employees

Wynn Resorts says it has contained a recent cybersecurity breach involving employee information and insists that hotel operations and guest services were not affected. Even so, the company is now ...
Futurism

Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In a closed-door meeting ...
Business Insider

OpenAI's chairman explains why he prefers to write his board meeting prep without the help of AI

Bret Taylor, OpenAI's board chair, prefers to write board meeting prep the old-fashioned way, without AI. Taylor told the Uncapped podcast that elegantly writing material in a concise way demonstrates ...
CNBC

Meta expands Nvidia deal to use millions of AI chips in data center build-out, including standalone CPUs

Meta struck a massive chip deal with Nvidia that includes new standalone CPUs and next-generation GPUs and Vera Rubin rack-scale systems. The social media giant will also use Nvidia for networking ...
Harvard Business Review

Why AI Adoption Stalls, According to Industry Data

Companies in most industries are investing heavily in artificial intelligence: 88% of companies reporting regular AI use. Yet many leaders report familiar frustrations. AI adoption stalls. Performance ...
KXAN

Texas regulators will ask data centers to begin reporting their water usage

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Mountain View suspends license plate readers; agencies accessed Flock camera data without consent

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now. City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple ...
AZ Central

Data centers guzzle Arizona's water and power. We calculated how much

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...
Engadget

Trump admin reportedly plans to use AI to write federal regulations

The Trump administration is planning on using Google Gemini to draft important federal regulations, as reported by ProPublica. This is starting with the Department of Transportation, according to ...
Medical Xpress

AI model detects prediabetes using ECG data without need for blood tests

DiaCardia, a novel artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify individuals with prediabetes using either 12-lead or single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) data, has been developed. This ...