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Think globally, worry locally While there’s no risk of big tech companies literally draining the oceans to power the data centers behind their LLMs, even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized effect on nearby water resources. A single Meta data center in Newton County, Georgia, for instance,
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Playbook to oppose data centers Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a “taste of political power.” It’s clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction. This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the “most blocked and delayed data
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Right-wing officials and data center investors are increasingly claiming that data center protests are being funded and influenced by the Chinese government. OpenAI added to the discourse on Wednesday when it released a report describing a cluster of accounts originating in China that, the company said, had been spreading anti-data
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David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a
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With expanded touch support in Sidecar, you can, for the first time, navigate MacOS via touch. 3 min read If the touchscreen MacBook is 100% happening, the question shifts from, "Will Apple finally release a MacBook with touch support?" to, "Do I want to buy a MacBook
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June is a month full of video game announcements, and Microsoft revealed the newest titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in the first half of the month. Although a little underwhelming, even with a couple of quality titles like Undisputed and Persona 5 Royal, it does seem like the Xbox
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Who has time to type, anyway? You can now record or upload short video replies directly in certain subreddits. Reddit now allows users to post videos directly in comments. The company announced the feature on Thursday, calling it "a more expressive and authentic way to contribute to conversations."
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When Mozilla announced that its Firefox browser would have a built-in artificial intelligence kill switch, it separated itself from the crowd of tech giants eagerly adding an onslaught of AI features to every online experience. Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says it became apparent to him when he stepped into the
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LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, today announced AI 1000, a strategic workforce transformation initiative anchored by a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE). The program will develop a pool of 1,000+ AI-certified engineers, including Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs), to help enterprises adopt, deploy, and
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Fable 5's backlash is about transparency, not raw AI power. * Hidden safeguards made researchers question what they were testing. * Cybersecurity experts warn guardrails can also block defenders. Mythos was introduced in April as
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Something to look forward to: Despite being one of the most important elements in modern networking applications, the Domain Name System is still one of the internet's least secure technologies. Microsoft is
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I have a reputation on the TechRadar team for being a certified Apple hater. Perhaps it's my staunch love for Android, or the fact that I can sometimes be a little harsh on the Silicon Valley megacorporation — though given it’s valued at over $4 trillion, I think
