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When enterprise data sits behind a corporate firewall or in a private on-premises data center, there’s no direct network path from AWS, even though the AI agents and dashboards in Amazon Quick can query virtually any data source. Administrators must make sure their sensitive enterprise data isn’t exposed
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Ranking member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Mass., left, and chairman Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., conduct the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on "25 Years After 9/11: Confronting the Next Generation of Threats" on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ByEdward Graham, Managing
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* Lenovo's Snapdragon-based IdeaPad Vibe 14Q8X12 is on sale a month before its promised date * US pricing starts at $799.99 for 8GB and 256GB, $100 above both Lenovo's IFA promise and the base MacBook Neo * It beats the Neo on ports, keyboard backlighting, colors, and RAM
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Meta is making a big push into AI, and it’s creating a new kind of stock that could help pay for it. On Wednesday, as the company reported its third-quarter earnings, Semafor reported the company might issue non-voting stock, meaning shares that don’t give their owners a vote
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Private equity giant Blackstone is putting itself at the center of the AI boom, firm veteran Jas Khaira discussed last week on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. It is writing checks via various strategies, ranging from offering massive loans to data centers to investing in frontier AI models and applications. Earlier
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to keep living in Silicon Valley for eight years, potentially exposing himself to billions of dollars in one-time taxes if California voters approve a contentious ballot measure next month, according to a company regulatory filing released Wednesday. During a dinner with Meta board members
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He expects the agent will generate more revenue per user than the company's apps. Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images It's only been a few weeks since Meta introduced Muse, but the company's personal agent is already becoming central to Meta's plan to
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A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utilities meet
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* Russia proposes abandoned coal mines as potential sites for future data centers * Some exhausted open pits reach depths of approximately 300 metres * Accumulated mine water could offer another option for cooling infrastructure Russia is considering abandoned coal mines as potential locations for data centers, following reported damage to digital infrastructure
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Featured Podcasts Great Chat: AI's Spooky Season A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer. Subscribe to Great Chat. Sundar Pichai on Gemini 4 and the AI compute crunch Candid conversations with the leaders shaping
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Steak made with 3D-printing technology is moving from the laboratory to the grocery aisle. Israeli food technology company Steakholder Foods has launched Perfecta, a line of plant-based meat and seafood alternatives, at retail outlets in the northeastern United States. The September rollout includes products designed to resemble steak, chicken, and
