As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explore experimental clean energy projects such as atomic fusion and futuristic geothermal power plants
“In Omaha, where Google and Meta recently set up sprawling data center operations, a coal plant that was supposed to go offline in 2022 will now be operational through at least 2026. The local utilit...
OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority”
and says computer scientists need ethics training Brian Fung / CNN : AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk Alka Jain / Livemint : Industry leaders warn ‘AI poses risk...
Sources: Microsoft and ByteDance hoped to have broad strokes of a TikTok deal by Monday, but then Trump's comments led them to seek clarity from the White House
Trump Deletes TikTok Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : Microsoft might buy TikTok — here's what's going on Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : It's official: Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok's US ope...
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Rt.live, an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each US state
New Website From Instagram Co-Founders Tracking the Rate of COVID-19 Transmission by State Jon Fingas / Yahoo Finance : Instagram founders reunite to create a COVID-19 spread tracker Tweets: Mike Krie...
The imaginary “race” to 5G has been foisted on us by telecom giants which want something new to sell at high prices, instead of competing to improve service
No one seems to have a good answer to this question — I have a dumb question that no one seems capable of answering directly: Why is 5G a race? Tweets: @robertwrighter , @imhassan , @jaspervdj , @sm...
Filing shows Yahoo's Marissa Mayer is set to make about $186M from Verizon deal based on current stock value, from options, restricted units, and shares
Inside the fading tech giant's lavish multi-million dollar soiree. Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Marissa Mayer will depart Yahoo with enough money to leave her children's children an inheritance Luke Stan...