Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand
Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the “epicenter of AI development,” Governor
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China is Tesla’s cash cow, but for how much longer?
Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a
The student “AI revolt” is mostly a myth. Business students just want to be taught how to use it.
The boos at last spring’s graduations suggested a student revolt against AI. The data points the other way. Among business students at one Washington school
Amsterdam startup Ore Energy raises $43 million to build iron-air batteries that store power for days
Ore Energy, an Amsterdam-based startup building grid-scale iron-air batteries, has raised $43 million in Series A funding to scale a technology that can store renewable
Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs and won’t say whether AI was the reason.
Zillow laid off more than 500 people on Tuesday, about 7% of its staff and its largest cut of the year. The Seattle property company
Deel acquires deepfake-detection startup Clarity as fake hire problem grows
Deel, the global HR and payroll platform, has acquired Clarity, a Tel Aviv-based AI cybersecurity startup that detects deepfakes and verifies identities in real time.
Surviving AI: Navigating workload creep, AI slop, and the new tech career playbook
After more than 30 years the cybersecurity field, Keith Jones recently realized that his role had changed, from being a single contributor to manager of
Trump White House Readies AI Framework to Review Security Risks
The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
SpaceX, in First Earnings After IPO, Reports Soaring AI Spending
Elon Musk’s rocket company said its capital expenditures jumped nearly seven times from a year ago. Revenue also rose.
Linux’s Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series
Rhythmbox is one of those applications that you will find lurking on a GNOME-equipped desktop. If you are someone who has fully moved on to
Escape the Algorithm: 10 RSS Feed Readers You Can Self Host in Your Homelab
I have argued this in the past as well. RSS feeds are the simplest way to get out of the algorithm’s web. Every platform wants
Toyota to roll out next-generation hybrid batteries in 2027 as it targets 5 million hybrid sales
Toyota will begin rolling out a new generation of hybrid batteries next year, the automaker said during its quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. The company
Jeff Bezos files to sell roughly $4 billion in Amazon shares after stock hits $3 trillion
Jeff Bezos has filed to sell 15 million shares of Amazon common stock, a stake worth roughly four billion dollars based on the company’s closing
Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction markets”
Several US senators have written a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), inquiring about the agency’s “plans to crack down on prediction markets”