California has launched its Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), allowing residents to request personal data deletion from over 500 registered data brokers in one go. The system is live now, but the real enforcement and heavy fines for non-compliance don’t kick in until August 2026.
Eartheye Space has secured a contract with an unnamed Asia-Pacific customer to provide high-resolution Earth observation data. The deal highlights the growing demand for pooled, multi-sensor intelligence from both government and commercial entities. It’s a big step for the young startup.
NASA has begun a massive, multi-year project to move its Earth science data archives to commercial cloud platforms. The migration, expected to run through 2026, aims to handle new high-volume missions and place data closer to powerful compute resources. By 2030, the archive is projected to hold over
Google is spending billions to secure power for its AI ambitions, buying energy firm Intersect. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s xAI is also expanding its compute capacity. The race for AI infrastructure is hitting a hard wall: the electrical grid.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of the “Lost Galaxy,” NGC 4535. Located 50 million light-years away, this spiral galaxy is alive with young blue star clusters and glowing pink clouds of gas, signaling intense ongoing star formation.
2025 was the year the data center broke into the public consciousness, and not in a good way. From Hollywood blockbusters to local protests, these AI-fueled facilities became a symbol of corporate overreach and economic anxiety, even as tech giants plan to spend nearly $7 trillion on them.
A lone hacker is threatening to leak a database containing information on over 2.3 million Wired subscribers. While some verification suggests the data is real, security experts warn the hacker’s motives are purely financial. Condé Nast has not yet commented on the alleged breach.
New research confirms the flood of low-quality AI content on YouTube is massive. The study found that more than one in five videos in a fresh Shorts feed is AI-generated, with certain countries showing huge subscriber counts for these channels.
Alphabet is spending billions to secure the electricity its AI ambitions require. The deal to acquire Intersect shows that for tech giants, the next big bottleneck isn’t chips—it’s power.
In a major pivot, a data center firm owned by Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital has secured a massive $865 million contract with AI infrastructure player Nscale. The ten-year deal covers 40MW of capacity at a converted textile plant in North Carolina, with an option to double in size. It’s a clear
