The AI economy is creating unprecedented data privacy risks with skyrocketing breaches and shadow AI usage. But emerging cryptographic solutions like zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption could potentially turn AI into a privacy protector instead of just a threat.
Wikipedia’s nonprofit foundation wants AI companies to stop scraping its data and pay for API access instead. Running the world’s seventh-most visited site costs $179 million annually, supported mainly by donations that AI chatbots could disrupt.
UK data center firm Deep Green is expanding to the US with a $120 million project in Michigan. The facility will capture waste heat to warm water for the local utility system. Construction could begin in spring 2026.
Researchers propose a global sentinel system to detect climate stress across all life forms. The system would use everything from genomic sequencing to citizen science data. It’s being called a “pan-scientific grand challenge” for climate monitoring.
The AI boom is creating an environmental crisis that tech companies aren’t prepared for. New forecasts show massive water and energy demands that will make 2030 net zero targets impossible to meet.
Mathematicians have created a new prediction method called MALP that prioritizes agreement between predicted and actual values. The approach outperforms traditional methods in scenarios where alignment matters more than simple proximity. This could transform predictive modeling in medicine, economic
India’s Techno Digital is making a massive $1 billion bet on data center expansion. The company plans to reach 250MW capacity within five years while building edge facilities on railway fiber networks. This comes as India’s data center market shows explosive growth potential.
European real estate developer Garbe is planning a massive data center campus in Denmark that could become the country’s largest. The 350MW project represents up to $3 billion in investment and will occupy 35 hectares of commercial land. This marks the largest land transaction in Guldborgsund Munici
Vantage Data Centers is pouring $2 billion into a new 192MW data center campus in Stafford County, Virginia. The Fredericksburg-area project will feature three liquid-cooled facilities across 82 acres, with the first building opening in late 2027.
Nintendo’s new store app includes a hidden feature that shows your complete gaming history across multiple console generations. The play activity tracker reveals exactly how many hours you’ve spent on games dating back to Wii U and 3DS. It’s either a nostalgic trip or an embarrassing revelation abou
