MongoDB Stock Soars 15% After Crushing Earnings Estimates
MongoDB shares surged in after-hours trading following a strong Q3 report. The company blew past revenue and earnings estimates, showcasing robust growth for the database platform.
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Marketers Are Finally Ditching Email Open Rates
Email marketing is evolving. According to a new industry survey, marketing leaders are abandoning open rates as a key metric due to privacy changes. They’re now prioritizing what really matters: clicks and sales.
Yahoo and AOL Mail Are Down For Thousands of Users
Yahoo and AOL email services are down for thousands of users, with login issues reported across the US and UK. The companies have confirmed they are investigating the outage, which began around 10:50 AM ET.
World Bank Backs Massive $6B Solar-Storage Hub in Malaysia
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation is teaming with Malaysian partners on a $6 billion renewable energy megaproject in Southern Johor. The massive solar-and-storage development aims to power the region’s booming data center market while enabling cross-border energy exports to Singapor
Houston’s getting a major new data center for AI workloads
Element Critical has started construction on a 20,000 sq ft data hall at its Houston campus. The 10MW expansion will initially deliver 4.5MW of capacity by late 2026, specifically targeting AI-driven workloads in a capacity-constrained market.
Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Secret Data Center Deals
A new report reveals states are losing money on data center subsidies while keeping taxpayers in the dark about which tech giants benefit. Only 11 states disclose recipient names, and just five reveal subsidy amounts. Taxpayers are paying at least $1 million per permanent job created.
Is AI Killing Privacy Or Could It Actually Save It?
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 Tells AI Giants: Stop Scraping, Start Paying
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’s Deep Green brings heat-recycling data centers to Michigan
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.
Scientists Want a “Weather Report” for Climate Stress
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.