Blackpool Council is seeking a provider to build and operate a £300 million data center powered by renewable energy. The facility will use immersion cooling and supply waste heat to local communities. This marks a major shift for the seaside town’s economy.
The DRAM shortage has made traditional PC future-proofing strategies obsolete. With prices skyrocketing and availability tightening, the old advice of “upgrade later” is proving costly.
The latest Linux 6.18 test build brings hardware improvements for gaming devices and laptops. This release candidate addresses regressions and aims for stable release by November 30. It’s expected to become the 2025 Long Term Support kernel.
Google is pushing back against claims that it’s using Gmail content to train AI models without permission. The controversy stems from a class action lawsuit filed in November 2025 alleging privacy violations. Security firm Malwarebytes initially raised concerns but later clarified the situation.
Sam Altman’s blockchain startup Tools for Humanity is demanding fanatical devotion from employees, including weekend work and being always on-call. The company’s eyeball-scanning Orb has only achieved 17.5 million sign-ups out of a 2 billion goal by November 2025. CEO Alex Blania told staff “nothing
The IRS is turning to AI agents from Salesforce to handle taxpayer services after massive staff reductions. The agency has lost one-third of its tax auditors since 2024, potentially costing billions in uncollected revenue. This comes as the agency faces unprecedented staffing challenges.
A massive study involving over 10,000 participants reveals chatbots aren’t the learning tools we thought. Even when telling the truth, they lead to poorer information retention than good old-fashioned web searching. The problem might be how they deliver answers.
Microsoft has officially open-sourced the original Zork trilogy, making the historically significant text adventure games available under MIT license. The move preserves a foundational piece of gaming history that originally launched in 1977 and sold over 680,000 copies by 1986. Developers can now s
Senator Rand Paul’s committee is demanding extensive documentation from university extremism research centers. The requests include communications about over 300 specific terms, with overwhelming focus on right-wing topics. Researchers fear this could chill academic inquiry into far-right radicaliza
X-Bow Systems has completed installation of its patented additive manufacturing system for solid rocket motors in Texas. The facility aims to produce 1 million pounds of energetics annually, scaling to 3 million pounds within two years. This addresses critical US defense supply chain vulnerabilities
