Category: Tech

Thu 06 November 2025: Google has revealed ambitions to construct AI data centers beyond Earth’s atmosphere, with initial test hardware slated for launch into orbit as early as 2027. “Instead of transmitting power to Earth from space, we propose a future that includes spacebased ML “data centers” consisting of many solarpowered satellites networked via free-space […]

Tue 04 November 2025: An investigation by several European media outlets revealed Tuesday that hundreds of millions of location data points from mobile phones in Belgium, including those belonging to employees of EU institutions, NATO headquarters, and military bases, are being sold by data brokers. The joint investigation by L’Echo, Le Monde, German public broadcasters […]

Sun 02 November 2025: Amazon deliberately planned to keep the public unaware of the full extent of its data centers’ water use, according to a leaked internal document. Amazon, the world’s largest data center operator, is rapidly expanding its AI operations despite concerns about the water needed to cool its facilities. Although it has taken […]

Fri 31 October 2025: Top U.S. tech firms are ramping up AI investments to seize the booming market that’s propelled stocks to record highs, according to Thursday media reports. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said its capital expenditures for 2025 are projected to be between $70 billion and $72 billion, up from […]

Thu 30 October 2025: Earlier this year, the consumer watchdog fined three retailers, Michael Hill, MyHouse and Hairhouse Online, almost A$20,000 each for advertising “site-wide discounts” that allegedly never applied to all items on the website. At first glance, this might look like a straightforward case of using allegedly misleading advertising for an economic benefit. Yet […]

Wed 29 October 2025: Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggest that more than a million of the people using its generative AI chatbot have shown interest in suicide. In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have “conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.” With OpenAI […]

Wed 29 October 2025: What if the problem with social media isn’t just how much we use it, but when? A new study suggests that scrolling and posting through the small hours may be a red flag for mental wellbeing – and the effects could be as significant as binge drinking. For the study, published […]