Month: December 2025
“There is ‘no way'” – IBM CEO says current AI data center trends are unsustainable, and he would know
Populating a single one-gigawatt AI facility costs nearly $80 billion Planned AI capacity across the industry could total 100GW High-end GPU hardware must be replaced every five years without extension IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna questions whether the current pace and scale of AI data center expansion can ever remain…
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The 1977 cut of Star Wars will return to theaters in 2027
Here's some good news for the "Han shot first" crowd. The original cut of Star Wars (1977), the film known today as A New Hope, is coming back to theaters. We first learned in August that some version of the film would be screened again in 2027 for its 50th…
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Welcome to the big leagues, Netflix
Warner Bros. has an infamous history of being bought by other companies and then quickly ending up back on the market after its new owners realize how difficult it is to capitalize on a legacy production studio’s assets. Those challenges are part of what doomed WB’s mergers with AOL and…
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Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers — again
Garage door opener manufacturer The Chamberlain Group has launched a new version of the communication platform that powers its connected garage door openers — and it’s bad news for smart home users. The new Security+ 3.0 platform, launching alongside Chamberlain’s latest openers, shuts down the workarounds that third-party accessory makers…
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Star Wars’ original theatrical cut returns to theaters in 2027
Disney is bringing a “newly restored version” of the original, 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars back to theaters on February 19th, 2027. It will only be available in theaters for “a limited time,” Disney says, and it’s being released as part of “Lucasfilm’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration” for the…
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Pantone’s ‘Cloud Dancer’ color party is a recession indicator
Pantone’s color of the year for 2026 is white — sorry, Cloud Dancer. Pantone announced the shade on Thursday, and describes it as a “discrete white hue offering a promise of clarity.” The accompanying image shows a person with cropped hair in billowy white clothing, arms outstretched over a background…
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