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Virginia cracks down on electricity firms hiking prices for AI data centers — move could save ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ for everyday users
Virginia now makes data centers pay for their own power lines Virginia hosts 570 data centers, more than any other US state Spanberger says the policy could save residents hundreds of millions The US state of Virginia is requiring data centers to cover electricity infrastructure costs created specifically by their…
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‘It’s Stalin’s dream’ — Quote of the day by software pioneer Richard Stallman on the tracking capabilities of cell phones
The programmer Richard Stallman is not a household name, but his work has been instrumental in building the software industry, as has his long-term campaign for free software. He’s also been a huge advocate for privacy in the digital age, and has railed against the rise of cell phones for…
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The US government wants to make it easier to build and launch floating nuclear reactors, ‘unleashing American energy dominance’
Washington wants new rules for civilian nuclear reactors operating at sea IAEA will launch ATLAS as America pushes nuclear power offshore Small modular reactors could power ships without frequent nuclear refueling The United States government is backing an international effort to clear regulatory barriers around civilian nuclear reactors operating on…
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TSMC reportedly has $1 billion of Apple chips awaiting delivery of DRAM — will this be what powers the iPhone 18 Pro?
TSMC reportedly holding roughly $1 billion of finished A20 Pro wafers that cannot be packaged because the DRAM they must be integrated with has not yet arrived The bottleneck exists because Apple moved the A20 Pro to TSMC’s WMCM packaging, which bonds processor and memory at the wafer level, removing…
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Cloudflare chief says humans will soon be ‘a rounding error on the Internet’ as bot traffic takes over — so what is it doing to combat this?
Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert predicts machine-generated traffic could outnumber humans by a 1,000 times in the next five years The answer to this, Seifert believes, is to ensure servers are efficient enough to handle demand Cloudflare previously predicted machines would outnumber humans in 2027, but this digital soothsaying was 12…
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US healthcare software giant Unlimited Technology Systems admits hackers may have stolen sensitive data of 3.8 million people
Attackers stole extensive personal and medical data from 3.8 million individuals from Unlimited Technology Systems Breach source and methods remain unknown, with no group claiming responsibility Stolen data poses major fraud risks, prompting free identity monitoring from Kroll US healthcare organization Unlimited Technology Systems has revealed it suffered a cyberattack…
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