Computing Facilities Can Save Big and Keep Cool by Looking Underground
A New National Laboratory Study Finds that Underground Thermal Energy Storage Can Keep Servers Cool Year Round To ensure equipment in computing facilities function, they need to be kept cool, which can require a lot of energy and water—as much as 40% of their total annual energy consumption.…
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Scaling Autonomous Freight: Inside Pony.ai’s Robotruck Business
From Gen-4 heavy-duty trucks to L4 urban delivery vehicles, shared technology, automotive-grade production and industry partnerships are shaping the next phase of Pony.…
ai’s autonomous freight business.
At a media briefing on August 3, He Xing, Vice President of Pony.
ai and Head of the company’s Robotruck business, discussed how nearly …
Move Local Energy Goals Forward: Apply to the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project
Local Governments, Tribes, Utilities, and Organizations Across the Country Can Pursue Affordable Energy Solutions With Support From National Laboratories and Regional Organizations Coastal, remote, and island communities across the United States can overcome energy reliability hurdles—like aging infrastructure and harsh weather conditions—as participants in the U.…
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As EV sales, oil costs and temperatures spike, UK gov’t considers… fewer EVs?
The UK government is considering relaxing its landmark electric vehicle rules, even in the face of inflated oil prices, a recordbreaking year for temperatures and wildfires, and EV sales that are already rising fast enough to meet the government’s current target.
Trump is right: EV range anxiety is a disease – THIS is how we cure it!
On today’s time-sensitive episode of Quick Charge, we revisit the idea that even a broken clock is right twice a day as we examine US President Donald Trump’s takes on electric vehicles, range anxiety, highway road signs, and why he’s absolutely right.
Researcher Claims Control of ChatGPT Secure Sandbox
A researcher demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack chain that provided C2-style influence over ChatGPT's isolated sandbox during a session at Black Hat USA 2026.
The Coordination Gap: How Attackers Are Outpacing Law Enforcement
The fight against cybercrime continues because threat actors have adapted their strategies to avoid deterrents, but law enforcement still operates in silos.
The crime solver wore disguises, spied on targets, and built intelligence networks long before modern-day tactics emerged. He has lessons for today's ethical- and unethical hackers.
Elon Musk says xAI will increase data center capacity 7x by 2027 — targeting 10 gigawatts of compute, up to $500 billion in revenue by the end of next year
Elon Musk told employees of SpaceX that the power capacity of the company's xAI data centers will increase by 7x to 10GW by late 2027.…
If this happens, the company's data centers will bring the company som…
The claim comes as SpaceX's market capitalization dropped by nearly $5…
Meanwhile, the combined performance of the cluster will by far outpace…
JSAUX FlipGo Horizon Pro dual-screen portable monitor review: Jack of all trades, master of some
While the overall portable monitor market has exploded over the past few years, one sub-segment that has seen increasing attention is the dual-panel market.…
We’ve already reviewed entries from several players in this space, but…
The JSAUX FlipGo Horizon Pro is a dual-screen portable monitor with a …
Still, it’s highly configurable in how you position the display panels…
Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through
Somerville in Morgan County, Alabama, is a quiet, idyllic town full of green pastures, grazing animals, and soon enough, a Bitcoin mining center.…
Despite the many protests from residents and moratoriums at both count…
More specifically, Alabama is one of the many states where counties do…
Municipalities and towns do have that legal ability, but many towns do…
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archiv
Nine PBS is afraid that it will lose over 70 years of archival materials and programming after its contracted cloud storage vendor has apparently gone out of business.…
According to Current, the channel used Open Source Storage, or OSS, fo…
Nine PBS has been working with OSS and its predecessor since 2019 and …
The company never responded and abruptly cut off the station’s data ac…
Analysts see 'increasing foundry success conviction' as Intel CEO puts $12 million more of his own money in company — analysts point to accelerating foundry progress and capex expansion
Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has invested $12 million of his own money in Intel this week as part of the company's $19.…
7 billion stock offering, indicating his confidence in the company.
Meanwhile, Bank of America analysts view the capital raise as an indic…
"The capital raise […] is still a good leading indicator of management…
Inspired by the “Harry Potter” stories and the Disney Channel show “Wizards of Waverly Place,” 7-year-old Sabrina Corsetti emphatically declared to her parents one afternoon that she was, in fact, a wizard.…
“My dad turned to me and said that, if I really wanted to be a wizard,…
Physicists are the real wizards of the world,” she recalls.
That conversation stuck with Corsetti throughout her childhood, all th…
New 3D chips could make electronics faster and more energy-efficient
The advanced semiconductor material gallium nitride will likely be key for the next generation of high-speed communication systems and the power electronics needed for state-of-the-art data centers.…
Unfortunately, the high cost of gallium nitride (GaN) and the speciali…
Now, researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a new fabricati…
Their method involves building many tiny transistors on the surface of…
Professor Emeritus Daniel Kleppner, highly influential atomic physicist, dies at 92
Daniel Kleppner, the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT whose work in experimental atomic physics made an immense mark on the field, died on June 16 at the age of 92, in Palo Alto, California.…
Kleppner’s varied research examined the interactions of atoms with sta…
His work included creating precision measurements with hydrogen masers…
Kleppner, who retired in 2003 after 37 years at MIT, was a highly lite…