Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...

Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash Datacentres are consuming 6% of electricity in the UK and US, with the growing strain ...

McKinsey & Co. plans to use AI agents to help choose the consultants assigned to client teams, a shift that may surprise some of its customers around the globe. The management consulting firm will use ...

Founded by former OpenAI staff members and funded by Amazon and Google, Anthropic has raised the stakes in the GPT wars. Anthropic's Claude Desktop app often outshines its ChatGPT rival in various ...

Add Fidelity Brokerage Services to the list of big firms that have recently faced cyberattacks by bad actors in order to glean clients’ private information, this time including passport and driver’s ...

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The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

A Mercer Advisors client is claiming the firm’s data protection services fell short in keeping customer information safe from a coordinated data breach by an infamous cybercrime network. According to ...

WPP, one of the world’s biggest advertising agencies, disclosed a stunning trove of apparently confidential client data in an attempt to defend itself against accusations of operating self-enriching ...

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...

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