Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters | Seattle
Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on the construction of new datacenters. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the temporary ban on Tuesday. A major tech hub whose…
Enshittification Merch That Actually Fights Enshittification
Enshittification isn’t just a sweary word to describe the accelerating decay of the online platforms, apps, and services that we rely on. It’s a framework for understanding the structural incentives that make tech companies enemies…
After Belfast Riots, UK Reminds Social Platforms They’re Obligated To Remove Hateful Content
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has published an open letter reminding social platforms of their legal obligation to heed the Online Safety Act 2023, which requires platforms to “assess and…
How to Find a Dead iPhone Using Apple’s Find My Network
A dead phone battery is usually just an inconvenience. When it’s a phone you’ve also lost, it starts to feel like a genuine disaster, because the app you’d normally use…
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
If you’ve uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won’t admit it right now. Their lawsuit…
GM Energy introduces V2G support and new energy storage battery chemistry
As for the specter of AI data centers and increased energy costs being passed to customers, Poppe said, “So we’re seeing every gigawatt that we can add to the grid…
China Opens World’s First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center
China has become the first country in the world to operate an underwater data center, or UDC, powered by wind. Located off the coast of Shanghai, the complex represents a…
How memory tools can make AI models worse
One of the biggest selling points for modern AI systems is their ability to adapt to users. Every time an AI assistant takes on a task for you, it’s also…
‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond | Games
Is any acting gig more contested than James Bond? Each week seems to bring a din of audition speculation so loud that it must be exhausting for the Elordis, Cavills…
Gemini In Chrome Expands Further To Latin America And The Middle East
The AI browser feature is now available in nearly every region around the world, with the rather large exception of Europe. Google Gemini in Chrome continues to roll…

















