Futurism

Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes

Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...
The Verge

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. is a senior science reporter ...
Marketplace

Are energy-hungry data centers causing electric bills to go up?

Are energy-hungry data centers causing electric bills to go up? Utilities across the country are investing in upgrades, and the cost is often passed on to consumers. In some places, utilities are ...
The New York Times

At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Fear a Spat With China Will Cost Japan Its Pandas

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako ...
CBS News

Data centers are driving up electric bills and some Chicago suburbs are now putting them on hold

Electric bills in the Chicago area could go up as much as $70 in the next three years because of data centers, according to the Citizens Utility Board. The nonprofit utility watchdog is calling on ...
ZDNet

You have days left to claim your AT&T data breach settlement of up to $7,500 - here's how

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail ...
Dark Reading

Copilot's No-Code AI Agents Liable to Leak Company Data

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are a breeze to create using Microsoft Copilot Studio, and almost just as easy to manipulate into divulging sensitive corporate data. Despite broad security ...
Seeking Alpha

Data centers driving up consumer electricity bills, Morgan Stanley strategist finds

Consumer electricity bills are rising across the United States, and data centers may be partially to blame, according to a recent deep dive by Michelle Weaver, US Thematic Strategist at Morgan Stanley ...
The Chronicle

Duke releases Class of 2029 profile after 2-month delay

Duke released its demographic data for the Class of 2029 on Wednesday, aligning its own reporting methods with federal standards for reporting sex, race and ethnicity. The release comes after a nearly ...
Law

OpenAI, Mixpanel Hit With Novel Data Breach Class Action Over November Cyberattack

OpenAI was hit with a data breach class action stemming from a November cyberattack. Its co-defendant is Mixpanel, a third-party web analytics provider that it used to improve its API product. The ...
Fierce Healthcare

Cassidy again grills American Medical Association over handling of CPT codes

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, M.D., is doubling down on his scrutiny of the American Medical Association's (AMA's) handling of billing and claims ...