From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

Lenovo in partnership with AKT II and Mamou-Mani imagines the data centers of the future: a data center spa James Cheung, partner at Mamou-Mani Artificial intelligence is advancing at breakneck speed, forcing a rethink of how the power-hungry servers behind the boom can coexist with — and draw less from — the environment. Data centers … Read more

China launches war games around Taiwan as island vows to defend democracy

China launches war games around Taiwan as island vows to defend democracy

WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, PHILIPPINE – APRIL 27: A Chinese warship is seen sailing near several Philippine and United States Navy vessels partaking in a multilateral maritime exercise as part of the Balikatan drills, after Washington deployed advanced missile systems to the Philippines, in West Philippine Sea, Philippine, on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu … Read more

Europe at ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate: fund managers

Europe at ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate: fund managers

Europe stands at a crossroads: compete meaningfully in the AI race or stick to its world-leading climate goals.  “It’s like a fork in the road moment for Europe,” Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives told CNBC. The bloc can either “play in the future” or risk “missing a big part of this technology wave.” The dilemma is compounded … Read more

Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surf

Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surf

A car near a section of the 5 Freeway that was closed, as heavy rains fall due to an atmospheric river, in the Sun Valley area, Los Angeles on Dec. 24, 2025. Jill Connelly | Reuters A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease … Read more

Fusion deal: Why Trump Media is merging with TAE Technologies

Fusion deal: Why Trump Media is merging with TAE Technologies

President Donald Trump’s social media company will provide the capital needed to bring TAE Technologies‘ first fusion power plant online in the United States by 2031, TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer told CNBC on Thursday. Binderbauer spoke shortly after his privately held company and Trump Media and Technology Group announced plans for an all-stock merger valued … Read more

House passes bill to ease permits for building out AI infrastructure

House passes bill to ease permits for building out AI infrastructure

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill aimed at making it easier to get federal permits to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence projects. The bill, known as the SPEED Act, is backed Big Tech giants such as OpenAI, Micron and Microsoft The bill cleared the House in a 221-196 vote, overcoming a conservative … Read more

Footage of River Otter Scurrying Through Lincoln–a Delightful Reward for Decades of Conservation Work

Footage of River Otter Scurrying Through Lincoln–a Delightful Reward for Decades of Conservation Work

credit – Lincoln Council, screengrab In the dreamy old city center of Lincoln, where Tudor and Victorian buildings stand bedecked in Christmas gaiety, CCTV footage revealed a wild sight one evening in November. A red fox and a river otter were galivanting through the town—as near to a scene in a children’s books or a … Read more

Huge Wall Street call: Morgan Stanley’s new Tesla analyst downgrades stock over valuation concerns

Huge Wall Street call: Morgan Stanley’s new Tesla analyst downgrades stock over valuation concerns

Morgan Stanley exited the bull camp on Tesla , saying valuation concerns outweigh its optimistic outlook for the electric vehicle maker in a huge potentially market-moving call on Wall Street. Analyst Andrew Percoco downgraded Tesla’s stock to equal weight from overweight. Percoco raised his price target by $15 to $425, but that still reflects downside … Read more

Birds Start to Show Signs of Recovery After Bee-Harming Pesticide Ban in the EU

Birds Start to Show Signs of Recovery After Bee-Harming Pesticide Ban in the EU

A chaffinch, one of the birds that recovered in the study – credit, 4028mdk09 CC 3.0. The first large-scale study to investigate the impact on bird populations from the 2018 European Union ban on a universal insecticide has determined that birds have recovered as much as 3% since 2018. Given that 57 species of birds … Read more

Trump administration unresponsive after containership fire, Port of Los Angeles chief says

Trump administration unresponsive after containership fire, Port of Los Angeles chief says

The head of the largest port in the United States said the Trump administration has not reached out to offer assistance following a fire that erupted on a containership on Friday and continues to burn outside of the port. “I have been trying to set up meetings with Trump cabinet officials and [U.S. Trade Representative … Read more