China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

This photo taken on February 2, 2024 shows Lu Yu, head of Product Management and Operations of Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, showing a virtual girlfriend profile on her phone, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China plans to restrict … Read more

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

Amazon halts plans for drone delivery in Italy

Amazon halts plans for drone delivery in Italy

Amazon’s new MK30 Prime Air drone is displayed during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on Oct. 18, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Amazon said on Sunday it has decided not to ⁠pursue plans to deliver goods by drone … Read more

New Eco-Friendly Tech Eliminates ‘Forever Chemicals’ With Record-Breaking Speed–And it’s Reusable

New Eco-Friendly Tech Eliminates ‘Forever Chemicals’ With Record-Breaking Speed–And it’s Reusable

PFAs self-destruct in this layered double hydroxide material made from copper and aluminum – credit: Rice University University researchers in Texas and Korea have collaborated to developed an eco-friendly water purifier that captures—and destroys—toxic “forever chemicals” (PFAS) more than 1,000 times better than current methods. Their study marks a major milestone in addressing one of … Read more

One year on from the UK’s grand AI plan: has its infrastructure buildout been a success?

One year on from the UK’s grand AI plan: has its infrastructure buildout been a success?

QTS’s data center in Cambois, North East of England When the U.K. announced its AI Opportunities Action Plan — a grand blueprint to deploy the tech across society — in January, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the strategy would make the country an “AI superpower.”  One of the key pillars of this plan was a … 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

New NASA boss Isaacman says U.S. will return to the moon within Trump’s term

New NASA boss Isaacman says U.S. will return to the moon within Trump’s term

Recently appointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Friday told CNBC that the U.S. will return to the moon within President Donald Trump’s second term. Isaacman, a close ally of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, told CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime” that Trump’s recommitment to exploring the moon is key to unlocking the “orbital economy.” “We want to … Read more

Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive,’ analyst says

Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive,’ analyst says

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images It’s been two days since news broke that Nvidia was spending $20 … Read more

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace, takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, December 3, 2025, in this screengrab taken from handout drone footage provided by LandSpace. Landspace | Via Reuters Chinese companies developing reusable commercial ⁠rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy … Read more

Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI buildout

Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI buildout

Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk speaks at a Q&A session following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Pool | Reuters Three months ago Oracle named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new CEOs. They’re off to a rough start. Oracle shares have plummeted 30% … Read more