ABC7

AT&T data breach settlement: How consumers can claim their money

AT&T has reached a combined $177 million settlement over two data breaches. And impacted consumers have a little over a month left to file a claim for their chunk of the money. Several lawsuits ...
Frontiers

Open Microbiome Data: A FAIR² Collection for AI-Ready and Reusable Data

Scientific knowledge is fundamentally built on data; yet, for too long, microbiome datasets have remained siloed in ...

Can we predict how fast a bioplastic breaks down? A new AI tool says 'yes'

Researchers at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), a partner in the ANIPH project, published a study that helps ...
InfoWorld

Write cleaner and faster Python code

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble ...
C&EN

Chemists ran 50,688 reactions to make a huge open dataset

The dataset, which the researchers have made available on the Open Reaction Database, is nearly five times as large as the ...
Ars Technica

“We pissed off a lot of people”: Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests

One of the world’s biggest data center projects was designed to be nearly three times the size of Manhattan, stretching across multiple Utah sites. But intense local backlash in Box Elder County has ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
PBS

We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to See

Our thermal drones exposed pollution from a massive AI data center powering the AI boom. We investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden ...
BGR

Not All USB-C Cables Can Transfer Data – Here's How To Tell Which Ones Can

USB Type-C is meant to unify connectors and cable specifications, making it easier to connect devices. But not all cable manufacturers follow the connector's requirements. You can potentially buy ...
Times of San Diego

Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much

Servers in a Microsoft Bing data center power AI systems. (Photo courtesy Microsoft) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Data center builders don’t tell ...
Chicago Tribune

Annelise Riles: Here’s how we can defund the bomb

“I have watched your presidents come and go for 60 years,” a survivor of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki told me recently. “Democrats, Republicans — the weapons remain.” His observation echoes what ...
LAist

Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Data center builders don’t tell the ...