Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal have launched an investigation into major tech and data center companies. They want to know if the massive power demands of AI infrastructure are unfairly increasing utility bills for residential customers. The companies have until Jan
MoEngage has raised a massive $180 million Series F, just over a month after securing $100 million. However, the majority of this new capital was used for secondary transactions, letting early backers and employees take money off the table.
The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th image. The milestone photo, suggested by a high school student, shows mesas and dunes. The orbiter has enough fuel to keep going until the mid-2030s.
A Harvard Medical School study reveals AI models used to diagnose cancer from tissue slides can infer a patient’s demographics, leading to biased results. The researchers’ FAIR-Path framework dramatically reduced these performance gaps, highlighting a critical need to audit medical AI for fairness.
Android is finally addressing a long-standing privacy quirk. New controls in testing will let users stop Wi-Fi passwords from automatically syncing across different user profiles on the same device.
Following a massive Black Friday, TikTok is reorganizing its e-commerce leadership. The move centralizes product and data science teams with a focus on AI and operational efficiency.
A surprising political revolt is brewing in Republican-leaning areas against the massive data centers needed for AI. Residents are fighting back over noise, skyrocketing utility bills, and tax breaks for trillion-dollar tech companies, turning it into a potent local election issue.
Repsense, a data analytics startup whose Havel platform is used by NATO, has closed a €2 million Seed round. The funding will boost its capabilities in detecting and predicting information threats across social and traditional media.
Global internet traffic grew 19% in 2025, with nearly half now from mobile devices. AI bots are a fast-growing segment, prompting calls for new rules. The U.S. is the top source of bot traffic by a huge margin.
A major new report reveals that while companies are rapidly adopting AI, they are almost completely ignoring its energy and carbon costs. The findings highlight a critical blind spot in corporate AI governance and risk management.
