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Google has an answer to some of the electricity supply problems that data center construction is causing: It has signed an agreement with energy supplier Voltus to build what it’s calling a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant, expanding on an earlier 100 megawatt deal the two signed earlier this year. This power plant is virtual in the sense that it doesn’t generate any electricity itself, but aggregates so-called flexible grid capacity into one central resource that can be deployed at times of peak demand. This flexible capacity can be in the form of batteries or of load-shedding: asking others to temporarily [...]
Hyperscalers are getting decidedly twitchy about citizens’ reactions to their secretive data center construction plans, and are looking for ways to de-escalate some of the conflicts. Earlier this month, Amazon announced its Data Center Commitment which, among other things, would disclose more information about energy and water use and consider a moratorium asking government officials to sign non-disclosure agreements covering their planning applications. Amazon is not alone in this. Earlier this week, Meta said that it was reviewing its use of NDAs after the company was widely criticized for its secrecy in proposing Hyperion, a Louisiana data center in July. [...]
Matrix-based messaging tools are gaining traction among European governments that seek to gain greater control over sensitive communications data and lessen their reliance on US technology suppliers. The growing interest reflects a broader push toward open-source applications in Europe amid geopolitical uncertainty. Yet the costs and complexity of replacing established applications such as Microsoft Teams mean any shift away from proprietary software is likely to be gradual, with some organizations choosing to run Matrix-based tools alongside existing platforms. Launched in 2014, Matrix is an open messaging standard for decentralized communications. Similar to email, the standard allows users to send messages [...]
OpenClaw, the AI digital assistant, is looking to establish itself as an essential tool for users — but if it is as profligate in its use of tokens as its creator, Pete Steinberger, then users could be in for some huge usage bills. Steinberger, now working for OpenAI, spent $10 million on AI tokens there last month, he told Cloudflare CEO Dane Knecht at the Cloudflare Connect 2026 Conference in San Francisco. The conversation was reported by The Register, which noted Knecht’s remark that Steinberger had “a virtually unlimited token budget, which not all of us in the room have,” [...]
A judge in New Mexico has fined Meta $25 billion for its flouting of data privacy laws between 2010 and 2021, including its controversial passing of data to Cambridge Analytica. The action serves as a stark reminder to enterprises not to play fast and loose with data protection legislation, as the consequences could be highly damaging. Meta faced the court action after it was revealed that data company Cambridge Analytica had improperly obtained personal data that Facebook was holding. It could have been even worse for Meta. Under New Mexico law, the damages could have been as high as $219 [...]
It seems clear by now that one of the most widely shared criticisms of the iPhone Duo picked up by many of those who got to take an early look at the device was a little unfair. They complained that there weren’t many third-party apps when they looked at the device. But what made that point such weak sauce was when those reviews were written. I don’t think most developers build apps with the media reviews schedule for new hardware in mind. (Perhaps they’d get more publicity if they did.) Instead, they tend to target products at the point when people can [...]
SAP professionals can now renew their certifications through AI-based roleplays. The new service builds on SAP’s revamp of its certification program last year, shifting the focus from rote learning of facts towards real-world use cases. “The evolution of Stay Certified reflects a broader shift already taking place across SAP Certification: moving beyond assessing what someone knows toward validating how they can apply that knowledge. AI-powered roleplays bring that principle into the annual certification renewal experience,” the company said in a blog post announcing the new option. The AI-based scenarios across more than 100 certifications simulate customer interactions with a defined [...]
Indian digital trust company eMudhra has announced that it is exiting the global SSL/TLS certificate business and is offering customers certificates issued by Sectigo as an alternative, following the compromise of private keys behind eight of its intermediate certificate authorities. The company’s board decided “to voluntarily withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business,” eMudhra said in a press note. It added that data sovereignty and compliance requirements had increased the business’s complexity and cost. “The level of social media amplification around this incident has brought scrutiny that is out of proportion to SSL/TLS’s place in our business,” eMudhra Chairman V [...]
Google’s new Googlebooks are packed with potential — and while the systems in their current state may be awkwardly rough around the edges, there are some truly interesting ideas within ’em. I looked at some of those highlights in my recent “Googlebook work test” hands-on analysis, but in addition to all the surface-level sorcery, Googlebooks hide a handful of nifty and at times quite helpful features you wouldn’t notice until you’d really spent some time using ’em and poking around in their various nooks and crannies. As a follow-up to my broader Googlebook analysis, I thought it’d be fun to [...]
According to a new study by the research firm Forrester, AI will account for 20% of corporate technology spending in 2027. At the same time, more than half of IT executives are expected to miss their return-on-investment targets, reports The Register. In the survey, 45% of AI decision-makers state that investments must yield a positive return within one year to be considered successful. At the same time, only 22% have seen a positive impact on their company’s operating profit over the past year. According to Forrester, the problems stem in part from companies investing in AI technology without simultaneously changing [...]