Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of US homes—but that massive buildout faces significant construction and power challenges along with growing local resistance. Now satellite imagery is showing that nearly 40 percent of US data center … Read More “Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction” »
OpenAI has been all over the news recently, whether that news is about acquisitions, competition with Anthropic, or bigger debates about AI’s impact on society. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I did our best to round up all the latest OpenAI news. While the company’s latest acquisitions … Read More “OpenAI’s existential questions | TechCrunch” »
According to a new report by Counterpoint Research (CR), the Indian smartphone market between January and March had its weakest quarter in six years. Shipments fell 3% compared to the first quarter of last year. vivo still leads, amassing 20.8% of the pie, followed by Samsung (17.4%), Oppo (13.6%), Apple (9%), Realme (8.9%), Xiaomi (7.9%), … Read More “India's smartphone market just had its worst quarter in six years” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile says its T-Force support team is still staffed by human employees. The issue was raised after a Redditor reported being asked about their experience with a “virtual agent” in a survey. No explanation has been provided for why the user might have been asked this survey question. AI … Read More “T-Mobile insists T-Force support team is still human, not AI” »
When to watch Chelsea vs. Man United Saturday, April 18, at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT). Where to watch Chelsea vs. Man United will air in the US on NBC Sports Network and Peacock Premium. 73% off with 2yr plan (+4 free months). Now only $3.49/month See more details See at Fubo Watch the … Read More “Premier League Soccer: Stream Chelsea vs. Man United From Anywhere Live” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is enhancing video quality for Meet calls. Users on the web with high-resolution display will start seeing sharper, higher-bandwidth video. The changes do not appear to impact the Meet app on Android. Video conferencing systems like Google Meet are often designed to be incredibly flexible, handling users on … Read More “Some of us are getting a big Google Meet video quality upgrade” »
We’ve had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon earlier this month and the launch and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft, which carried humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years on the Artemis II mission. And now we have two meteor showers. The first … Read More “Double Dazzle: This Weekend, There Are 2 Meteor Showers in the Night Sky” »
Today’s launch of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite aboard Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket was a partial success. The New Glenn touched down on its landing pad without incident, making it the second launch and landing for the first stage booster, and officially giving Jeff Bezos a reusable launch vehicle. Unfortunately for AST SpaceMobile, … Read More “Blue Origin successfully reused its New Glenn rocket” »
Compatible with digital sovereignty? A Microsoft logo pictured in London. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved The Swiss government is aiming to gradually shift away from a dependency on Microsoft products, according to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British) Generated … Read More “Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft” »
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A11+ Kids Edition is the latest addition to the maker’s child-focused tablet range. Like previous Kids Edition entries, it’s basically a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab A11+ but with a host of parental controls on the software side and several bundled accessories. The most notable one is the foam case, which offers drop protection … Read More “Samsung launches Galaxy Tab A11+ Kids Edition” »
