Would you host part of an AI data center in your home?
A solar and home energy storage company is expanding into AI data centers, but not by building one – instead, it’s offering to pay its customers to put its compute…
Democrats divided on data center solutions
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Democrats divided on data center solutions Democrats believe that data centers are a problem, but they disagree on what to do about it.…
Democrats think data centers are a problem. They disagree on the solution
Democrats believe that data centers are a problem, but they disagree on what to do about it. For Democrats, the centers’ high energy usage — exacerbating both electricity bills and…
The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest risk Opposition to AI datacenters has emerged as a primary…
Think your cellphone data is protected without a search warrant? Think again.
We have seen this movie before, and the original version ended with a whimper, not a bang.
Screen Australia Data Reveals Marketplace Financing Covers Only a Fraction of Production Budgets
Screen Australia has released a new analysis of 197 narrative production applications submitted between January 2023 and October 2025, finding that marketplace contributions – while a consistent presence in finance…
Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers
The cyberattack targeting a U.S. insurance giant is the largest known breach of driver’s license numbers so far in 2026.
Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
US manufacturers in many Rust Belt cities and towns are paying significantly higher electricity costs as growing energy demand from data centers strains the largest power grid operator in the…
Gao, Top China Economist Who Questioned Official GDP Data, Dies
Influential Chinese economist Gao Shanwen, who challenged the reliability of China’s official growth data and was known for blunt assessments of the economy, has died, according to Chinese media reports.














