On June 24, 2026, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) facilitated the takedown, suspension, and blocking of domains that ...

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

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 ...

Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...

A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm ...

Semiconductors are among the most strategically sensitive products in global trade. In 2026, exporting semiconductors is no longer a routine commercial matter: it is a legal, geopolitical, and ...

China treats data as a factor of production, not a privacy right or corporate asset, and is building economic infrastructure around it: regulated data exchanges, 30+ new standards expected in 2026, ...

Open source software with more than 1 million monthly downloads was compromised after a threat actor exploited a vulnerability in the developers’ account workflow that gave access to its signing keys ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.