After delaying a decision, Box Elder County is set to vote on a hyperscale data center project. Here’s what we know.

Box Elder County commissioners are poised to cast a key vote that could clear the way for one of the biggest projects in Utah ...

Gemini can now turn your chat into a finished PDF, Word document, or spreadsheet in one tap

Ask Gemini to write something, pick a format, and download the finished file; that's it. No switching apps, no reformatting, no copying.
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

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NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
CNET

AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
CNBC

Meta expands Nvidia deal to use millions of AI chips in data center build-out, including standalone CPUs

Meta struck a massive chip deal with Nvidia that includes new standalone CPUs and next-generation GPUs and Vera Rubin rack-scale systems. The social media giant will also use Nvidia for networking ...
WHYY

How much water do data centers use? One in Delaware City could use up to 20 million gallons a year

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...
AZ Central

Data centers guzzle Arizona's water and power. We calculated how much

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Electricity demand in Wisconsin was declining until data centers arrived

Wisconsin's electricity demand is projected to rise after years of decline due to new data center projects. To meet the new demand, utilities plan to build both renewable energy projects and new ...
PBS

How online retailers are using AI to adjust prices by mining your personal data

If you’re going online to buy some last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s a chance the price you pay will be influenced by what’s known as “surveillance pricing.” Some retailers are using ...