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AI wants your electricity
24 October 2026 at 06:06
America is rebuilding its power grid for AI before anyone can agree on how much power AI will need. We looked into it.
AI data center jobs: Indeed postings more than doubled in two years
23 October 2026 at 20:12
AI data center jobs are growing: Indeed's data center postings more than doubled in two years, and these 10 trends show who is hiring, what pays and what stays uncertain
Young Americans are growing wary of AI: 10 findings from Pew's 2026 survey
23 October 2026 at 19:12
Young Americans' excitement about AI has faded, and these 10 findings from Pew's June 2026 survey track shifting attitudes and job-loss expectations by age
Why small-town utility companies are the most vulnerable to AI cyberattacks
23 October 2026 at 18:31
Security rules make big power companies wall off the computers that run the grid. Most town utilities fall outside them, and hackers keep getting in
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- Every AI disaster scenario has already happened somewhere without AI. A human caught each one
Every AI disaster scenario has already happened somewhere without AI. A human caught each one
23 October 2026 at 18:31
Chatbots haven't made bioweapons or water attacks easier to pull off. Their real danger is a false report that misleads someone with minutes to act
The countries where the most people use AI, ranked
23 October 2026 at 14:46
AI adoption by country varies widely, and Microsoft’s latest data shows the UAE, Singapore and Ireland leading 147 economies in the share of working-age people using generative AI
Jensen Huang says AI is short on cash — and stock futures are slipping again
23 October 2026 at 14:43
Chip stocks recovered some ground after a selloff, with Micron and Nvidia shares trading higher. Microsoft and Meta were down
New York's data center freeze may not hold up like its fracking ban did
23 October 2026 at 10:00
New York and Texas have blocked data centers before studying them. Developers could seek compensation if a pause with no end date turns permanent
Cypherium wants to turn idle AI GPUs into a new revenue stream
22 October 2026 at 21:10
Cypherium’s COLOSSUS-X aims to help AI data centers monetize idle GPUs through blockchain mining and compute-based financial products.
AEREDIUM wants to keep AI agents from moving money and changing code without oversight
22 October 2026 at 21:01
As AI agents take on more responsibility in software development and financial transactions, digital asset infrastructure companies introduce tools.
AI agents have learned to pay. Now comes the next step toward mass adoption
22 October 2026 at 20:30
AI agents rapidly adopt crypto payments, but mass adoption hinges on solving authority revocation, security, and legal liability.
7 of America's 10 youngest billionaires got rich from AI
22 October 2026 at 20:22
America’s youngest billionaires on the 2026 Forbes 400 are dominated by AI founders from Anthropic, OpenAI and Cognition, plus a Walmart heir and a Robinhood cofounder
Meta is creating a new non-voting stock class it could use to fund its AI buildout
22 October 2026 at 13:51
Meta plans a dividend of one Class C share per existing share, which it expects to work like a two-for-one split for Class A stock
Anthropic is unveiling a workplace AI agent to rival Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots
22 October 2026 at 13:20
Claude Duet, in a research preview for U.S. Pro and Max subscribers, sends daily briefs and runs tasks in the background
Meta has committed about $825 billion to future leases and contracts, many tied to AI
22 October 2026 at 13:20
Meta's filing lists $355.73 billion in future leases and $454.52 billion in non-cancelable commitments, mostly for cloud capacity and infrastructure
Huawei secured $2.25 billion offshore loan from Chinese banks as AI chip spending rises
22 October 2026 at 12:40
The seven-year yuan loan from six Chinese lenders is Huawei's first offshore syndicated borrowing since 2020
Meta beat revenue expectations as its Muse AI agent surpassed 10 million users
22 October 2026 at 12:30
Meta forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $73 billion to $76 billion and narrowed its 2026 capital spending range to $135 billion to $145 billion
Swedish legal AI startup Legora raised $550 million at an $8.8 billion valuation
21 October 2026 at 18:50
Annual recurring revenue exceeds $200 million, and the new valuation compares with $5.6 billion at the previous round