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The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is fueling unprecedented demand for data centers vast facilities that process and store the world’s digital information. But as these centers multiply across the globe, their growing appetite for electricity and land is creating new environmental and logistical challenges. Now, several organizations are looking skyward for a solution building … Read more
An hours long outage at Amazon Web Services early Monday caused widespread disruption to websites and applications worldwide, prompting social media users to flood the internet with apocalyptic humor. The outage, which began around 3 am Eastern Time, impacted major platforms including Roblox, Snapchat, Ring, Hulu, Venmo, Coinbase, and Microsoft 365 before services gradually returned … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX reached a historic milestone Sunday, launching its 10,000th Starlink internet satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO), a significant achievement in the company’s ambitious plan to blanket the globe with high speed internet coverage. The company launched 56 additional satellites aboard two separate Falcon 9 rockets, marking its 132nd orbital mission … Read more
NEW YORK — A major AWS outage early Monday disrupted several popular online platforms, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and other cloud based services. The failure, traced to Amazon Web Services’ US EAST 1 region, caused widespread connectivity issues and increased error rates across numerous digital networks worldwide. According to Amazon’s official AWS Service Health … Read more
THE HAGUE — Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said Sunday he will meet with a senior Chinese official within days to discuss the deepening Nexperia chipmaker dispute, a clash that has unsettled global auto supply chains and added a new strain to Europe’s complex relationship with Beijing. Karremans told the Dutch TV program Buitenhof that … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream G700 private jets for Secretary Kristi Noem and senior officials at a total cost of $172 million, raising new questions about spending priorities within the agency. Documents reviewed by The New York Times and publicly available on a federal procurement site confirm that the … Read more
NEW YORK — New York state regulators have approved a new underground transmission line to supply power to Micron Technology’s proposed $100 billion semiconductor manufacturing complex in Onondaga County, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. The two mile, 345 kilovolt transmission line will connect the existing Clay substation to the site of Micron’s planned megafab, marking … Read more
NEW YORK — The PlayStation Network (PSN) experienced widespread outages across the United States on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users unable to log in, access multiplayer features, or launch digital games. According to DownDetector, a website that tracks online service interruptions, the outage reports surged shortly after 6 pm Eastern Time, affecting players coast to … Read more
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s latest trip to China this week became a centerpiece for the company’s regional marketing efforts, aligning with the long awaited debut of the iPhone Air. His visit came just as China’s top three telecommunications providers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom secured government approval to begin commercial trials for … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Cloud Infrastructure announced Tuesday that it will deploy 50,000 artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices beginning in the second half of 2026, marking one of the largest single AI hardware investments outside of Nvidia’s ecosystem. The move highlights a growing willingness among cloud providers to diversify away from Nvidia’s dominant … Read more
