Data centers are expected to use one-fifth of the electricity generated in the US by 2035, four times more than today, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. The report predicts that an increase in AI computing will increase data center capacity to nearly 200 gigawatts over the next decade. Nearly half of that capacity
On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google’s “workhorse model” that promises improved capabilities in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17%, making it cheaper than its predecessor 3.5 Flash. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the most cost-effective
Instagram announced Tuesday that users can now swap music in their published posts and carousels. Until now, users could only change the music in a post by deleting it and then re-uploading it. With the newly launched “Replace Audio” tool, users can update their post’s music at any time while keeping the post’s existing likes,
Kaiwei Tang helped create the iconic Motorola Razr more than 20 years ago. Now, 10 years after creating Light, the startup behind the minimalist smartphone alternative Light Phone, he’s as surprised as anyone that his customers are asking for a foldable phone. “We’ve been interviewing young people who use foldable phones for a few years,”
Incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed that the UK government is scrapping a controversial digital ID card system announced last year by the country’s previous leader. The Burnham administration said savings from the discarded ID card program will fund a tax cut aimed at reducing household electricity bills amid rising cost of living.
There is a new A pair of cameraless smart glasses in the city: the Halliday G2, designed for listening to workplace meetings, absorbing what’s happening and summarizing all the interesting parts, as if they were always-listening wearable devices. Halliday says the microphones can be turned on for meetings, using AI voice commands, or making phone
