The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers — and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online? A new study byContinue Reading
Garuda Linux has started nudging its userbase toward Nix. The distro’s maintainers have just renamed the Garuda Nix Subsystem to Garuda Nix , and you will find that the move is more nuanced than something purely cosmetic. What used to be a side project for dual-booting NixOS is now alsoContinue Reading
Ubuntu 26.10 is changing what your machine kills when memory runs out. Applications are meant to go first, and the services that hold the session together now sit behind them. Thirty-nine of those services move to an OOM score of -500, with GNOME Shell and two D-Bus services among them.Continue Reading
Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years, Read MoreContinue Reading
The foreign aid landscape has changed dramatically since U.S. President Traitor 47’s administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, once the world’s largest humanitarian donor, Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia is buying a further $1.5B of SB Energy shares at 90% of the price of the data centre developer’s coming US listing, taking its total backing to $3B. SB Energy has 8.8 gigawatts in contract or under construction in Texas and Ohio, while its parent’s European capacity is not due before 2031…Continue Reading
Image: Chris McLoughlin / Getty Images What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Have you thought about the environmental implications? Do you care? On this episode of Ask Us Anything, Popular Science editors Sarah Durn and Laura Baisas discuss the most eco-friendly burial options. And, as it turns out, theContinue Reading
$50B Per Year SpaceX Deal is $75B More than Waiting for Data Centers in 1 Year. There is an AI gold rush which is why SpaceX and its customers will win. OpenAI signed the Oracle $300 billion five year deal because that is the plan B they can afford. Waiting for Compute Because They HaveContinue Reading
Federal legislation could reshape how utilities finance generation and grid upgrades for hyperscale projects as regulators confront the risks of uncertain future electricity demand forecasts…Continue Reading
Deep-sea mining may generate sediment plumes, destroy habitats and reduce the biodiversity that cascades through the food chain, placing fisherfolk in the middle of an uncertain ocean economy…Continue Reading
Stand on the damp sand on a California beach and chances are you’re standing on top of an active earthworks site. Sand hoppers (Megalorchestia spp.), the tiny, shrimp-like creatures commonly found eating away at kelp on the shore, have been found to move massive amounts of sand…Continue Reading
When French photojournalist Laffont immigrated to the United States, he began documenting the country’s countercultures. In Rebels With a Cause, a collection of images from the 196srcs to the 198srcs, Laffont, 91, turns his lens on protests, the women’s liberation movement, early LGBTQ+ culture, street gangs…Continue Reading
Influencers Logan and Jake Paul visited the Pentagon and addressed US troops, praising them for serving the country., NewsFeed Influencers Jake and Logan Paul visited the Pentagon and addressed US troops last week, praising them for serving the country. It isn’t clear who invited them, but they met Defense SecretaryContinue Reading