This Arduino NFC slot scans a DVD case sticker, pairs it with a hard-drive file, and plays the movie at a button press. Use genre-labelled cases to pick movies randomly; press again to skip to another ...

DCF77 is a German VLF transmitting station that broadcasts a time signal across Europe on 77.5 kHz. Thus a common sight in a ...

Merchants have become increasingly skilled at using consumers’ personal data, including their online shopping habits and smartphone use, to calculate an individual’s tolerance for higher prices. Now ...

Data centers, the gigantic buildings that house the computing power behind the artificial intelligence boom, are wildly unpopular. A recent Gallup poll found that 7 in 10 Americans oppose one being ...

The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has ...

The high transmission line that bisects Torrie Martin’s ranch hums subtly. Occasionally the frequency changes to a droning buzz that ends in a pop. “ You can actually hear the power plant right now,” ...

Data centers for AI and other digital use cases are consuming increasing amounts of energy and water, complicating the jobs of policymakers and community planners looking to protect residents’ health ...

US golf courses use 2.08 billion gallons per day. Data centres use 449 million. But one is flat and the other is on an exponential curve. O’Leary compared data centre water use to golf courses. Golf ...

There are two competing schools of thought over just how water-intensive AI is. In one, the technology is horribly thirsty. Data centers will exacerbate droughts throughout the country and “drain the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - City council members gathered for their regular weekly meeting on July 7 with another contentious topic on the docket. The governing body didn’t take any action tonight, but did ...

As Alabama communities weigh proposals for new data centers, concerns about water consumption have become a flashpoint. Yet another major water user often escapes scrutiny: golf courses. A comparison ...

Microsoft MSFT0.65%increase; up pointing triangle, Google and Amazon AMZN 1.94%increase; up pointing triangle are among the tech companies spending an estimated $1 trillion on AI infrastructure this ...