Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of peak demand, the company said on March 19, in its ...

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...

‘Expert Review’ AI agents make suggestions supposedly inspired by subject matter experts, including several staff members here at The Verge. ‘Expert Review’ AI agents make suggestions supposedly ...

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

With so much data stored on ephemeral mediums like hard drives and magnetic tape, what will remain of our civilization in the millennia to come? Thanks to an innovation from Microsoft researchers, the ...

Meta struck a massive chip deal with Nvidia that includes new standalone CPUs and next-generation GPUs and Vera Rubin rack-scale systems. The social media giant will also use Nvidia for networking ...

Companies in most industries are investing heavily in artificial intelligence: 88% of companies reporting regular AI use. Yet many leaders report familiar frustrations. AI adoption stalls. Performance ...

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...

On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with Anthropic’s chatbot system. Users can control what specific data they want to share, and access ...