‘Basic’ Director Chelsea Devantez Unpacks Portraying Social Media “Without Having A Split Screen” – SXSW Studio

Chelsea Devantez talks portraying social media differently in her new film 'Basic,' which premiered at SXSW Film Festival ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
Reuters

Microsoft exploring using advanced power lines to make data centers more energy-efficient

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...
WHYY

How much water do data centers use? One in Delaware City could use up to 20 million gallons a year

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...
Computer Weekly

NTT Data deepens Middle East cloud push with acquisition of UAE-based Zero&One

The acquisition of Dubai-headquartered cloud consultancy Zero&One by global IT services provider NTT Data is the latest signal of accelerating investment in the UAE’s technology ecosystem, as ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
CNET

Starlink Is Using Your Personal Data to Train AI. Here’s How to Opt Out

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...
FedScoop

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
Morningstar

US Signal Expands Data Center Footprint with Acquisition of New Facility in Aurora, IL, Launches Immediate Capacity and Cloud Investment

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- US Signal, a leading national provider of network, data center, and cloud infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of a new data center in ...
TechCrunch

AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others

AI data-labeling startup Handshake has acquired data label-auditing startup Cleanlab, the companies tell TechCrunch. Handshake began in 2013 as a platform for hiring college grads and launched a human ...