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Campaigners and protesters lobbied outside Microsoft's Brussels office after the company pulled support for Windows 10, calling its ESU program a "snooze button". Instead, they want Microsoft to continue providing free, automatic Windows 10 security updates until 2030.

AI datacenters are driving up U.S. power demand and boosting coal generation by nearly 20%, but while nuclear plants supply the steady output needed for long training runs, coal and renewables mainly serve to stabilize the grid and absorb the sharp, unpredictable power spikes from AI workloads.

Personal and health information was apparently stolen but no one knows yet - by whom.

Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL) has reportedly eliminated more than 350 positions across California and Washington this week, according to state employment records, despite the database giant’s stock trading near all-time highs at $223.45.