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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.

A researcher claims a DOGE employee was compromised four times but some security pros disagree.

At Meta's LlamaCon, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stunned Mark Zuckerberg by announcing that AI already writes 20-30% of Microsoft's code.

IBM tells US Cloud and sales staff to work from the office at least three days per week.

A startup is developing a laser-based cooling system using ultrapure gallium arsenide plates to target chip hotspots, but at high costs.

Worried about the impacts of global trade tariffs, Microsoft has paused plans to build three US data center campuses.

Oracle is apparently sending out breach notifications to affected customers

IBM is laying off thousands of employees across multiple U.S. locations, heavily impacting its Cloud Classic division.