4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (359+ words) Over 500 localities across 39 states have imposed restrictions on new data center construction as polls show most Americans don't want them nearby The AI boom needs electricity. Lots of it. And the communities being asked to supply that power are increasingly…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (545+ words) The standalone AI agent app lets users book travel, manage emails, and make purchases, with a tiered pricing model starting at free. Meta’s new standalone AI app, Muse, hit the number 4 spot on the App Store within its first 24 hours....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (325+ words) The AI search company's new embedding models and serving engine tackle the economics of running hundreds of millions of queries per month. Perplexity AI logo, trademark of Perplexity AI, Inc.; logo file public domain on Wikimedia Commons (recolored to brand…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) A Gallup poll shows 71% of Americans oppose AI data centers near their homes, triggering a wave of legislation that has already stalled $130B in projects. A Gallup poll conducted in March 2026 found that 71% of American adults oppose building an AI data…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (205+ words) Gemini-powered conversational tools let users search emails, draft documents, and organize notes entirely by voice Google just turned its most-used productivity apps into something closer to a personal assistant you can actually talk to. The company announced Gmail Live, Docs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) The second-largest US grid operator wants data centers to prove they won't destabilize the power grid before plugging in The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, better known as MISO, filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on August 28 that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (285+ words) The stablecoin giant's AI research arm built lightweight translation models that run on-device and cover 19 underserved African languages The models are tiny. We’re talking 21 to 35 MB per language pair, small enough to run directly on a phone without ever pinging…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (249+ words) The service is designed to handle automated routing, cloud connectivity, encryption, resiliency, and failover through a single platform. At its core, Equinix Fabric One is what the company calls a “managed any-to-any connectivity service.” It lets enterprises connect their various…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) The three services cross the 45 million monthly user threshold, triggering the EU's most stringent online platform regulations and potential fines of up to 6% of global revenue The European Commission formally designated OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox under the EU’s Digital…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (320+ words) Community groups across 49 states are organizing against AI infrastructure buildouts, forcing tech giants to rethink their expansion playbooks At least 48 data center projects worth approximately $156 billion have been blocked or stalled due to local opposition, according to tracking by Data…...