President Donald Trump has doubled down on data centers and AI while his MAGA base is running in the opposite direction, according to a Wired report by Molly Taft published September 20, 2026. The spl…
Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather estimated that his average daily use of an AI agent consumed roughly 1.2 to 5.9 kWh of electricity, using token counts as a proxy for energy demand. The key mechanism…
AI agents, large language model-based systems that make autonomous decisions, are driving Silicon Valley's data center power buildout because they consume far more energy than simple chatbot queries, …
ICE has collected DNA from nearly 1 million people this year, including young children, and fed the samples into an FBI criminal database indefinitely, according to a WIRED investigation discussed on …
Nearly half of U.S. House Democrats voted yesterday to eliminate $3.3 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Israel, though the amendment failed 314-104, revealing a party split on U.S.-Israel re…