The US government has declined to add Chinese AI firm DeepSeek to its trade blacklists despite documented national security concerns, state-level bans, and congressional legislation. Federal officials…
Coherent broke ground on an expanded manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, to scale production of indium phosphide wafers for AI optical interconnects. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Coherent CEO Jim…
Google launched Brazos, a rack-mounted liquid cooling system designed for AI chips drawing over 1,000 watts, capable of handling 60kW per rack. The closed-loop solution can be deployed in existing air…
KFC announced a global brand refresh including new menu items, redesigned restaurants, and an updated logo as part of its 'next chapter' strategy to strengthen its position in the competitive chicken …
Bloom Energy's 2026 Data Center Power Report projects AI data center capacity will grow from 13% to 23% of new additions by 2030, driven by grid delays and power availability concerns. The survey find…
A former EMS worker with a traumatic brain injury accuses the entire AI industry of abandoning its safety mission, claiming repeated attempts to present alignment concerns to organizations like LessWr…
Grassroots opposition groups have blocked or delayed at least 75 AI data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruption for all of 2025. The number of o…
PepsiCo announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Gatik AI Inc. to deploy autonomous freight trucks across its North American supply chain. Gatik's autonomous trucks will operate in PepsiCo's …
A YouTube channel impersonating retired U.S. Army General Ben Hodges has published 14 AI-narrated videos in the past three weeks, generating 340,000 views under a template description that leaves a bu…
A developer created regime-bench, a benchmark to detect object-level misalignment in AI platforms by testing scenarios where a user requests help that would go against current US regime politics. The …
Hut 8 subsidiary Beacon Point DC LLC priced $4.25 billion in senior secured notes to fund a 352 MW AI data center campus in Nueces County, Texas. The 6.129% notes mature in 2042 and are backed by a 15…
Quantitative trading firm Jane Street is building and independently financing its own data center, signaling a major escalation in the race for compute power amid surging AI demand. The move follows a…
Apple began enforcing age verification and parental consent requirements for new App Store accounts in Texas on June 4, complying with the state's App Store Accountability Act (Senate Bill 2420). The …
Amazon was sued Monday over the facial-recognition feature in its Ring doorbells, with a Virginia resident alleging the "Familiar Faces" setting captures and stores images of passersby without their p…
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell have introduced a bill containing provisions that could curb the power of the Big Ten and SEC conferences. The legislation targets the growing influence of the two…
Eight new state data privacy laws taking effect in 2025 will impact businesses nationwide, regardless of location, as state attorneys general escalate enforcement actions. California, Texas, and other…
New peer-reviewed research from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon projects that AI and data center growth could drive up U.S. electricity costs by 57% in some regions and 6% to 29% n…
Trane Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a Texas-based data center liquid-cooling specialist, building on a 2023 minority investment. The acquisition brings L…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Republican primary runoff, making Cornyn the first Texas GOP senator to lose a renomination bid. President Donal…
Waymo has paused its autonomous taxi service in four cities—Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston—after its robotaxis repeatedly struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, including an incident …