The world uses a lot of copper, but thanks to the energy transition and data centers, it’ll need a lot more. Between now and 2050, we’ll have to produce more copper than has been mined throughout all of human history, according to one study. A lot of that copper ends up in the electrical grid,…
Proton, the privacy-focused productivity app company, released a public AI chatbot, Lumo, last year. On Tuesday, the chatbot received an upgrade. Lumo 2.0 gives the chatbot a variety of newfound powers including image recognition and image generation capabilities. Users can now upload pictures into Lumo, then use the chatbot to analyze or edit them. Similar…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of “geofence” search warrants, in a major legal ruling that is likely to have broad ramifications for privacy rights and law enforcement across the United States. In the 6-3 ruling, the U.S. top court said that “an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy…
Permitting delays pushed by the Trump administration threaten to derail 92 gigawatts of clean power, even as electricity demand from AI data centers skyrockets. Already, permitting changes and federal funding withdrawals have led to the cancellation of 7 gigawatts of generating capacity on federal land in 2025, according to a new study from consulting firm…
What about if we wipe out manufacturing jobs in America? You assume that is a good suggestion? No, Bernie, I do not assume that is a good suggestion. Ought to your child get attached with an AI bot? No, Bernie, that is harmful. I am scared about that. What about having your privateness utterly invaded?…
Meta AI just introduced Brain2Qwerty v2. It decodes natural sentences from non-invasive brain recordings in real time. The system reads magnetoencephalography (MEG) signals while a person types. It reconstructs what they typed, with no implant and no surgery. This is the follow-up to Brain2Qwerty v1, released in February 2025. Meta is also releasing the full…
When AI agents begin working for people — and increasingly for one another — they will need a way to find jobs, pay for services, and build trust. Crypto exchange OKX is betting that future is closer than many expect, launching a marketplace where AI agents can hire one another, settle payments autonomously, and build…
Cursor isn’t letting the $60 billion SpaceX acquisition slow it down. On Monday, the company announced a new app called Cursor Mobile, designed for users who want to prompt coding agents directly from their phone. The app ties into the Cursor 2.0 changes unveiled in October, which shifted the service toward independent coding agents. With…
The world’s two largest memory chip companies plan to invest $518 billion (~800 trillion won) to build four new memory fabs in southwestern South Korea, a region that has historically attracted little semiconductor investment. The announcement is part of the country’s sweeping national investment plan spanning semiconductors, AI data centers, and physical AI, which was…
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Anthropic have made a deal that allows California government agencies to use Claude at a discounted price. This agreement comes at a time when businesses are struggling to manage the hefty costs of enterprise subscriptions to AI tools. Under the deal, all state agencies and local governments will have access…
