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Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA Launch AI Energy Management Alliance for Flexible Data Centers
Three companies at the center of the artificial intelligence buildout â Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA â have announced the formation of the AI Energy Management Alliance, a new industry group focused on making AI data centers more flexible consumers of electricity. The alliance, unveiled Wednesday, is aimed at advancing what its founders describe as…
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Science Needs Failure — And the Systems That Fund It Rarely Admit That
The experiments that don’t work are still doing work Ask most people to picture science and they will imagine a breakthrough: a discovery announced, a prize awarded, a headline declaring that something long suspected has finally been proved. What that picture leaves out is the overwhelming majority of scientific labour â the runs that produce…
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Google Makes Its Case for AI That Accelerates Science and Improves Lives
Google has published a new post on its official blog outlining how it sees artificial intelligence being put to work in the service of scientific discovery and everyday human wellbeing. Titled “Building AI to accelerate science and improve lives,” the piece frames the company’s research and product strategy around a single argument: that the most…
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HKMA Raises Base Rate to 4.25% in First Hike Since 2023
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Lifts Base Rate to 4.25% in First Hike Since 2023 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) raised its base rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%, marking the first increase in the city’s benchmark borrowing cost since 2023 and interrupting a run of cuts and holds that had defined monetary policy…
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Campaign Records Show $37 Million Cash Gap Between Shapiro and Garrity
Campaign Finance Reports Reveal $37 Million Cash Gap in Pennsylvania Governor’s Race Newly filed campaign finance records show a yawning financial divide in Pennsylvania’s race for governor, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro holding roughly $37 million more cash on hand than his Republican challenger, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity. The disparity, disclosed in the latest round…
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Cherry Grove Cookie Business Owner and North Myrtle Beach Clash Over Home Sales Rules
A home-based cookie business in the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach has found itself in a dispute with city officials over what the owner is allowed to sell â and where â under local rules governing businesses operated out of a residence. The disagreement centers on a familiar tension in beach communities across…
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Steven Bartlett Bets Up to $400 Million on a New Generation of Star Creators
Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and podcaster behind “The Diary of a CEO,” is preparing to deploy as much as $400 million to build what he describes as a new generation of star creators, according to a report from Business Insider. The move marks one of the largest single bets yet placed on the creator economy…
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5 Free Microsoft GitHub Courses to Learn Data Science and AI
Learning data science and artificial intelligence has never required a tuition bill, but it has often required patience for sifting through scattered blog posts and half-finished tutorials. Microsoft has been quietly chipping away at that problem by publishing full curricula on GitHub, free and open to anyone with a browser and some spare evenings. A…
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Vandalism Hits Montreal AI Research Centre and Company Days Before International Summit
A research centre and an artificial intelligence company in Montreal were vandalized in the lead-up to a major international AI summit set to take place in the city, according to a CBC report published Wednesday. The incidents come as Montreal prepares to host delegates, researchers, executives and policymakers for a gathering focused on the future…
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Bill Gates Warns Future Tech Will Favor Those Who Can Pay — Foundation Pledges $1 Billion
Bill Gates has spent much of the past decade arguing that innovation is only as valuable as its reach. Now the Microsoft co-founder is sounding a sharper warning: the next wave of technology, he says, risks benefiting those who can afford it first â and everyone else much later, if at all. To counter that,…