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Android phone users can now claim their portion of a class-action settlement connected to Google's collection of their data. The lawsuit, Taylor v. Google LLC, alleged that Google needlessly collected ...

When Scooter Mangold first heard how much water Microsoft’s data center engineers were requesting from his Central Texas water company, he didn’t just say no. “I told them they’d lost their minds,” ...

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...

HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM, April 8 (Reuters) - TikTok plans to invest 1 ‌billion euros ($1.16 billion) to build a second data centre in Finland in less than a year as it moves data storage for European users ...

Maine is poised to become the first state to pass a temporary ban on data center construction after a measure was approved by both chambers of the state legislature. Similar bills have been introduced ...

Smart people and companies fall into a common trap when it comes to AI: the false belief that adding a layer of AI on top of their current processes will hide rather than reveal a multitude of past ...

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If you got a sketchy text last year about an unpaid toll or parking ticket, you weren't alone. Those DMV and E-ZPass phishing scams swept across the country in 2025, targeting drivers in states like ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

The United States has more than 3,000 operational data centers, and that number is expected to grow substantially in the years ahead. More than 1,500 new data centers are in various stages of ...