Google is testing a new feature that may speed up page-loading times on both Android and iOS devices. The change is coming to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers, the latter of which includes Firefox, ...

Google’s Android chief Sameer Samat spoke at MWC 2026, addressing Android 17 and sideloading concerns. Android 17 is shifting from a traditional OS to an “intelligent system,” with Gemini handling ...

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The booming data center industry faces growing pushback from communities and politicians. Industry executives worry that there hasn't been a coordinated response to its image problems. As states ...

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro watches warmups before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum ...

Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of US homes—but that massive ...

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 ...

U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation's ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That's ...

Anyone who has used an Android phone with a mobile service plan in the last nine years could be eligible for a payout. Anna Gragert Senior Editor, Health and Home Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was ...

NAACP sued Elon Musk's xAI, alleging Clean Air Act violations from the company's use of natural gas-burning turbines to power its data centers. XAI is building out its data infrastructure primarily ...

Maine is set to pass a bill pausing new data centers until late 2027. Data centers face growing public resistance over environmental and infrastructure concerns. Maine's vote could mark the first-ever ...

The former Androscoggin Mill at 300 Riley Road in Jay is seen in April. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) The Maine Legislature on Tuesday passed a controversial measure temporarily prohibiting new ...