A new Pew Research Center report shows a rebound in daily social media use among US teens aged 13-17. The survey also reveals that nearly two-thirds of teens are now using AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
For decades, decommissioned Cold War bunkers have found a new life housing cloud servers. An anthropologist argues this shift mirrors a fundamental change in our collective anxiety, from nuclear annihilation to catastrophic data loss. These fortified facilities are now marketed as the ultimate physi
Argyll Infrastructure Holdings has secured initial funding and plans a massive capital raise for AI data center campuses in Dunoon and Perth, Scotland. The project aims to position Scotland as a leading European destination for AI computing with a planned £15 billion investment.
A new report from Colliers details how record demand for AI and cloud computing capacity is overwhelming infrastructure. Power shortages, zoning fights, and supply chain issues are causing major project delays and pushing lease rates higher.
Saudi Arabia is looking to build data centers overseas that operate under its own laws, a concept called a data embassy. It’s a creative workaround for its domestic resource shortages as it tries to become an AI hub. But will this diplomatic approach to data actually work at scale?
Uber has launched a new advertising program called Uber Intelligence that lets marketers target users based on granular ride and delivery data. The system, built with LiveRamp, uses a “clean room” to combine advertiser data with insights on where users go and what they eat. This comes as Uber projec
Petco has confirmed a data breach that exposed highly sensitive customer information, including Social Security and driver’s license numbers. The breach stemmed from a misconfigured software setting that made files accessible online. The company serves over 24 million customers, indicating a potenti
IBM is rolling out new features for its Db2 database management console, targeting hybrid cloud and AI. The updates aim to unify control over the 42-year-old system across on-prem, cloud, and containerized deployments.
CyrusOne is massively expanding its in-development data center campus in Bosque County, Texas. New filings reveal plans for three additional buildings, representing over $1.3 billion in new construction and adding hundreds of thousands of square feet of capacity.
AI agents that query your database directly are dangerously inaccurate, reporting different revenue numbers day-to-day. The fix is a semantic layer, but the big debate is whether to build it natively in platforms like Snowflake or use a headless, independent system. The choice defines your AI strate
