Most global data centers are built in unsuitable climates, straining cooling, energy, and infrastructure as AI and cloud demand rise.

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PLUS: Texas sues alleged TV spies; The Cloud is full of holes; Hospital leaked its own data; And more Infosec In Brief Google will soon end its Dark Web Report, an email service that alerts users when their personal information appears on the internets dark underbelly.

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland wonders if "gifts for geeks" is the next big consumer demographic: For this year's holiday celebrations, Hallmark made a special Christmas tree ornament, a tiny monitor displaying screens from the classic video game "Oregon Trail." ("Recall the fun of leading a team of oxen and a wagon loaded with provisions from Missouri to the West....") Top sites and major brands are now targeting the "tech" demographic including programmers, sysadmins and even vintage ..

Quilters AI designed a Linux computer with 843 components in one week, reducing human workload and accelerating mini PC innovation.

WhatsApp GhostPairing attacks let hackers hijack accounts using device- linking, exposing messages and media while bypassing authentication completely.

"On Saturday, videos shared widely on social media showed Waymo vehicles stopped mid-intersection with hazard lights flashing, forcing other cars to maneuver around them," reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The Independent notes that "Without working traffic lights, the driverless cars were seemingly left confused, with many halting in their tracks and causing major traffic jams. Local riders and pedestrians shared photos and videos of the vehicles stuck at intersections with long lines of ..

OpenAI gave its AI chatbot a professional makeover with the latest GPT-5.2 release , and some users are already complaining about its tone. For anyone who's finding ChatGPT rude or sassy, OpenAI has some welcome news since it's letting users further customize its personality with extra warmth or enthusiasm. You can now adjust specific characteristics in ChatGPT, like warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use. Now available in your "Personalization" settings. pic.twitter.com/7WSkOQVTKU OpenAI (@OpenAI) ..

"Perhaps no group of fans, industry workers, and consumers is more intense about AI use than gamers...." writes New York magazine's "Intelligencer" column: Just this month, the latest Postal game was axed by its publisher, which was "overwhelmed with negative responses" from the "concerned Postal community" after fans spotted AI-generated material in the game's trailer. The developers of Arc Raiders were accused of using AI instead of voice actors, leading to calls for boycotts, while the ..

US senators challenge tech giants over rising electricity bills as AI data centers strain grids and shift infrastructure costs onto consumers.

As power outages spread Saturday, videos shared on social media appeared to show multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in traffic in different parts of San Francisco.

With 10 days remaining of the year 2025, we have the very familiar sight of Samsung Galaxy A56 topping our trending chart. Behind it, however, is a fresh new face in the newly announced OnePlus 15R. The Galaxy S25 Ultra rose two spots to complete the penultimate podium of the year. [#InlinePriceWidget, 14358, 1#] That means the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max finds itself in fourth this time around, while the OnePlus 15 retained its fifth position. The Galaxy A17 is also where we left it last week - ..

The grocery delivery service Instacart will pay $60 million to consumers in an FTC settlement.

An anonymous reader shared this report from the site It's FOSS: Linux gives you plenty of ways to install software: native distro packages, Flatpak, Snap, AppImage, source builds, even curl-piped installers. The catch is that each one solves a different problem, yet none of them fully eliminates the "works here, breaks there" reality across all distros. Package Forge (PkgForge) is a new project with a narrower mission: deliver truly distro-independent portable applications that run the same way ..

There may not be any reports of stick drift with the ROG Xbox Ally yet, but that doesn't mean there won't be. If you'd rather not end up with joysticks that have a mind of their own, GuliKit revealed its latest TMR Electromagnet Joystick Modules made specifically for your Xbox handheld. GuliKit said it worked directly with Asus to develop these joystick upgrades, which match the exact dimensions of the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X's stock sticks. The aftermarket accessories company previously ..

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Last September, tech-backed nonprofit Code.org pledged to engage 25 million K-12 schoolchildren in an "Hour of AI" this school year. Preliminary numbers released this week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition showed that [halfway through the five-day event Computer Science Education Week] 13.1 million users had participated in the inaugural Hour of AI, attaining 52.4% of its goal of 25 million participants. In a pivot from coding to AI literacy, the Hour ..

Waymo suspended service of its self-driving cars amid a blackout that hit a third of San Francisco residents Saturday night.

What is the future of work? The Wall Street Journal asked five workplace experts and practitioners. So while AI "is already doing tasks once relegated to newly minted college graduates in many professions," the Journal predicts that in the next 20 years AI "will have an impact on the role of managers, how organizations measure business outcomes and accelerate tasks that once took months." A senior partner at the consulting firm Mercer predicts AI (plus advances in quantum computing) will enable ..

Several of Waymo's autonomous vehicles were seen stuck in the middle of San Francisco streets following a significant power outage that took out the city's traffic lights. Waymo responded to the power outage by suspending its ride-hailing services in the city, but images and videos on social media showed the self-driving taxis stopped at intersections with hazard lights on. "We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power ..

NIST has warned that several of its Internet Time Service servers could be providing inaccurate time following a failure of the primary atomic time scale at its Boulder, Colorado campus.

IMEC has successfully demonstrated the full wafer-scale fabrication of nanopores using ASMLs state-of-the-art extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines.

"In the lead up to its Switch 2 console release, Nintendo updated its user agreement," writes the Free Software Foundation, warning that Nintendo now claims "broad authority to make consoles owned by its customers permanently unusable." "Under Nintendo's most aggressive digital restrictions management (DRM) update to date, game console owners are now required to give Nintendo the unilateral right to revoke access to games, security updates, and the Internet, at its sole discretion." The new ..

Xiaomi's Redmi Note 15 series is now out globally, and we've also got the entry-level model in the series in for review! Let's unbox the Redmi Note 15 (the 4G only model). It has the slowest charger in the lineup at 33W. The retail box also has a case and a USB-A to USB-C cable. Redmi Note 15 comes in Glacier Blue, Purple, Forest Green, and Black colors and starts at 229/179 for the 6/128GB trim. Here's a quick video explainer about the five-phone Redmi Note 15 series and how it differs. ..

Mozilla pada minggu ini telah melantik Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) baharu yang akan menerajui perkembangan syarikat berkenaan untuk fasa seterusnya. CEO baharu Mozilla ini adalah Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, sebelum ini merupakan pengurus di Firefox. Dibawah teraju baru ini, beliau merancang untuk terus memperluaskan produk ekosistem dibawah Firefox dan Mozilla dengan pelbagai ciri-ciri yang dikuasakan kecerdasan buatan []

The ABS Flux II Aqua Gaming PC is on sale for $999.99, slashing $400 off its regular price. This pre-built comes with an Intel Core i5-14400F, an RTX 5060, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM.

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC: The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new initiative dubbed the "U.S. Tech Force," comprising about 1,000 engineers and other specialists who will work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects throughout the federal government. Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in "collaboration with leading technology companies," according to ..

Ars Technica took four popular coding agents available today and asked them to make a Minesweeper clone, to see which one comes out on top. OpenAI's Codex produced the closest to a ready-to-shop version, while Mistral and Anthropic both performed respectably well. It was Google's Gemini that just completely gave up.

Market research firm IDC released updated forecasts for the PC market, saying that it could contract by 8.9%, with prices jumping up to 8%, if the memory shortage continues.

2025 is almost done, as we recap the penultimate week of the year! Xiaomi's entire Redmi Note 15 series launched globally. The OnePlus 15R was also officially unveiled with full details. It packs a mammoth 7,400mAh battery (though it's smaller than the Ace 6T's absolute unit of an 8,300mAh battery), and 80W charging. It has a 6.83-icnh AMOLED with a FHD+ resolution and a 165Hz variable refresh rate. The phone packs the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 with 12GB of LPDDR5X Ultra RAM, and either 256GB ..

Apple really wants its folding iPhone to be free from creases, and it may not have quite got there yet.

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships final in Las Vegas has been won by Irishman Diarmuid Early.

AI became my new endless doom-scroll without me noticing.

Sales of Microsoft's Xbox Series S and Series X are even behind the original Nintendo Switch, which launched in 2017.

As the continent's best players gather in Morocco, here's how to watch Africa Cup of Nations 2025 live streams online from anywhere and for free.

If you have a short attention span and money to blow, the RayNeo X3 Pro might be up your alley, as it's expensive and has short battery life.

TOKYO, Dec 21 A drone school in north-eastern Japan is developing a new system that uses drones and artificial i...

Executives and founders were sold on the idea that social media is good for business. But they're learning the hard way that it's not all it's cracked up to be.

The Switch 2's Game-Key Card controversy has a burning new development, and we might finally have a middleground between expensive 64 GB Game Cards and digital-only releases. Smaller capacity cartridges, such as 16 or 32 GB, are reportedly in production but industry-wide shortages might disrupt their adoption and make them more expensive.