Meta has struck a new deal with geothermal startup XGS Energy to supply 150 megawatts of carbon-free electricity for its New Mexico data center. “Advances in AI require continued energy to support infrastructure development,” Urvi Parekh, global head of energy at Meta, said in a press release. “With next-generation geothermal Read more…
Japan must stop being overly optimistic about how quickly its population is going to shrink, economists have warned, as births plunge at a pace far ahead of core estimates. Japan this month said there were a total of 686,000 Japanese births in 2024, falling below 700,000 for the first time Read more…
A dating site launched last week by Belgian artist Dries Depoorter matches potential partners based on their internet browsing histories rather than curated profiles or photos. Browser Dating requires users to download a Chrome or Firefox extension that exports and uploads their recent search data, creating matches based on shared Read more…
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has captured the first-ever images of the sun’s poles by tilting its orbit out of the ecliptic plane. The captured images of the solar south pole were taken between March 16 and 17, 2025, with the Solar Orbiter’s Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI), Extreme Read more…
South Asia has warmed far more slowly than the rest of the world over the past four decades with temperatures rising just 0.09C per decade compared to 0.30C elsewhere on land. Scientists believe this “warming hole” results from two factors that have masked the true impact of global warming: heavy Read more…