Microsoft released its 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report showing that last year it matched its entire electricity consumption with renewable energy. “The bad news is it also increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25%” — mostly due to datacenter construction and a decision to stop purchasing some renewable energy certificates: In Read more…
Which jobs are most threatened by AI? “Programmers, software engineers and other tech industry employees,” goes one common answer. “But many economists are more concerned about a different, larger group of white-collar workers,” customer service reps, bookkeepers, payroll clerks and HR specialists, “who fly under the radar but collectively account Read more…
America is facing what’s projected to become the largest labor shortage in its history. Economists warn that the worsening labor problem, due in part to a skills shortage and population shifts, will be vast and reach beyond tech. It “could hobble the American economy for years to come,” predicts the Read more…
“Are you armed?!” the police officer screamed. “Get out of the car!” A writer for the car-news site The Drive describes how “a technological chain linking surveillance cameras, AI, and law enforcement… led to me and my wife being surrounded by police, hands on their guns, in a Kohl’s parking Read more…
The European Union is ramping up pressure on Meta to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram after the European Commission preliminarily found that features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and highly personalized content recommendations were addictive. On Thursday, the EC said its investigation indicated that “Meta did not adequately assess Read more…
Meta has filed a patent for a system that records your voice and surroundings all day, then uses an AI to analyse your mood. The patent’s stated, theoretical goal is for Meta, a company that makes billions of dollars targeting ads at its users based on their data, is to Read more…
Google says the World Cup drove Search to its highest usage in history, with queries per second peaking right after Argentina’s winning goal against Egypt. CNBC reports: The milestone comes as the company tries to prove its traditional search engine can keep its relevance in the age of AI, where Read more…