A computer science degree used to be a golden ticket to the promised land of jobs, that’s no longer the case. The article notes that in the last three years there’s been a 65% drop from companies seeking workers with two years of experience or less (according to an analysis Read more…
No wonder Google is desperate for more power: The company’s data centers more than doubled their electricity use in just four years. The eye-popping stat comes from Google’s most recent sustainability report, which it released late last week. In 2024, Google data centers used 30.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity. That’s Read more…
Google has signed a deal to purchase 200 megawatts of future fusion energy from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, despite the energy source not yet existing. “It’s a sign of how hungry big tech companies are for a virtually unlimited source of clean power that is still years away,” reports CNN. Google Read more…
Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system achieved 80% accuracy in diagnosing patients compared to 20% for human doctors, while reducing costs by 20%, according to company research published Monday. The MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator queries multiple leading AI models including OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, Meta’s Llama, and xAI’s Grok in Read more…
Seven people have now received Neuralink’s N1 brain implant, which enables individuals with ALS or spinal cord injuries to control a computer with their thoughts. In a February 2025 update, Neuralink confirmed that three people had received its brain-computer interface (BCI). That increased to five by June, when it also Read more…
Accenture is facing mounting challenges as AI threatens to disrupt the consulting industry the company helped build. The Dublin-based firm, which made its fortune advising clients on adapting to new technologies from the internet to cloud computing, now confronts the same predicament as generative AI reshapes business operations. The company’s Read more…
Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff said Thursday his company has automated a significant chunk of work with AI, another example of a firm touting labor-replacing potential of the emerging technology. “AI is doing 30% to 50% of the work at Salesforce now,” Benioff said in an interview, pointing at job Read more…