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Americans could face a 70 percent hike in their electricity bills by 2030 unless action is taken to boost generation and transmission capacity to satisfy an AI-driven surge in demand, according to a new report. Read more at @The Register. #Electricity #Datacenters #AI #Tech #Technology
Anthropic, OpenAI’s close rival, has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to make Amazon Web Services the primary place it will train its flagship generative AI models. Read more at [@Techcrunch]( ). #Anthropic #OpenAI #AI #Amazon #AWS #Tech #Technology
For the U.S. government, it's not so much Chrome's market share that matters as much as how it acts as a powerful fulcrum for Google's other interests. Read more at [@TechRadar]( ). #DOJ #Antitrust #Chrome #Google #Tech #Technology
Malicious hackers have compromised potentially thousands of organizations by exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities found in widely used software made by cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks. Read more at [@Techcrunch]( ). #Cybersecurity #ZeroDay #Hack #Tech #Technology
Meta's Threads has begun rolling out a new feature allowing users to easily build feeds around specific topics or those including certain user profiles. [@Techcrunch]( ) has more. #Meta #Threads #Instagram #X #Twitter #Bluesky #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology
Song recognition service Shazam today announced a major milestone: its users have now identified more than 100 billion songs. The most identified song is Dance Monkey, by Tones and I. Read more at [@9to5mac]( ). #Shazam #Apple #Music #DanceMonkey #Tech #Technology
Google has hit back at a recent DOJ proposal that could see the tech giant forced to sell off Chrome as part of alleged antitrust violations, calling the idea "radical." Read more at [@TechRadar]( ). #Google #DOJ #Antitrust #Monopoly #Chrome #Tech #Technology
Meta is testing a new feature that will allow users to reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Instagram's feed, Reels and Explore section. [@Engadget]( ) has more. #Meta #Instagram #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology
Niantic, the company behind the extremely popular augmented reality mobile games Pokémon Go and Ingress, announced that it is using data collected by its millions of players to create an AI model that can navigate the physical world. Read more at [@404media]( ). #PokemonGo #Ingress #AI #Niantic #Tech #Technology