DATA VAMPIRES is a four-part series exploring the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build more.
In Part 2, we visit some of the communities on the front line of the data center binge and learn why they’re pushing back.
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On Thursday, Elon Musk claimed Tesla’s Optimus robot was rapidly advancing then had them engage with his gullible cult fans and work the bar.
But the robots were being remotely controlled by Tesla employees using haptic suits.
Elon Musk has been promising a transport revolution for a decade.
His Cybercab event repeated a ton of the lines he’s used to justify those failed projects over the years, with no concrete details for how he’ll realize the robotaxi one either. There’s no reason to believe he’ll deliver.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been going on for a year. In the process, it has turned the area into a laboratory for future warfare.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Spencer Ackerman to reflect on the past year and the new weapons tech deployed by Israel.
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DATA VAMPIRES is a special four-part series digging into the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build so many more.
In Part 1, we explore where “the cloud” came from and how it expands the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
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Around the world, Uber is slashing its drivers earnings so it can claim to be profitable.
It’s using tech to find out which drivers are desperate enough to accept lower pay for trips and continuing to fight to make sure they’re contractors, not employees.
Another way the US forces its allies into dependence on its tech firms:
Canada is buying a ton of new military equipment to align with the US, but that also requires a “secure cloud network” it would have to hire a company like Amazon to build (which Australia just did).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/data-cloud-aukus-canada-united-states-australia-1.7341555
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Coding is being positioned as place where generative AI is going to have a huge impact.
But a new study of 800 developers found GitHub Copilot did little to improve productivity, while introducing 41% more bugs into the code.
