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Google’s parent company Alphabet has agreed to acquire data center and clean energy developer Intersect Power for $4.75 billion in cash and assuming the company’s debt. The acquisition, announced Monday, will help Alphabet expand power generation capacity alongside new data centers without relying on local power companies that have struggled to meet the demands of AI companies. Ensuring access to the energy to power data centers has become a critical part of training AI models. Alphabet previously held a minority stake in Intersect Power after Google and TPG Rise Climate led an $800 million strategic funding round for the company…

Two weeks after a judge reversed President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking offshore wind energy development, the White House is again suspending leases for five large projects, this time citing concerns about radar interference. “Today’s actions address emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of associated adversarial technologies and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects near population centers on the East Coast,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement Monday. Affected projects include Revolution Wind in Connecticut and Rhode Island, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts, and Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind in New…

The war over the future of Warner Bros. continues, as Paramount Skydance announced Monday a revised all-cash offer for the traditional film studio. The offer includes an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Oracle’s chief backer, billionaire Larry Ellison, to provide tens of billions of dollars in equity financing for the deal. This is the latest move by Ellison’s son, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, to lure the company away from rival streaming giant Netflix. “Larry Ellison has agreed to provide $40.4 billion in equity financing for the offer and an irrevocable personal guarantee against Paramount for damages,” Paramount’s press release on…

Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old cremated remains of at least eight people buried in five urns in Scotland. It is unknown how they died, but it was probably during some kind of catastrophe.Although many Bronze Age burial sites in Scotland have been reused over the years, this discovery is unusual because the newly discovered cremated remains “tell a different story,” researchers write in a new study recently published in the journal Archaeological Reports Online. In this case, the urns were “closely arranged, giving the impression that they had been buried together and left untouched, except for damage caused by modern…

ChatGPT is releasing its own version of Spotify Wrapped. To wit, the OpenAI-owned chatbot is currently rolling out an annual review feature called “Your Year with ChatGPT” to eligible consumers in select markets, including the United States. Other English-speaking markets that will have access to the new service include Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. At launch, the feature will be available to users on Free, Plus, and Pro plans who have the “See saved memories” and “See chat history” options turned on and meet minimum standards for conversational activity, the company told TechCrunch via email. Image credit:…

Imagine this. wake up call On January 2, the phone rang. They are the DevSecOps group and the AppSec group. Critical security vulnerabilities are negatively impacting your business, and your team is desperately trying to find and fix them to protect your data. You probably have scars going back to Log4j, as well as hearing threats from npm attacks, Glassworm, and other recent incidents. With CVEs expected to increase by tens of thousands of units per year, we can imagine the situation will only get worse. What if the problem occurs again? Of course, I’d call my security vendor right…

Imagine this. wake up call On January 2, the phone rang. They are the DevSecOps group and the AppSec group. Critical security vulnerabilities are negatively impacting your business, and your team is desperately trying to find and fix them to protect your data. You probably have scars going back to Log4j, as well as hearing threats from npm attacks, Glassworm, and other recent incidents. With CVEs expected to increase by tens of thousands of units per year, we can imagine the situation will only get worse. What if the problem occurs again? Of course, I’d call my security vendor right…

Tori Bruno, CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance, has resigned after 12 years “to pursue new opportunities,” the company said. “We appreciate Conservative Party’s contributions to ULA and the country, and we are grateful for his leadership,” United Launch Alliance President Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears said in a statement. Bruno’s resignation comes as emerging private spaceflight companies increasingly dominate the launch market. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has dramatically increased its launch pace in recent years, and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is looking like a more serious player after the near-success of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket’s first mission. Now…

While a shaker, some mixing tools, and ice are enough to get the job done, modern technology has made it possible to invent some impressive gadgets to up your at-home bartending game. From machines that prepare cocktails in seconds to smart coasters that guarantee a perfect pour, here’s an overview of some devices you should consider adding to your bar. Baltesian Cocktail Maker – $349 Image credit: Bartesian Pressing a button to summon a cocktail may sound like something out of science fiction, but it already exists. Bartesian’s Cocktail Maker is one of the most popular robot bartenders on the…

For half a century, the iconic “Lucy” fossil species, Australopithecus afarensis, has held the title of being the most likely direct ancestor of all humans.However, as the list of ancient human relatives grew and more fossils were discovered, Lucy’s position became increasingly questionable. Now, a major paper published last month in the journal Nature could completely overturn that theory, some scientists say.They argue that, given new evidence, an older species, Australopithecus anamensis, rather than Lucy, is our direct ancestor. you may like The proposal revealed sharp disagreements on the ground. Some say that A. anamensis is our direct ancestor, while…