In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

AI promises a smarter, faster, more efficient future, but beneath that optimism lies a quiet problem that’s getting worse: the data itself. We talk a lot about algorithms, but not enough about the ...

Joanne Orlando receives funding from NSW state government. Sharenting is widespread and persistent. A review of practices over the past ten years describes that parents commonly share details such as ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

My bull case is based on the $9.3B of contracted data center leases (AWS $5.5B/15 years; Fluidstack $3.8B/10 years), which could materialize into revenue as soon as August–September 2026. I see ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...

Bitfarms Ltd., one of the largest cryptocurrency miners, said it plans to wind down those operations over the next two years and focus on providing infrastructure to generate computing power for ...

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As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

CleanSpark CEO Matt Schultz laid out the bitcoin mining company's new strategy to develop AI data centers alongside its crypto mining operations in an appearance on CNBC's "Crypto World." He says ...