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The Taiwanese semiconductor industry’s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028. Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and …
AI’s green-energy goal is devastating Taiwan’s coastal villages Read More
BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the …
China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say Read More
On 25 December, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) mobilized a nationwide flash strike, with nearly 40,000 delivery workers from platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon participating across …
India’s Gig Workers Strike for Dignity and Protection Read More
Countries around the world are investing millions of dollars in building data centers to meet the growing demand for generative artificial intelligence, while also storing data within their own borders. …
Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout Read More
Chinese AI companies are quietly tapping into Kenya’s young workforce, hiring students and recent graduates to label thousands of videos a day. The work is done through opaque networks of …
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models Read More
As artificial intelligence company OpenAI plans its rapid construction of behemoth power-guzzling data centers to fuel the AI boom, it has hired a new energy chief – an official from …
OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist Read More
Google, Meta, and Microsoft continue to invest in AI models to handle issues from wildfires to maternity deaths in Africa. Experts say such projects could complicate Africa’s digital infrastructure and …
Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism Read More
Karthik started working as a “productologist” for Builder.ai in 2022. In another company, the role — assisting customers in building software — might have been called a product manager. But “productologist” …
Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? Read More
In May, Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad flew to the U.S. to meet with executives from Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and Meta. His agenda: to pitch his country as the newest, most attractive …
Brazil wants to be a sustainable data center hub. Environmentalists are skeptical Read More
Natalie had just dropped off a customer at the Ritz Hotel in central London when her phone started aggressively bleeping at her with offers of new fares. “I couldn’t concentrate. …
Taken for a Ride: Inside Uber’s New Race to the Bottom Read More