EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.

Why now? Well, the Linux desktop market share in the EU doubled between 2024 and 2025 (to 5.7%). That's why!

End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data.

Eric Topol is a prominent cardiologist known for his research into deploying AI and other technologies to improve healthcare. He considers himself a Demis Hassabis superfan, and when I spoke to him, h...

Oh great, Big Tech is now in a great position to decide which messages get through

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.

A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines.

Bei dem schweren Erdbeben der Stärke 7,4 in Kolumbien sind mehr als 100 Menschen ums Leben gekommen.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire seasons.

Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.

Wenig Wasser und hohe Temperaturen stressen die Bäume. Gemeinden warnen vor spontanen Astabbrüchen und sperren Parks.

Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve Industrial chicken farming is accelerating the spread of the world’s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea, scientists have found. The study found a dramatic increase in the exchange of campylobacter strains between wild birds and chickens as farming has intensified, creating the ideal conditions for the bacteria to mix, spread and acquire new traits. There has also been a rise in antimicrobial resistance traits in circulating strains, raising concerns that serious illness in people will be more difficult to treat. Continue reading...

Electrolyte powders promise better hydration, energy, and recovery. But unless you’re losing serious fluid, water and food probably have you covered.

Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code

And accuses Thailand hosting hardware that may have helped distillation attack

Chinese open-weight model GLM 5.2 happily obliged

Solomon’s Pools date back to the second century BCE, and have become a source of recreation for nearby Bethlehem Israel is threatening to seize ancient water reservoirs near Bethlehem, in what would be a significant escalation in an intensifying campaign for control of West Bank land and the Middle East’s historical narrative. Since Israel’s extremist finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, made an explicit threat in May to “erase” the agreements that confirmed Palestinian ownership of Solomon’s Pools more than 30 years ago, Israeli settlers and troops have stepped up their presence around the spectacular site. Continue reading...

Tender calls for providers to power free service with local LLMs, government to supply some GPUs

PM frames sweeping new regulations as the equivalent of labour movement touchstones like winning a minimum wage

Inference is become a commodity except for frontier models

Oracle's down more than 40% this month, the BIS thinks AI could destroy the economy, and we've got the Kettle on for a chat about the whole mess

What began as a “flamingo revolution” to protest the $1.4 billion development on Sazan Island has spiraled into mass protests against a ruling party that thousands now want out.

Demand is soaring beyond capacity, meaning children in England wait years for help with various conditions.

In this podcast series, Bruce interviews people from across different communities and industries who, in their own way, are fighting for a better web.

Not everything has to be “smart.”

Remove something from the internet? You can't stop the (climate change) signal, Mal

Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.

Your dream vibe-coded app might be a security nightmare.

IT’S HERE it’s here it’s here it’s here!!!! The second edition of Observability Engineering is available for download, and since Honeycomb is the sponsor, you can now download it from our website (th...

With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers.

If you lived through the shift from handcrafted server pets to immutable infrastructure, you should sense something oddly familiar about what's happening now.

A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.

None of the world's top coffee roasters and ​traders have committed to paying farmers a living income even though ‌this is set to become a legal obligation for large companies operating in the EU from 2029, according to a major coffee sector report.

The CEO thought this was the best way to deal with some email issues