Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029 — The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula …
How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 (Franz Lidz/New York Times)
Franz Lidz / New York Times:
How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 — With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.
Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels — With bunkbeds, 24/7 tech support and state-of-the-art consoles, China’s 21,000 esports hotels cater to gamers who prefer to play together.
Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels (Reuters)
Reuters:
Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels — A spike in electricity demand from the world’s big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world’s climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ’s proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more (Michel Martin/NPR)
Michel Martin / NPR:
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ’s proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more — The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser. In August, a landmark ruling found Google …
