Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more,
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Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale to non-Chinese buyer to avoid ban
Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to extend the TikTok ban deadline. This is the second time the president will have delayed
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against
Designers say plans for UK copyright law risk ‘running roughshod’ over sector
A proposed overhaul of copyright law risks “running roughshod” over a British design industry that has created such memorable products as the red phone box,
Protesters picket London Tesla showroom on global anti-Musk day
Blaring car horns on the three-lane A40 in West London are nothing new. However, on Saturday, they weren’t aimed at other drivers, for a change;
Hyundai facing legal action over car that can be stolen ‘effortlessly in seconds’
The motor manufacturer Hyundai faces legal action over allegations it failed to warn its customers that one of its most popular models of electric cars
On my radar: George the Poet’s cultural highlights
Born George Mpanga in north-west London in 1991, George the Poet is a spoken-word artist, author and podcast host. He studied politics, psychology and sociology
David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees
David Cronenberg has suggested the AI controversy over Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was an issue manufactured by the campaign of a rival
Women in business held back by mobile data’s cost in developing world – report
The cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research. While social
The Thinking Game review – DeepMind study offers wide-lens view of our tech lords and AGI
If you don’t follow science news much, you may only be aware of Artificial Intelligence as a new-fangled thingy that somehow makes TikToks of kittens