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Reporting on artificial intelligence, semiconductors, cybersecurity, platforms and technology regulation.

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Meta Declared a "Public Nuisance": Inside the $567m Ruling That Compares Social Media to Air Pollution

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay another $567m over child safety failures, likening the company to a polluting factory. It is the largest child-safety penalty Meta has faced - and the first time a social network has been branded a public nuisance.

8 Aug · 11 min read

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The AI Data Centre Boom Is Colliding With the World's Power Grids - And Everyone Will Feel It

Artificial intelligence has become an infrastructure story. Behind every chatbot answer sits a warehouse of accelerators drawing more electricity than some small cities - and grid operators are running out of slack.

6 Aug · 11 min read