Zombie nuclear reactors could be revived thanks to AI data center demand

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Hoping to capitalize on the data center power boom, state-owned utility Santee Cooper is looking for partners to finish construction on two incomplete reactors.
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Singapore’s Likee Is an Unlikely Winner of the TikTok Ban

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.

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This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the enormous infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI across the U.S. Stargate, announced Tuesday during a press conference at the White House, would funnel as much as $500 billion from investors including SoftBank and Middle East AI fund MGX […]
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Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in “horribly shortsighted” decision

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
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Dewey launches a solution to save your TikTok favorites … just in case

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

TikTok is back online in the U.S. for the time being, but its future remains uncertain. While many apps have been scrambling to attract TikTok users and creators, a bookmarking backup service called Dewey has launched a solution that saves your favorite TikTok videos and allows you to access them at any time — even […]
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UK Pledges Public Sector AI Overhaul, Legacy Tech Causes £45 Billion in Missed Annual Savings

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Initiatives include AI tools for policymakers and a new team to identify where tech can boost the efficiency of public services.

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Anthropic reportedly secures an additional $1B from Google

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic has reportedly raised around $1 billion from Google as the AI company looks to deliver a number of major product updates this year. First reported by the Financial Times, Google’s fresh investment brings the tech giant’s total stake in Anthropic to around $3 billion. Google poured $2 billion into Anthropic late last year. Anthropic, […]
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Conduent confirms outage was due to a cybersecurity incident

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

U.S. government contractor Conduent, which provides technology to support services such as child support and food assistance, has confirmed that a recent outage was caused by a cybersecurity incident.  Conduent confirmed the disruption, which left some U.S. residents without access to support payments, to TechCrunch on Tuesday but declined to say whether the outage was […]
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Meta backs Databricks as the data analytics startup inches toward IPO

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Meta rarely invests in startups, but it works with Databricks on the Llama open-source models that Meta trains.

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