Microsoft is spending $80 billion in FY’25 on data centers for AI
Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence workloads, according to a company blog post. Specifically, the tech giant plans to build an AI-enabled data center "to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications around the world." Of the $80 billion allocation, more than half will be spent...
From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense technology’s wildest powerbroker
In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII walks into the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black suburb, wearing his distinctive cowboy hat. He picked up a new recruit Fuse and proceeded to regale her with stories from the old recruiting days. One story involved a prostitute attending a recruitment event ("not for sex," Conway explained...
Generative AI funding reaches new high in 2024
If there is any doubt, the generative AI bubble will not burst in 2024. Investments in generative AI, which includes various applications, tools and services powered by AI to generate text, images, videos, speech, music, etc., reach a new high last year. According to data from financial tracker PitchBook compiled for TechCrunch, generative AI companies worldwide will raise $56...
What will bring VC this year? We asked some investors
A new year brings hope for a better tomorrow - at least. In the world of venture capital, nothing is predictable. The number of companies in the US has decreased significantly because risk-averse institutional investors are spending money only on the biggest names in Silicon Valley, as reported by the Financial Times. AI is the only category that matters,...
Lyft will credit NYC riders for congestion fees throughout January
New York City's congestion pricing is scheduled to go into effect Sunday — but for the first month, Lyft says it will offer credit to riders who pay the fee. The New York program, which was supposed to reduce traffic in lower Manhattan while also raising funds for mass transit, was halted by Gov. Kathy Hochul in June, then...
Tenable CEO Amit Yoran passed away
Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran died Friday after a battle with cancer. Cybersecurity company Tenable, where Yoran was CEO and chairman, announced his death in a press release. Before becoming CEO of Tenable in 2016, he held several roles including president of RSA, CEO of NetWitness, and CEO of In-Q-Tel. In a statement, Tenable's lead independent director...
Tesla’s Annual Sales Fall for the First Time—but the EV Industry Keeps Growing
With just days to go to 2025, electric vehicles have had a roller coaster of a year. Last week, Tesla began a bumpy ride when it reported that, for the first time, America's EV champion had shipped fewer cars worldwide than the previous year. The automaker is expected to deliver 1.789 million vehicles in 2024, down 1.1 percent compared...
Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than You Know
This story originally appeared in High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The more researchers learn about the fire's smoke, the more alarming the picture becomes. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because PM (particulate matter) is 2.5 microns or less—small enough to easily move into the lungs and then into the bloodstream....
Elon Musk Calls for NASA’s Moon Ambition: ‘We’re Going to Mars’
Although the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk is known for his outspokenness and controversial comments on the X social media site, he has been relatively restrained when it comes to US space policy in recent years. For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal of producing humans. to the moon through the Artemis program. However, Musk,...
Join Veganuary and You Can See Yourself Differently
THIS ARTICLE is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Humans have long struggled with their conscience about killing and eating animals. The "meat paradox" (the conflict between people's preference for meat and concern for animals) may have inspired cave paintings from 37,000 years ago. Since then, many leading thinkers have avoided meat, including Pythagoras, Leonardo da...
