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Amazon says its data centers pulled just 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year. The figure arrived Thursday in a blog post from the company, marking the first time it has released a full annual total. At sites it owns and operates directly, consumption dropped 2% from 2024 levels even as the footprint grew.

Qualinx, a small Dutch firm spun out of Delft University of Technology, has done what many in Brussels have long talked about. It designed a satellite navigation chip. GlobalFoundries manufactured that chip. Every step from initial design intake through mask preparation to final wafer output happened inside the European Union. The announcement landed on June

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has a plan for older Americans sitting on decades of home equity. Her legislation would let qualifying seniors exclude up to $1 million in gains when they sell longtime residences. The measure targets a real pressure point in today’s housing market. Current rules allow homeowners to exclude $250,000 of gain if single

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has proposed a novel policy idea that would require companies deploying advanced artificial intelligence systems to pay a special tax on profits derived from those systems. The revenue would then flow into a dedicated fund designed to support workers whose jobs are displaced by the technology. According to a recent

The Hacker News revealed the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards winners on June 11. The program recognized standout performers across four main categories and 95 subcategories. Companies and technologies addressing artificial intelligence risks, automated testing, and identity challenges took top honors. But the announcements also highlighted a broader industry push toward practical tools that deliver measurable

Critics wasted little time. One prominent observer likened the move to stationing foxes in the henhouse. Yet Anthropic proceeded anyway. On June 11, 2026, the AI company unveiled Claude Corps. The $150 million initiative will train and pay 1,000 early-career individuals to spend a full year embedded inside nonprofits across the United States. They won’t

BlackRock stands on the verge of launching a product that could reshape how institutions and advisors approach Bitcoin exposure. The iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, set to trade under ticker BITA, generates monthly payouts by selling call options on its own massive spot Bitcoin fund. This move comes after the spectacular success of IBIT, which

Citigroup has taken a significant step toward integrating blockchain technology into traditional finance by offering tokenized versions of shares in private companies. According to a report from Yahoo Finance, the banking giant now provides select clients with digital tokens that represent ownership stakes in private firms, allowing for more flexible trading and settlement on distributed

Corporate appetite for bitcoin has evaporated. Daily purchases by digital asset treasury firms plunged from peaks above $500 million earlier this spring to almost nothing this month. The shift removes a once reliable source of demand just as bitcoin prices hover near recent lows. This collapse coincides with sustained outflows from spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

Terence Tao once viewed computers as tools for verification at best. Now he stands among the loudest advocates for artificial intelligence in mathematical discovery. The shift happened quickly. In October 2023 he posted on social media that he would learn the Lean4 proof assistant. He added a telling phrase. AI assistance would be necessary. Three