LisaFPGA brings Apple's magnificent misfire back in programmable logic

LisaFPGA does what it says on the GitHub repo: "The Apple Lisa computer implemented inside an FPGA!" It's an open source ...

Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity

Electricity used by datacenters in Ireland increased by 10 percent during 2025, despite an effective moratorium on most new ...

OpenAI's Atlas browser doesn't make it to its first birthday

Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace ...

Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package

A newly identified destructive Windows backdoor combines ransomware-like encryption with multiple data-wiping features, ...

Orbital datacenter gold rush needs an environmental review, FCC told

Environmental groups want the FCC to slam the brakes on orbital datacenters, arguing the agency shouldn't approve ...

AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X

One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's ...

Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head

HANDS HEAD ON Have you ever felt so lazy that reaching up to scroll on your MacBook’s trackpad was too much work? Yeah, me ...
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AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year

Microsoft says it matched its entire electricity consumption with renewable energy last year. The bad news is it also increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 percent due to datacenter ...