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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

Al Gore has spent more than two decades as one of the most recognizable voices in the climate movement, so when he talks about AI, it’s worth paying attention to what he considers truly scary. And it isn’t what has people protesting data centers in the streets. In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside

Arcee AI built Trinity for about $20m, and investors now value it at $1bn+

“Organizations should not have to choose between the capabilities of a frontier model and the ability to control the technology at the center of their work,” said Mark McQuade, co-founder and chief executive of Arcee AI. The San Francisco company builds open-weight AI models. It has raised a Series B round that values it at

Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s

Sergii Figurnyi - stock.adobe.co European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 16 Sep 2026 17:00 Children under 15 in Europe will be prohibited from having unsupervised social media accounts, along with new demands for

SBA Provides Disaster Assistance to Washington Small Businesses Affected by Severe Weather

Published: Apr 15, 2023 by Small Business Editor In Small Business News 0The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is providing low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses in Washington economically affected by the severe storms, flooding, and freezing conditions that occurred between December 18-28, 2022. SBA’s Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the

Q4 2022 was a disaster for smartphone sales, sees the largest-ever drop

You can always lower prices! — Phone sales plummeted 18 percent last quarter, 11 percent for the entire year. Ron Amadeo - Jan 26, 2023 9:00 pm UTC Enlarge / An empty Samsung Store. With a million layoffs and rising inflation, it turns out consumers also aren't interested in spending a ton on a new

Aral Sea Disaster: Why One of the Biggest Inland Seas Dried Up?

It was shocking when researchers earlier this year revealed a river that originated from one of the largest glaciers in Canada abruptly disappeared over four days in 2016. The vanishing of the Slims river, however, was the result of global warming as the intense melting of the glacier led the river to redirect its waters

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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

Al Gore has spent more than two decades as one of the most recognizable voices in the climate movement, so when he talks about AI, it’s worth paying attention to what he considers truly scary. And it isn’t what has people protesting data centers in the streets. In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside

Arcee AI built Trinity for about $20m, and investors now value it at $1bn+

“Organizations should not have to choose between the capabilities of a frontier model and the ability to control the technology at the center of their work,” said Mark McQuade, co-founder and chief executive of Arcee AI. The San Francisco company builds open-weight AI models. It has raised a Series B round that values it at

Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s

Sergii Figurnyi - stock.adobe.co European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 16 Sep 2026 17:00 Children under 15 in Europe will be prohibited from having unsupervised social media accounts, along with new demands for

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