NextEra to Acquire Dominion in $66.8 Billion All-Stock Utility Megadeal as AI Data Centers Drive Power Demand
NextEra Energy agreed to acquire Dominion Energy in a $66.8 billion all-stock deal that would create the world’s largest regulated...
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Charlie Berens leads Wisconsin backlash against AI data centers: ‘No one’s bargaining for the public’
Comedian and Wisconsin native Charlie Berens is emerging as an unlikely standard-bearer for opposition to the state’s AI data-center spree....
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Microsoft’s AI chief predicts most white-collar tasks could be automated within 18 months
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said artificial intelligence will reach human-level performance on most professional tasks within 12 to 18...
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The rise of the “AI face” trend is exasperating plastic surgeons
AI-powered beauty filters and image-editing tools are setting a new, homogenized aesthetic standard—sharp jawlines, lifted eyes, tiny noses, poreless skin—that...
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CEOs blame AI for layoffs, but New York Fed research says the technology isn’t the primary cause of the U.S. hiring slowdown
Executives are increasingly citing artificial intelligence to justify job cuts, with firms like Cisco among the latest to do so....
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Final arguments open in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, a case that could redefine the future of AI
A federal jury in Oakland heard closing arguments in Elon Musk’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of abandoning...
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Wave-powered AI data centers could soon float at sea
Backed by a $140 million Series B led by Peter Thiel, startup Panthalassa plans to deploy autonomous, wave-powered floating nodes...
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Wedbush’s Dan Ives says Trump–Xi talks spotlight AI supply chains and U.S.–China chip policy
Wedbush’s Dan Ives cast this week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping as a pivotal moment for...
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AI robot swaps and balances your tires without taking the wheels off
Automated Tire, Inc., a Boston startup, unveiled SmartBay, an AI-driven robotic system that changes tires and balances wheels without removing...
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AI’s looming risk isn’t mass layoffs—it’s algorithmic control and surveillance of workers
A growing fault line is emerging in the workplace: employees who use AI to augment their skills and those increasingly...
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