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Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans
While UK households face some of the world's highest energy prices, datacenter operators are set to receive electricity discounts under government plans to accelerate AI infrastructure development.…
Vodafone, EE, O2, Three hit with £3B overcharging lawsuit
Britain's biggest mobile phone companies face legal action over claims they overcharged customers through a "loyalty penalty" after a tribunal permitted the cases to proceed.…
Brits believe the bots even though study finds they're often talking nonsense
AI assistants can sometimes provide misleading or incorrect answers. However, almost half of British consumers using the services put more faith in them than they maybe should.…
Starlink’s method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer
Researchers have found Starlink’s efforts to mitigate the effects of solar storms can create degraded performance that persists for a day or more after geomagnetic conditions ease.…
Alibaba releases chatbot that produces error when asked about Tiananmen Square
Chinese tech giant Alibaba yesterday launched a new chatbot that reported errors soon after launch and is very touchy about some subjects Beijing doesn’t like to discuss.…
Oops. VMware admits it over-specced storage servers for years
VMware has admitted that its guidance about the hardware needed to run its vSAN virtual storage arrays has been wrong for years.…
Scientific computing is about to get a massive injection of AI
Interview Scientific computing is about to undergo a period of rapid change as workloads inject AI.…