This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch

One developer who successfully activated the feature in Windows 11 (version 25H2) is X user PurePlayerPC, who claims it works "pretty good" on his computer. He ...
The New York Times

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

The Transportation Security Administration is flagging passengers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders. The Transportation Security ...
The Verge

New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars

Two bills signed Thursday deal with how AI-generated people — real or entirely synthetic — can appear in commercial content. Two bills signed Thursday deal with how AI-generated people — real or ...
CNN

Rubio directs diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, undoing Biden-era switch to Calibri

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to go back to using Times New Roman typeface as the standard for official papers, a spokesperson told CNN, in a reversal of the ...
The Conversation

Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works

Ramesh Agarwal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
GeekWire

Microsoft to invest $5B in Anthropic, as Claude maker commits $30B to Azure in new Nvidia alliance

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discuss the new partnership. The frenzy of AI deals and cloud partnerships reached another zenith Tuesday morning ...
NBC DFW

Google to invest $40B in 3 new AI data centers, infrastructure across Texas

Google is making a Texas-sized investment in artificial intelligence, with plans to invest $40 billion in data centers and other infrastructure across Texas through 2027. The funds will be allocated ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google to Invest $40 Billion in New Data Centers in Texas

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers, ramping up its footprint as competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic PBC map out their own multibillion-dollar bets ...
The Hill

Cities starting to push back against data centers: Study

At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. Research collected by Data Center ...
NBC News

Study shows state and local opposition to new data centers is gaining steam

A new study found the total value of blocked or delayed data center projects during a three-month stretch earlier this year exceeded the total in the prior two years, signaling accelerating opposition ...
The White House

NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks

President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce report confirming that inflation has been ...
Inside Climate News

A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out

Residents in an upstate New York community are trying to prevent construction of a planned data center by approving a year-long ban on large-scale development. Data center company TeraWulf has signed ...