Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios

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Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios

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Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe next year as overseas push speeds up

Sep 23, 2026

Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe next year as overseas push speeds up

Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud business unit, is set to launch data centres in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, speeding up an overseas push as it seeks to win enterprise customers through its “full stack AI capabilities” spanning chips, cloud infrastructure and multimodal models. The first of these new data centres will open in the Netherlands in October. The cloud unit will also add to existing data centre capacity in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab...

China’s Premier Li Qiang calls for harnessing AI to propel manufacturing advances

Sep 23, 2026

China’s Premier Li Qiang calls for harnessing AI to propel manufacturing advances

Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for deeper integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing during a visit to Shanghai, as Beijing seeks to expand advanced manufacturing and emerging industries amid intensifying global technology competition. “[We] should combine China’s strengths in manufacturing and digital technologies,” Li said during his visit to an AI application testing base in the city on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. He called for the creation of more manufacturing service...

Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny

Sep 23, 2026

Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny

Less than a year ago, Gov. Greg Abbott welcomed data centers. Now he is confronting concerns about the projects even among fellow Republicans.

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Sep 23, 2026

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.

OpenAI seeks US-led framework for global frontier AI standards; says US “well positioned to lead”

Sep 23, 2026

OpenAI seeks US-led framework for global frontier AI standards; says US “well positioned to lead”

OpenAI has called on the United States to lead efforts to establish global technical standards for frontier artificial intelligence, including systems capable of recursively improving their own capabilities, the AI giant said in a post.

US Treasury secretary could take on AI czar role, source says

Sep 23, 2026

US Treasury secretary could take on AI czar role, source says

USA-TREASURY-BESSENT-AI:US Treasury secretary could take on AI czar role, source says

Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres?

Sep 22, 2026

Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres?

To save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light.

India is producing more green energy - but wasting a lot of it

Sep 22, 2026

India is producing more green energy - but wasting a lot of it

India has rapidly decarbonised electricity generation, but its gains are tempered by transmission shortages.

Judge Dismisses Unusual Climate Suit Claiming Oil Giants Broke Antitrust Law

Sep 22, 2026

Judge Dismisses Unusual Climate Suit Claiming Oil Giants Broke Antitrust Law

The lawsuit, filed by Michigan, claimed oil companies colluded to obstruct solar power and to misrepresent climate risks, making energy costlier.

A new skyline of data centres is rising from the rolling plains of rural China

Sep 22, 2026

A new skyline of data centres is rising from the rolling plains of rural China

Potato farmers rub shoulders with rows of gleaming new data centres as Trump and Xi meet to discuss AI safety.

Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions

Sep 22, 2026

Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions

The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

French government scales up targeted fuel price relief

Sep 22, 2026

French government scales up targeted fuel price relief

Under pressure to help businesses and workers cope with soaring fuel prices, the French government has announced it will expand targeted energy relief for those most affected.  The new measures will cost €450 million, bringing the total so far to €1.4 billion. Meanwhile, as French president Emmanuel Macron calls for allowing more biofuels to be added to diesel, we speak with an expert on the potential environmental impact of a rapid ramp-up in biofuel use.

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