Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues ...
IEEE

Applied Learning of Data Structures and Algorithms using AI Chatbots

Abstract: This paper presents a follow-up study on the implementation of AI chatbots for teaching data structures and algorithms (DSA) in computer science education. Building upon our previous ...
Los Angeles Times

This L.A. startup uses SpaceX tech to cool data centers with less power and no water

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the artificial intelligence industry heats up, Karman Industries is trying to cool it down. The Signal Hill ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
CNET

Prices Set by Algorithms: New Yorkers Now See Warnings About Stores Using Personal Data to Set Costs

This new law, already subject to lawsuits, lets shoppers know when companies are quietly raising online prices for certain types of customers. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of ...
ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...
The National Law Review

Pricing Algorithms – Price Tags and Personal and Competitor Data- States Step Up Algorithmic Pricing Regulation

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
C&EN

Overcoming Small Data Limitations in Materials Informatics: Interpretable Predictive Modeling of Optical Limiting Efficiency Using the CORRELATO Algorithm

Russian Academy of Sciences, FSBIS Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1, Severny Proezd, Chernogolovka 142432, Russian Federation Russian Academy of ...
Diginomica

Data centers and AI do use water - but less than you think, and there are much worse offenders

Many welcome recent US AI expansion plans into the UK. However, alongside jubilation about billions in inward investment come troubling reservations about the environmental cost of the 95 new UK data ...
Wall Street Journal

Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.