Getting Surgery? Here’s A Question To Ask The Hospital

Your chance of surviving surgery depends not just on the surgeon but on who owns the hospital

What Will It Cost America To Meet Data Center Electricity Demand?

Meeting data center electricity demand with fossil fuels will add $30 billion to annual electricity costs. Clean energy will cost $5 billion less.

Comcast is splitting in two
Comcast is splitting in two

Comcast has announced plans to separate itself into two publicly traded companies, spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky broadcasting arms. The shake up aims to protect the media conglomerate’s profitable broadband and wireless brand, which will retain the “Comcast” company name, as its media and entertainment business – now collectively named “NBCUniversal” – faces increasing […]

‘FROM’ Season 4 Finale Review: A Strong Finale Underscores A Very Disappointing Season

The Season 4 finale of MGM’s ‘From’ was a riveting watch, but it underscores how thin the season was as a whole.

Trump threatens 100% tariffs over digital services taxes
Trump threatens 100% tariffs over digital services taxes

The ink was barely dry. The EU had just signed a trade deal with Washington. A day later, Trump threatened to blow a hole in it. On Friday, the president posted the threat on Truth Social. Any country that imposes a digital services tax on US firms, he…

Everyone’s Mad at the World Cup’s New ‘Hydration Breaks’—Except Mr. Moneybags Over Here

FIFA says hydration breaks protect players from heat. They also create new annoying commercial breaks—and fans are calling foul.

SpaceX wants its own gas pipeline to fuel Starship
SpaceX wants its own gas pipeline to fuel Starship

Most rocket companies buy their fuel. SpaceX wants to pipe it in. Filings in Texas show the company plans to build its own natural gas pipeline, an unusual move for a space firm, and a telling one. SpaceX calls the line Starpipe. It would run eight mil…

AWS raises GPU prices 20% as the memory crunch bites
AWS raises GPU prices 20% as the memory crunch bites

Renting an AI chip is starting to feel like booking a hotel in a sold-out city. You pay to hold the room, and the rate keeps climbing. On AWS, it just climbed again. Amazon Web Services has raised prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by roughly 20%, s…

Truckloads of Tesla Batteries Keep Getting Stolen Before They Even Leave the Factory

Nine major suspected cargo thefts happened at Tesla’s Nevada battery factory in January alone, according to sheriff’s records obtained by WIRED.

Amazon’s rapid-delivery push wipes $15bn off India’s Eternal and Swiggy
Amazon’s rapid-delivery push wipes $15bn off India’s Eternal and Swiggy

Amazon spent years circling India’s quick-commerce market without committing to it. Investors have now decided the circling is over, and they have repriced the incumbents accordingly. Shares in Eternal, the parent of grocery-delivery leader Blinkit, an…