Fuelled by AI, Micron’s $50 billion chip factory in Idaho will use billions of litres of water every year — but the US tech giant stays silent on where that new water will come from

Micron’s Idaho expansion will sharply increase water use, raising concerns over sourcing, transparency, and long-term sustainability in a desert region
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A solution to our data center woes? Covering California’s canals with solar panels could generate a staggering 13GW of clean energy and save enough water for two million people — so why the opposition?

California canal solar projects could generate significant power and save water, though high costs and environmental uncertainties complicate large-scale deployment decisions
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The Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub monitor is the kind of display I always wished was possible, and now it’s in my office

This might just be the best screen on the market right now — but only if you like having a 6K TV as a monitor.

‘From the inventors of origami’: Japan joins Australia in building cardboard drones designed for one-way missions and swarming targets — and at just $2,000, they’re scarily cheap

Japan’s cardboard drones introduce low-cost swarm warfare concepts, combining rapid production and deployment with unresolved questions about durability and battlefield effectiveness
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Programmers are starting to trust AI more – but still don’t entirely believe it won’t come for their jobs

Although most developers use AI daily, often or sometimes, some still use it rarely and many don’t even use it at all.
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‘We’re going through the single largest infrastructure buildout in human history’: Jensen Huang says new Nvidia AI partnership will ‘revitalize American manufacturing’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says new partnership with Corning could be vital for nationwide advances in AI.

Another major Linux security flaw revealed — ‘Dirty Frag’ allows root on all major distros, with no patch or fix available yet

A researcher shared their findings with Linux distro maintainers, but leaked before a patch was built.

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Bluehost’s new service combines ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok subscriptions for just $20 a month

Access all your favourite AI tools at a fraction of the usual price

Mozilla says Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in just one month

Mozilla has patched over 400 bugs using Anthropic Mythos, but it wasn’t a silver bullet.

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‘Threat actors are clearly adapting to the widespread interest in popular AI tools’: AI fans beware, hackers create a fake Claude site to spread backdoor malware

Sophos found a fake Claude website deploying a simple but effective RAT.

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