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GIP Nears $40 Billion Deal to Buy Aligned Data Centers in Bet on AI – Bloomberg.com

GIP Nears $40 Billion Deal to Buy Aligned Data Centers in Bet on AI  Bloomberg.com BlackRock-Owned GIP in Talks to Buy Data Center Firm for $40 Billion  The Information MGX weighs investing in US date centres company  Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI GIP nears deal to buy Aligned Data Centers for about $40 billion – Bloomberg News  MarketScreener Global Infrastructure Partners Eyes Major …

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Venus’ Clouds Are 60% Water, According To Reanalyzed Pioneer Data

Venus’ Clouds Are 60% Water, According To Reanalyzed Pioneer Data

Reanalyzing old data with our modern understanding seems to be in vogue lately. However, the implications of that reanalysis for some topics are more impactful than others. One of the most hotly debated topics of late in the astrobiological community has been whether or not life can exist on Venus – specifically in its cloud layers, some of which have …

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Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009 as economists turn to alternative data during shutdown blackout

Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009 as economists turn to alternative data during shutdown blackout

Job fair signage as job seekers arrive at the Appalachian State University internship and job fair in Boone, North Carolina, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images Unemployment changed little in September, while layoff and hiring rates both slowed, according to separate labor market reports Thursday. The jobless level barely moved at 4.34%, according …

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S&P scales new record high after the opening bell as data shows slide in job cuts (DJI:) – Seeking Alpha

S&P scales new record high after the opening bell as data shows slide in job cuts (DJI:)  Seeking Alpha S&P 500, Nasdaq hit intraday record highs as rate-cut hopes trump shutdown jitters  Reuters Stock Market Today: Stocks pull back after S&P 500, Nasdaq touch fresh record highs; 4-day win streak in jeopardy  MarketWatch Stock Market News: Nasdaq Rises to New Record High  Barron’s S&P …

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Federal shutdown cuts off economic data vital to policymakers

Federal shutdown cuts off economic data vital to policymakers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy. The absence will be felt almost immediately, as the government’s monthly jobs report scheduled for release Friday will likely be delayed. A weekly report on the …

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Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted on his account on Wednesday to dispel the myth that the social networking giant is actively “listening” to its users surreptitiously, in order to target them with relevant ads. The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory — and one that …

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Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats

Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats

Meta announced on Wednesday that data collected from user interactions with its AI products will soon be used to sell targeted ads across its social media platforms. The company will update its privacy policy by December 16 to reflect the change and will notify users in the coming days. The new policy applies globally, except for users in South Korea, …

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AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It – Bloomberg.com

AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It  Bloomberg.com AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring  Bloomberg.com Physical AI – Building The Energy Infrastructure For Data Centers  Forbes The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows  CNET Data Centers Are Already Increasing Your Energy Bills. We Have the Receipts.  The Equation – Union of …

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DNA circuits store data — with heat as their power source

DNA circuits store data — with heat as their power source

DNA can store information for millions of years without any energy input, but scientists have lacked reliable energy sources to enable DNA computations. Credit: Kateryna Kon/SPL Researchers have found a new way to power DNA computers — tiny biological devices that perform calculations using biochemical properties of DNA bases rather than conventional silicone chips, which use electricity to carry out …

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