Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech

Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech

Artificial intelligence has sent demand for electricity skyrocketing in the U.S. after years of virtually zero growth. That has sent Big Tech companies scrambling to secure generating capacity for their data centers. For many, that has meant turning to nuclear fission. The power source has been experiencing a resurgence in the last few years following…

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Microsoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more

Microsoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more

One of Microsoft’s latest AI models can accurately predict air quality, hurricanes, typhoons, and other weather-related phenomena, the company claims. In a paper published in the journal Nature and an accompanying blog post this week, Microsoft detailed Aurora, which the tech giant says can forecast atmospheric events with greater precision and speed than traditional meteorological…

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Microsoft takes legal action against infostealer Lumma

Microsoft takes legal action against infostealer Lumma

Microsoft says a US court gave it the green light to disrupt 2,300 websites critical to Lumma Stealer’s operations. Tech giant Microsoft says it has taken legal action against the information-stealing malware Lumma Stealer and has blocked thousands of websites related to the software. Microsoft said in a May 21 blog post that a federal…

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II coming to PS5 this summer

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II coming to PS5 this summer

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Ninja Theory will release Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for PlayStation 5 this summer with “exciting new features,” the companies announced. Those same new features will be available on the same date as a free update for the Xbox Series and PC versions of the game. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II…

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TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked

TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded…

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