736 Results From "nuclear power"

Energy prices in France turned negative following a surge in renewable output last week, causing a number of nuclear reactors to shut down.
Energy

Electricity Prices in France Just Turned Negative Because of Renewables

By Victor Tangermann

An armed drone has hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.
Drones

Terrifying Video Shows Site of Chernobyl Meltdown on Fire After Drone Strike

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft's water use and carbon emissions have increased compared to 2020 numbers due to artificial intelligence datacenters.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s Emissions and Water Use Shoot Up as It Goes All in on AI Datacenters

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists say they've developed a way to salvage nuclear waste from fission reactors — and turn it into a potent fuel for fusion reactors.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Turn Nuclear Waste Into a Powerful Fuel

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft is betting on small modular nuclear reactors to grow its energy infrastructure for training AI, a highly ambitious plan.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It’s Considering Small Nuclear Reactors

By Victor Tangermann

Terrifying rabbits with spiny black tentacles on their faces have been spotted in Colorado. They look hellish, but they're not dangerous.
Science & Energy

Rabbits With Horrifying Tentacles Growing Out of Their Faces Spotted in Colorado

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A plan to store nuclear waste in America's busiest oil field is a fascinating collision between fossil fuels and nuclear.
Nuclear Fusion

Please Don’t Store Nuclear Waste in Our Precious Oil Field, Says Fossil Fuel Industry

By Jon Christian

China experienced a major military setback earlier this year when its secret nuclear submarine sank right after being launched. 
Nuclear Fusion

China Embarrassed When Brand-New Secret Nuclear Submarine Instantly Sinks

By Noor Al-Sibai

A paper claims to mathematically prove that AI agents have a hard ceiling to their capabilities that they will never surpass.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin showed off a device that it claims can store energy from hot Moon dust inside a battery. We have questions.
Blue Origin

There’s Something Very Weird About Blue Origin’s Device That Generates Electricity From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

AI data centers are causing energy bills to soar in the US's largest power grid, which includes cities like Washington DC and Philadelphia.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents’ Electric Bills

By Frank Landymore

It's definitely not a bird, but it is sort of a plane — it's the non-existent but admittedly very cool Sky Cruise, a fantastical nuclear-powered sky hotel.
Nuclear Fusion

We’re in Awe of this Absolutely Deranged “Nuclear-Powered Sky Hotel”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers studying stray dogs inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, spotted at least three dogs that had turned blue. They may know why.
Pollution

Stray Dogs in Chernobyl Zone Turn Mildly Blue

By Victor Tangermann

The report features six studies that thoroughly examined MIT's superconducting magnets design used in its breakthrough fusion test.
Energy

MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical

By Frank Landymore

A survey of nearly 500 AI researchers indicated that the vast majority of them think that pursuing "scaling" won't achieve AGI.
Artificial Intelligence

Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End

By Frank Landymore

To keep generative AI models running requires huge amounts of electricity — and the US' aging power grid is struggling to handle the load.
Artificial Intelligence

America’s Ramshackle Power Grid Is Straining Under the Load of Generative AI

By Victor Tangermann

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a not-so-subtle message to the West on Wednesday: he's got nukes and he is ready to use them.
Future Society

Putin Says He’s Ready for Nuclear War

By Sharon Adarlo

Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that AI development is only going to get harder — but didn't write-off "scaling" as a way of making progress.
Google

Google CEO Says Easy AI Gains Are Over

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are worried that rising global temperatures could cause disposed nuclear waste, which dates back to the Cold War, to resurface.
Climate Change

Climate Change on Track to Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste, Officials Warn

By Victor Tangermann

While heat waves batter Europe, a million people in Southern Russia went without power due to a nuclear false alarm.
Nuclear Fusion

One Million Russians Lose Power When Alarm Goes Off at Nuclear Plant

By Noor Al-Sibai

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo