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ThursdayOct 16, 2025 9:00 am

Tech Giants Could Face Widespread Backlash Against Their Energy Use

As the race to build AI data centers intensifies with each passing month, a slow storm is brewing and could trigger widespread backlash against the massive energy hunger of these sprawling facilities cropping up across the U.S. On Tuesday, NPR reported that there are conflicts brewing across the country regarding concerns about water usage and electricity consumption at operational or planned data centers. Communities feel that the data centers are disadvantaging locals since the facilities require huge amounts of water and that groundwater is being depleted, leaving locals to suffer water quality issues and frequent shortages. In the report published…

TuesdayOct 14, 2025 9:00 am

Four Factors Fueling the Growth of the Cloud Storage Industry

By 2031, the cloud storage industry is expected to be worth $120 billion, growing at an 8.5% CAGR over the coming six years. Several factors are powering this explosive growth, and we discuss some of them below. Technological innovation is one key factor behind this growth. Resources are being pumped into ways to boost cloud storage performance, slash costs, and improve functionality. Innovation is being geared towards enabling more industries to utilize cloud storage, and the new emerging technologies like advanced analytics, IoT, automation and artificial intelligence are making a strong case for the increasing use of cloud storage. Novel…

FridayOct 10, 2025 9:00 am

AMD Shares Climb as OpenAI Chips Supply Deal is Announced

On Monday, the shares of chipmaker AMD surged after the company announced that it had secured a deal to supply ChatGPT maker OpenAI with chips over several years. This deal also gives OpenAI an option to secure a 10% equity stake in the American chipmaker. Under the deal, AMD would generate billions of dollars each year, and the announcement triggered AMD stock to climb 34% in a single day, their biggest surge in one day and put the company on track for its steepest single-day climb in nearly a decade. As a result of that surge, the market cap of…

ThursdayOct 09, 2025 9:00 am

Predictions Show the Market for Satellite Broadband will Reach $20 Billion by 2030

Juniper Research, a global technology strategy firm, has conducted a study that has found that the worldwide satellite broadband segment will generate revenues for providers of this service of about $20 billion in 2030. The revenue prediction for 2025 stands at $10 billion, signifying a two-fold growth expectation in the coming half-decade. The researchers expect this growth in revenue to be fueled by increasing investments in LEO (low-earth orbit) technology. This technology offers providers several advantages, such as cost reductions when launching satellites and improved latency. The researchers pointed out that their projections focused on the use of satellites to…

TuesdayOct 07, 2025 9:00 am

Apple Prepares for an Overhaul of Its Executive Team

Reports indicate that an executive overhaul is brewing at leading tech giant Apple. This change of guard is rumored to be headlined by the departure of Tim Cook, who has served the company as CEO for over a decade. Jeff Williams, the company’s COO, also stepped aside from his duties back in July and is expected to exit the company at this year’s end. John Giannandrea has also had a troubled tenure as the head of the company’s AI operations. His department has had so many challenges that the tech firm is now looking to fill this leadership position by…

FridayOct 03, 2025 9:00 am

AI Infrastructure is Powering the Semiconductor Industry Forward

In the recent past, consumer markets used to be the key drivers for growth in the semiconductor industry. PCs, smartphones, smart gadgets and cars were the key enablers of growth in the semiconductor sector. Today, a skyrocketing demand for AI infrastructure has taken the driving seat and there seems to be no end in sight for this explosive growth. Revenues in the semiconductor industry are said to be growing at double digit rates annually and estimates put this year’s revenue for the industry at $800 billion, a big increment from the $680 billion raked in last year. At the heart…

ThursdayOct 02, 2025 9:00 am

California Governor Signs Landmark AI Bill

Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has signed into law an AI bill that aims to boost online safety by establishing barriers AI developers need to adhere to while developing AI technology. The signing ceremony happened on Monday. SB 53, also named TFAIA, is geared at attaining the twin objectives of enhancement and development of novel technologies while protecting the safety and freedom of users of the internet. The law requires artificial intelligence firms to publicly disclose safety protocols they follow each time they come across ‘frontier’ barriers. The law states that enterprises encounter ‘frontier barriers’ each time they need…

TuesdaySep 30, 2025 9:00 am

Investors Start Looking Beyond AI and Following Government Spending

While investment in AI has been all the rage and is the reason why stock indices in the U.S. are dominated by tech stocks, particularly the “Magnificent 7,” savvy investors are beginning to broaden their outlook and pay attention to the sectors where major governments around the world are allocating huge chunks of money as sectors to diversify into and tap the opportunities presented by future growth opportunities. Markets are bound to be shaped for decades to come by the budgetary decisions of governments around the world, and investors are taking note. For example, the recently passed spending and tax…

FridaySep 26, 2025 9:00 am

New Global Solar Council Aims to Unite Battery Storage Industry

A new body has been formed to bring together players in the manufacturing, recycling and deployment of battery energy storage solutions around the world. The body will also advocate for the development of new technology, such as inverters for grid-scale use. This new body is dubbed the Global Solar Council. The GSC, which is based on Washington, D.C., was unveiled on Tuesday this week as New York marked its Climate Week and as the UN General Assembly had its 80th edition taking place in New York. The nonprofit says it wants different countries around the world to formulate and implement…

ThursdaySep 25, 2025 9:00 am

Alibaba Shares Soar as CEO Vows to Increase AI Spend

On Wednesday, the shares of Chinese tech giant Alibaba climbed 9% after the company’s CEO promised to allocate even more resources to AI development in a bid to stay ahead in the race with various tech firms, both local and foreign. Eddie Wu made these remarks while launching Qwen3-Max, the company’s latest and largest AI model, at a conference the firm organized for this event. The company has already pledged to inject at least $60.6 billion over the coming three years. The announcement that even more resources would be directed to AI development was welcomed by investors as the rise…

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