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AI Data Center Boom: Can U.S. Infrastructure Keep Up?
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is reshaping the digital economy, but its physical footprint is beginning to strain resources in unexpected ways. Across the United States, the construction of AI focused data centers is accelerating at a pace that rivals traditional public infrastructure spending. While these facilities are essential for powering large scale AI systems, industry experts and analysts warn that their growth could come at the expense of long over
Amazon’s Kindle Gets Smarter: Can AI Understand Your Books?
Amazon is rolling out a new AI-powered feature for Kindle readers that promises to make following books easier, especially for those tackling dense classics or complex novels with sprawling casts. The feature, called Ask This Book , is now available to users in the US through the Kindle iOS app and allows readers to highlight any passage and ask questions directly within the book. Instead of leaving the page to search for explanations, readers can instantly ask about plot p
Google’s AI Try-On Now Uses Selfies: A New Era of Online Shopping?
Google is expanding its AI powered virtual try on feature, making it easier for shoppers to see how clothes might look on them without needing a full body photo. Announced this week, the update allows users to upload just a selfie to generate a full length digital version of themselves for virtual clothing try ons. Previously, users had to upload a full body image, which could be inconvenient or limiting. With this new approach, Google uses Nano Banana, its Gemini 2.5 Flash
Business & Economics
AI Data Center Boom: Can U.S. Infrastructure Keep Up?
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is reshaping the digital economy, but its physical footprint is beginning to strain resources in unexpected ways. Across the United States, the construction of AI focused data centers is accelerating at a pace that rivals traditional public infrastructure spending. While these facilities are essential for powering large scale AI systems, industry experts and analysts warn that their growth could come at the expense of long over
Disney drops $1B in OpenAI to License AI Videos With Iconic Characters
The Walt Disney Company has entered a major three year partnership with OpenAI that signals a turning point for how generative artificial intelligence and Hollywood’s most valuable intellectual property may coexist. Announced on December 11, the agreement includes a $1 billion US equity investment from Disney into OpenAI and grants permission for OpenAI’s Sora tool to generate AI videos using licensed Disney characters (TechCrunch). The deal reflects Disney’s effort to shap
Opera Introduces $20 Neon Browser: Can AI Rethink Research?
Opera has officially opened public access to its long-anticipated AI browser, Neon, marking one of the most ambitious attempts yet to merge everyday browsing with advanced artificial intelligence. After several months of private testing that began in October and an initial reveal in May, Neon is now available to anyone willing to pay its subscription fee of $19.90 per month (Yahoo). The launch places Opera squarely in the emerging category of agentic browsers, a space also
Society & Culture
Hinge’s New AI Convo Starters: AI Help for Better First Messages
Anyone who has used a dating app knows the familiar frustration: you match, someone “likes” your profile, and then… nothing. That silence can put all the pressure on one person to break the ice, and when a message does arrive, it is often the same recycled openers or ultra basic small talk like “How are you?”. Hinge says this pattern is common enough that it has started to drag on the experience for many users, especially those who feel they are constantly expected to carry t
Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre (NOIC) Launches Program To Help Local Businesses Adopt To AI
Small businesses in Northwestern Ontario are getting a major boost in their efforts to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, thanks to a new initiative from the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre (NOIC) in Thunder Bay. The centre has launched the Building Blueprints for AI Adoption (BBAA) program, a structured five-session training and funding initiative designed to help entrepreneurs gain hands-on experience and practical strategies for integrating AI
UN: AI to Disrupt 40% of Jobs, Widen Global Inequality
The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is on track to reach a staggering $4.8 trillion by 2033—roughly equivalent to the size of...
Science & Technology
Amazon’s Kindle Gets Smarter: Can AI Understand Your Books?
Amazon is rolling out a new AI-powered feature for Kindle readers that promises to make following books easier, especially for those tackling dense classics or complex novels with sprawling casts. The feature, called Ask This Book , is now available to users in the US through the Kindle iOS app and allows readers to highlight any passage and ask questions directly within the book. Instead of leaving the page to search for explanations, readers can instantly ask about plot p
Google’s AI Try-On Now Uses Selfies: A New Era of Online Shopping?
Google is expanding its AI powered virtual try on feature, making it easier for shoppers to see how clothes might look on them without needing a full body photo. Announced this week, the update allows users to upload just a selfie to generate a full length digital version of themselves for virtual clothing try ons. Previously, users had to upload a full body image, which could be inconvenient or limiting. With this new approach, Google uses Nano Banana, its Gemini 2.5 Flash
Nvidia Unveils New AI Chip Tracking Software Amid Smuggling Fears
Nvidia is developing new location tracking software for its AI chips at a time when concerns about smuggling and unauthorized use in China are escalating. According to multiple reports, the company has created location verification technology capable of identifying the country where a chip is operating by measuring computing performance and analyzing delays in communication between servers, which can reveal geographic distance. The feature draws on the confidential computin
Health & Well-Being
AI Boosts EEG Analysis: Could This Transform Dementia Detection?
Researchers at Örebro University have developed two advanced AI models that could significantly improve how dementia is detected, using nothing more than the brain’s natural electrical activity captured through EEG signals. These models were designed to distinguish between healthy individuals and those with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia, offering new hope for earlier and more accessible diagnosis. By combining temporal convolutional net
AI-Powered Brain Atlas Maps the Human Mind with Unprecedented Detail
A team of researchers from University College London (UCL) has developed an advanced AI-assisted brain atlas that allows scientists to visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail, marking a major milestone in neuroscience and neuroimaging ( News-Medical.net ; Medical Xpress; Mirage News). Named NextBrain , the atlas provides a comprehensive map of the adult human brain, enabling the analysis of MRI scans in just minutes while offering a level of resolution that was prev
The Role of AI in Transforming Cancer Care: Stanford's Groundbreaking Innovations
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the landscape of medicine, and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of...
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