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IVCM petition asked Imperial County judge to overturn IID’s refusal to sell it roughly 287 million gallons to cool a proposed 330 MW data center The company pledged in writing as recently as February that the project would not touch Colorado River water The case turns on whether fallowed farmland water can be reassigned to…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, July 28 (game…

For a long period during the early 21st century, Apple was the envy of the technology industry – pumping out a series of excellent products and seemingly unable to put a foot wrong. When the iPad came along, it had many detractors, chief among them the former CEO of its industry rival, Microsoft. “You know,…

The CIA has never confirmed or denied the following story. The only evidence we have that it happened at all is a 1997 article in Popular Science Vol. 250, Issue 1, where journalist Dawn Stover spoke to the mastermind behind one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War. We think of digital surveillance as…

Ukraine approves indigenous turbojet-powered guided bombs for frontline combat operations Domestic guided bombs now strike military objectives up to 200 kilometers away Seven Ukrainian manufacturers now build guided bomb conversion systems domestically Ukraine has officially approved several domestically built guided aerial bombs for combat use, including turbojet-powered versions capable of striking objectives up to 200…

Meta has funded multiple natural gas power plants over the past 12 months The corporate renewable energy initiative RE100 includes Apple, Google, and Microsoft among its 444 members Meta has previously committed to running all operations on renewables by 2020 Meta has confirmed it is withdrawing from the RE100 scheme, following the news that it…

Nvidia and Microsoft lead the list of founder members of the Open Secure AI Alliance AI, financial services, tech companies, and other organizations with developing AI services have joined the alliance Notable exceptions include OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Nvidia has confirmed its membership of the new Open Secure AI Alliance, a collective of industry-leading tech,…

Imagine a world where the most powerful weapon isn’t a missile, but a software update. In less than 72 hours, a software engineer can patch a drone on the front line and turn an enemy’s multi-million-dollar electronic warfare system into little more than expensive scrap. This isn’t science fiction but an everyday reality inside Ukraine’s…

Formula 1 is close to reaching 1 billion fans across the globe, rising from 12% year over year from 2024 to 2025., with the current figure standing somewhere around 800 million. To try and capture some of this huge potential market, the TGR Haas team has partnered with Infobip, resulting in a novel way to…

The AI race started off with a pretty clear direction – bigger and better. The first waves were characterized by building bigger models, but it’s all change in the world of artificial intelligence and with enterprises, SMBs and consumers all finding use cases for the technology, the focus has shifted. Now, AI firms and model…