Why ‘next wave’ data center markets are at the heart of Europe's fight for data sovereignty

And why an over-reliance on FLAPD is not good for Europe’s data center future

And why an over-reliance on FLAPD is not good for Europe’s data center future
New York is hitting pause on new hyperscale data centers in the state just as the AI boom is supercharging demand for these facilities. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing a temporary moratorium on certain new data centers that consume 50 megawatts or more of power. The move makes New York…
Photovs/Getty Images There are some electrical mistakes you don’t want to make in your home and if you’re unfamiliar with how circuits work, it’s helpful to know the basics. For example, a 20-amp circuit can typically handle around 10 standard outlets, though there isn’t a specific number…
A community developer, GnLOLot, has published a 1B model that runs fully on local hardware. The model is MiniCPM5-1B-Claude-Opus-Fable5-Thinking, with GGUF builds for llama.cpp-compatible runtimes. It needs no API key and makes no cloud calls. The Proposed Model The model is built on openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B. That base is a real, documented release from OpenBMB. It is…
Visiting the new Dataland museum in downtown Los Angeles is like stepping into a hyperreal nighttime fantasy. At various points as visitors move through black, cavernous spaces, they hear the sounds of Amazon rainforest creatures, a tropical thunderstorm, and excerpts from a Los Angeles Philharmonic recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. In one room they…
TL;DR Canon registered three new EOS R cameras. Rumours point to a retro-styled R8 II (digital AE-1), an R7 II with Canon’s first stacked APS-C sensor, and an R10 II. All expected H2 2026. Canon has registered three new cameras with wireless certification agencies, a step that typically signals imminent announcements. Rumours point to updates…
“It can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer workloads and just from a ‘it keeps finding embarrassing bugs’ standpoint,” he said of the use of AI in security scanning. “The solution is to make sure those LLM tools help maintainers instead of just causing them pain.” Developers should be free to choose…