Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.
CBS News

Data centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concerns

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...
The New York Times

He Built a Server to Protect Indigenous Health Data

Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut. Credit...Tara Weston for The New York Times Supported by Lost Science is an ...
CNET

Windscribe CEO Says ‘No User Data’ at Risk After Dutch Authorities Reportedly Seize Server

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...
WDBJ

Virginia lawmakers look to address data center water use

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation to limit water consumption by data centers. It comes as Google plans to draw an estimated 8 million gallons per day from Carvins ...
The Business Journals

Serverfarm seeks to redevelop Tysons offices as a 300,000-square-foot data center campus

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Part of the campus, which ...
The Washington Post

Supersized data centers are coming. See how they will transform America.

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
Bloomberg L.P.

What AI Bubble? BNEF Outlook for Data Center Power Use Rises 36%

Power demand from US data centers is set to surge to 106 gigawatts by 2035, according to BloombergNEF, a 36% increase from the research provider’s previous outlook in April. The upward revision in ...
WHIO

I-TEAM: Data centers, water, and secrets: Companies using NDAs to hide their names, water usage

MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Sweden does not use new beet extract salt to de-ice roads and nourish birds

Sweden uses common salt to de-ice its roads in winter, contrary to online posts that say it uses a new beet extract salt, the country’s Transport Administration has said. Posts shared on social media, ...