Why I Still Haven’t Upgraded OpenJDK 11 Yet

Most developers don’t wake up and say “I choose OpenJDK 11 because it’s my comfort runtime.” Let’s be real. If you’re still on 11 in 2025, it’s usually not because you want to be. It’s because ...
Yahoo

AG Commissioner Miller and Congressman Sessions Team Up Against AI Data Centers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WACO, Texas (FOX 44) — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says AI data centers are taking over crucial farmland, and he has ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years

Our knowledge of the past comes from stone tablets and old parchment. But thousands of years from now, our descendants may learn of our lives from a thin slice of glass carrying an impressive load of ...
Vols Wire

Encrypted app 'Session' used by Hailey Buzbee, Ohio man before her death

Court documents reveal Fishers teen Hailey Buzbee communicated with her accused kidnapper on 'Session,' a highly encrypted ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ludi Akue discusses how the tech sector’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Threat of New AI Tools Wipes $300 Billion Off Software and Data Stocks

At WSJ Invest Live, Jon Gray shared optimism for the health of the private-credit market and discussed Blackstone’s investment strategy in AI infrastructure. Investors’ fears that new developments in ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Anti-data center protesters arrested during Port Washington meeting

Three people were arrested at a City of Port Washington meeting Dec. 2 where protesters spoke out against a $15 billion artificial intelligence data center campus for tech giants OpenAI and Oracle.
OPB

Oregon Democrats make clear pushing back on Trump’s immigration efforts will be key in short legislative session

Oregon state Democratic lawmakers announced a slew of policy bills on Wednesday, taking aim at the federal government and making it clear that pushing back on President Trump’s agenda will be central ...
The Baltimore Sun

$1.4B fiscal strain, energy, immigration lead Maryland General Assembly to-do list

The 2026 Maryland legislative session will open Wednesday with a projected $1.4 billion budget deficit and rising energy costs, alongside debates over affordability, education, immigration, and health ...
Time

Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space?

Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025. Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025.Los Angeles Times—Getty Images Editor at Large Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., ...
The Baltimore Sun

Are Baltimore-area grocers using facial recognition? Some won’t say.

As the grocery chain faces scrutiny in New York for storing customers’ biometric data, Wegmans won’t say if any stores in Maryland are in the “small fraction” of locations where it has deployed ...