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1002 New Datacentres Risk Doubling Great Britain's Electricity Use, Regulator Says

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msmash @ Slashdot · 02/24/2026 16:00 EDT

New Datacentres Risk Doubling Great Britain's Electricity Use, Regulator Says

The amount of power being sought by new datacentre projects in Great Britain would exceed the national current peak electricity consumption, according to an industry watchdog. From a report: Ofgem said about 140 proposed datacentre schemes, driven by use of artificial intelligence, could require 50 gigawatts of electricity -- 5GW more than the country's current peak demand.

The figure was revealed in an Ofgem consultation on demand for new connections to the power grid. It pointed to a "surge in demand" f

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 12:00 EDT

Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due To SSD Shortage

For the "foreseeable future," Sony says it has stopped accepting new orders for most of its CFexpress and SD memory card lines due to the an ongoing memory supply shortage. "Due to the global shortage of semiconductors (memory) and other factors, it is anticipated that supply will not be able to meet demand for CFexpress memory cards and SD memory cards for the foreseeable future," the company said in a... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 13:00 EDT

Microsoft Copilot Is Now Injecting Ads Into Pull Requests On GitHub

Microsoft Copilot is reportedly injecting promotional "tips" into GitHub pull requests, with Neowin claiming more than 1.5 million PRs have been affected by messages advertising integrations like Raycast, Slack, Teams, and various IDEs. From the report: According to Melbourne-based software developer Zach Manson, a team member used the AI to fix a simple typo in a pull request. Copilot did the job, but it also took the liberty of editing... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 14:18 EDT

Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers 'Lame Excuses'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In an effort to gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna's Archive and other shadow libraries. According to several authors, Meta facilitated the infringement of others by "seeding" these torrents. This week, the court granted the authors permission to add these claims to their complaint, despite openly scolding their counsel for "lame excuses" and... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 15:00 EDT

Life With AI Causing Human Brain 'Fry'

fjo3 shares a report from France 24: Too many lines of code to analyze, armies of AI assistants to wrangle, and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI adopters. Consultants at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have dubbed the phenomenon "AI brain fry," a state of mental exhaustion stemming "from the excessive use or supervision of artificial intelligence tools, pushed beyond our cognitive limits." The rise of... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 16:00 EDT

OkCupid Settles FTC Case On Alleged Misuse of Its Users' Personal Data

OkCupid and parent company Match Group settled an FTC case dating back to 2014 over allegations that the dating app shared users' photos and other personal data with a third party without proper disclosure or opt-out rights. Engadget reports: According to the FTC, OkCupid's privacy policy at the time noted that the company wouldn't share a user's personal information with others, except for some cases including "service providers, business partners,... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 17:00 EDT

Samsung Is Bringing AirDrop-Style Sharing to Older Galaxy Devices

Samsung is reportedly planning to roll out AirDrop-style file sharing for older Galaxy phones via a Quick Share update. Early reports suggest the feature is appearing on devices from the Galaxy S22 through the S25, though it is not actually working yet. Android Central reports: As spotted by Reddit users (via Tarun Vats on X), a Quick Share app update is rolling out via the Galaxy Store on older Samsung... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 18:00 EDT

After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military's most troubled space programs might finally bear fruit. The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, is designed for command and control of the military's constellation of more... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 19:00 EDT

Microsoft Plans To Build 100% Native Apps For Windows 11

Microsoft is reportedly shifting Windows 11 app development back toward fully native apps. Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a new team to work on Windows apps. "You don't need prior experience with the platform.. what matters most is strong product thinking and a deep focus on the customer," he wrote. "If... Read more â€ș

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 23:30 EDT

AI Data Centers Can Warm Surrounding Areas By Up To 9.1C

An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Andrea Marinoni at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues saw that the amount of energy needed to run a data centre had been steadily increasing of late and was likely to "explode" in the coming years, so wanted to quantify the impact. The researchers took satellite measurements of land surface temperatures over the past 20 years and cross-referenced them... Read more â€ș

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