Monthly Archives: October 2025

Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program

[ad_1] The Department of Energy said Thursday that it had finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade around 5,000 miles of transmission lines. The grid upgrades would ease the flow of electricity in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. The project, which will address lines owned by American …

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China and US agree to fresh trade talks

[ad_1] China and the United States have agreed to fresh trade negotiations. Photo: – / AFP/FileSource: AFP China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing …

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Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates

[ad_1] Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they alleged that certain advocates of AI safety are not as virtuous as …

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Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land

[ad_1] The AI era is giving fracking a second act, a surprising twist for an industry that, even during its early 2010s boom years, was blamed by climate advocates for poisoned water tables, man-made earthquakes, and the stubborn persistence of fossil fuels. AI companies are building massive data centers near …

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