Comment on Meta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets

In San Jose, 4,000 proposed new apartments will use waste heat for their heat and hot water, significantly lowering energy bills. When future residents turn up the heat in six new apartment buildings planned for downtown San Jose, California, it will come from nearby data centers.

Third-party seller prices of levonorgestrel tablets, the emergency morning-after contraceptive, are rising as people stockpile. In the hours after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election, a number of people took to social media to hammer home a simple directive: Buy Plan B now, before it’s too late.

Getting let go is overwhelming. Take a beat and check that you’re getting everything you deserve, says this employment lawyer. When you’re fired or laid off, a severance package can offer a sense of relief—but it often brings a wave of overwhelm, too.

An aerospace entrepreneur and film producer have teamed on a spaceflight and media company to empower future astronauts and researchers from marginalized nations through a competition, STEM guidance, and docuseries. When the fledgling Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) sent Victor Correa Hespanha into suborbital space with Blue Origin’s NS-21 mission two years ago, it hoped to spark more interest in STEM education in a country not known for its space industry.

The president-elect has claimed he will veto a federal abortion ban. But that’s not the only way Trump could effectively block abortion access across the U. S. In the lead up to the election, Donald Trump would not directly answer questions about his plans for enacting a federal abortion ban, despite repeated inquiries in press interviews.

A new report quantifies just how much artificial intelligence might cost you. Every use of AI requires massive amounts of data, meaning as AI has surged, companies have been building more and more data centers across the country. Those data centers also require lots of energy to operate, and that means they could soon require more energy than what’s available on the grid.