‘Movie Idiocracy is a reality!’ Google gets to chug millions of gallons of drinking water from dwindling aquifer to cool servers

Google has been given the go-ahead to pump some 550 million gallons of clean drinking water per year to cool servers at its sprawling data center in South Carolina, sparking outrage and fears the company will deplete the supply. … Read More >‘Movie Idiocracy is a reality!’ Google gets to chug millions of gallons of drinking water from dwindling aquifer to cool servers

Here they go again: Senate reheats ‘Russian meddling’ claims, using assertions as evidence

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on ‘Russian interference’ in the 2016 US presidential election is short on evidence and long on reheated assertions and innuendo from ‘experts’ exposed as actual election meddlers. … Read More >Here they go again: Senate reheats ‘Russian meddling’ claims, using assertions as evidence

‘Completely unacceptable’: Anger as power company shuts off supply to 800,000 over California wildfire fears

Around 800,000 PG&E customers in California are facing power cuts this week after the company announced it would take the drastic measure in order to limit the risk of their power lines sparking serious fires. … Read More >‘Completely unacceptable’: Anger as power company shuts off supply to 800,000 over California wildfire fears

Hezbollah took over Pentagon? Defense reporters baffled by bizarre glitch on TV screens showing CNN

Reporters are scratching their heads following an odd tech glitch at the Pentagon, in which the name of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah flashed across TV screens tuned to CNN in the building’s press pen. Nobody’s sure why. … Read More >Hezbollah took over Pentagon? Defense reporters baffled by bizarre glitch on TV screens showing CNN