Microsoft’s Windows Recall still allows silent data extraction

A cybersecurity researcher says Recall’s redesigned security model does not stop same-user malware from accessing plaintext ...
Consumer Reports

AI Data Centers: Big Tech's Impact on Electric Bills, Water, and More

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...
EurekAlert!

A cost-effective text-to-SQL approach based on adaptive refinement

The purpose of the Text-to-SQL task is to bridge the gap between natural language and SQL queries. Current approaches mainly rely on large language models (LLMs), but employing them for Text-to-SQL ha ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Data centres should back renewable transition to ensure priority under new guidelines

Tech giants seeking to build artificial intelligence data centres in Australia should create their own renewable infrastructure to avoid sucking up domestic resources if they want to win government ...
Nature

Unravelling complex biology through big data and AI

Biology is mind-bogglingly complex. Even simple biological systems are made up of a huge number of components that interact with one another in complicated ways. Furthermore, systems vary in both ...
Harvard Business Review

Better People Analytics

Measure who they know, not just who they are. by Paul Leonardi and Noshir Contractor “We have charts and graphs to back us up. So f*** off.” New hires in Google’s people analytics department began ...