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Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say.

An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, starting conversations and inspiring vandalism.

Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37,000 and $40,000, prices that bring its cars closer to comparable gasoline vehicles.

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work that made behaviors of the subatomic realm observable at a larger scale.

The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.

The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.

In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.

Weeks after a $100 billion agreement to use computer chips from Nvidia, OpenAI has signed a similar deal with a rival chipmaker.

Jaguar Land Rover is the third big British brand to have its operations severely affected by a breach this year.

Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.

The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier and produce more milk.

Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.

A pharmacologist, she was certain Elizabeth Holmes’s blood-testing idea would fail, and spoke up about it. At first, few listened.

“I do not like the idea of pointing these giant A.I. supercomputers at people’s dopamine receptors and just feeding them an endless diet of hyper-personalized stimulating videos.”

The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.