Microsoft’s Satya Nadella cautions at Davos that artificial intelligence’s sustainability hinges on equitable distribution across industries and regions, risking a bubble if benefits stay concentrated in tech giants and wealthy nations. Microsoft’s chief executive warned in Davos that artificial intelligence risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its gains spread well…

Austin-based Neurophos has raised $110 million in a Series A funding round led by Gates Frontier, aiming to revolutionise AI inference with photonic chips that use light to boost efficiency and speed. Neurophos, an Austin startup spun out of Duke University, has closed a $110 million Series A round to…

Driven by significant investments by Microsoft and Oracle and the surge in AI and cloud adoption, Europe’s data analytics sector is experiencing rapid expansion, transforming how organisations harness data for strategic advantage. The data analytics sector is entering a period of rapid expansion, driven by the dual forces of generative…

A new industry report reveals that despite significant interest, trust, data quality, and regulatory concerns continue to impede the widespread deployment of agentic AI in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. Although pharmaceutical and life sciences companies have actively explored agentic AI, a new industry study shows the technology’s promise…

New survey data reveals that organisations’ success with AI depends more on cultural change and leadership transparency than on technical access, highlighting the importance of trust, training, and employee involvement to drive effective adoption. At a moment when organisations are pouring resources into generative and other AI technologies, new survey…

Despite a heated debate over managing surging demand from AI-driven data centres, PJM Interconnection remains without a consensus, risking higher power prices and grid reliability in the US’s largest power market. Members of PJM Interconnection, the largest power grid operator in the United States, have reached an impasse over how…

A novel data-driven tool from Project Drawdown categorises impactful climate mitigation strategies, highlighting dietary shifts, waste reduction, and sustainable farming as highly recommended actions for immediate and collective implementation. Climate action organisation Project Drawdown has introduced an innovative Explorer tool designed to classify environmental solutions by their actual impact on…

Lenovo has unveiled a pioneering warm water cooling system that leverages high-temperature water to cut energy costs and enhance sustainability in data centres, employing AI and corrosion-resistant materials to optimise thermal management. In the evolving era of AI and high-performance data processing, Lenovo has introduced a pioneering water cooling technology…

A new report underscores photonics as the key to reducing AI-induced electricity demand and carbon emissions in Europe, amid soaring data centre growth and infrastructure pressures. A new report by Photonics21, authored by TEMATYS, underscores photonics, the use of light to transmit and process information, as the only feasible solution…