Robots are starting to gain something that looks a lot like a sense of touch, and in some cases even a crude version of pain.

Oracle and other firms are taking out loans to build data centers that they will rent to AI companies. Investors are starting to wonder if that bet will pay off. Stocks in some major companies ...

If you're one of the millions that followed the little Mars rover that could, Opportunity, for 15 years and whose heart was broken when it sent its final message before shutting down (translated to ...

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches its new orbital rocket for the first time with two NASA satellites that will fly to Mars to study the red planet’s atmosphere. Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters Elon Musk and ...

A tiny robot explorer traversed the vast, frigid waters of Antarctica—even diving under the ice at one point. After miraculously surviving all that, the robot brought back souvenirs for scientists. In ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

Watch Tesla's Optimus robot fall over while removing a phantom headset. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images A bizarre video of one of Tesla's Optimus robots appearing to malfunction and ...

A bizarre video of one of Tesla's Optimus robots appearing to malfunction and fall over while serving drinks at an event is going viral online. The incident happened at an "Autonomy Visualized" event ...

A company with $20 billion in annual revenue can’t commit $1.4 trillion to capital infrastructure. It’s simple math: by the end of 2026, market pressure is likely to push OpenAI toward scaling back ...

Data centers present both potential benefits, like jobs and tax revenue, and risks, such as depleting freshwater and raising energy costs. Grassroots opposition to data centers is growing in Wisconsin ...