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Every ChatGPT Question Comes at a Cost: Enough Power for a Lightbulb and a Teaspoon of Water

AI, like ChatGPT, incurs significant hidden environmental costs in energy and water. Despite minimal individual query usage, billions of queries add up, raising concerns about overall consumption.

International Business Times UK · Jun 11, 2025

Google is offering buyouts and tightening its RTO policy—only problem is, it's already worried about losing top performers

Google announced a 'voluntary exit program' for more of its teams, offering payouts irrespective of role or level, and regardless of if the decision is made for personal or professional reasons.

Fortune · Jun 11, 2025

Xreal just teased its Android XR specs, and they boast a massive upgrade over its other AR smart glasses

Xreal just divulged new Project Aura details including its 70-degree field of view, and an Android XR compute puck.

TechRadar · Jun 11, 2025

Large Libel Models: Small Business Sues Google, Claiming AI Overview in Searches Hallucinated Attorney General Lawsuit

The case is LTL LED LLC v. Google LLC (D. Minn.); see pp. 104 of this PDF onwards for the… The post Large Libel Models: Small Business Sues Google, Claiming AI Overview in Searches Hallucinated Attorney General Lawsuit appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jun 11, 2025

As big tech grows more involved in Gaza, Muslim workers are wrestling with a spiritual crisis

Is working in big tech halal? Muslim workers are reckoning with the possibility that their jobs go against their religious obligations

The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2025

‘Isn’t that stalking?’: Woman leaves bad Google review for business. Then her mom gets a call

With more than 75,000 views, TikTok user @shanaiabeee’s video has recently picked up steam. The reason why? She explained how a negative Google review she left for a colonic provider led to threats of arbitration.

The Mary Sue · Jun 11, 2025

OpenAI set to add Google Cloud services as it looks to meet computing capacity needs

Google Cloud will provide some cloud computing capacity for OpenAI after months of negotiation – bad news for Microsoft.

TechRadar · Jun 11, 2025

One CGI Transformers character used up so much data during its creation that Google complained about it

At least it didn't melt a computer this time

Total Film · Jun 11, 2025

The AI revolution is 'unprecedented' in the scale of human history, new report finds

A new report from Mary Meeker, dubbed the "Queen of the Internet," shows that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is the fastest technological change in history.

Euronews · Jun 11, 2025

Hong Kong warns citizens over mobile game 'advocating armed revolution'

Hong Kong authorities have said people who download or share the game Reversed Front: Bonfire could be prosecuted under national security laws.

Euronews · Jun 11, 2025