‘Dead City’ Is Doing A ‘What If The Walking Dead Never Happened’ Episode

Next week, Dead City will imagine a world in which The Walking Dead never happened. As in, no zombies, no destruction of the world and society.

Australian data centres will use seven times more power by 2036
Australian data centres will use seven times more power by 2036

Australian data centres will take 13% of the country’s main electricity market by 2035-36, up from 3% today. That is almost a sevenfold rise in a decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. Keira Wright reported the forecast for Bloombe…

Health Insurer Stocks Are Soaring As Companies Get A Handle On Costs

Following a parade of health insurance company earnings reports this summer, stocks are rising and costs appear to be under control — for now.

The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers
The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers

The New York Times has started showing readers text written by a machine. A new search page answers queries with excerpts, links to Times stories and AI-generated summaries of Times reporting. Max Tani, Semafor’s media editor, reported the test on Sund…

Trump wants a $103,265 fee on new H-1B visas
Trump wants a $103,265 fee on new H-1B visas

The US Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule on Monday. It would charge employers $103,265 for a new H-1B visa. Daniel Wiessner reported the filing for Reuters. A federal judge blocked a similar fee in June, calling it unlawful. H-1B visas le…

Amazon raised its device prices by up to 60% overnight
Amazon raised its device prices by up to 60% overnight

Amazon raised the price of its own devices overnight on 21 August. The increases run to 60% on the cheapest product in the range, and they were not announced. Fortune reported the change across the hardware line. Pocket-lint had reported the Fire TV in…

Temu-Owner PDD beats profit estimates as revenue growth slows to 8%
Temu-Owner PDD beats profit estimates as revenue growth slows to 8%

PDD Holdings posted adjusted quarterly earnings of 19.33 yuan per share against estimates of 18.51, with revenue up 8% to 112.4bn yuan, or $16.6bn, missing forecasts. Shares rose about 3.5% premarket as European regulatory pressure on Temu continues to…

Nvidia has bought into a third land and power company this month
Nvidia has bought into a third land and power company this month

Nvidia took a minority stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Friday. Cloverleaf secures land and electricity for data centres. It is the third company of that kind Nvidia has bought into in quick succession, according to The Information. Neither compan…

Something’s Up With The ‘Outer Banks’ Season 5 Rotten Tomatoes Review Score

Is season 5 of Outer Banks, its final outing, actually good? Well, if you wanted to know what critics think in reviews, Rotten Tomatoes is not helpful at the moment.

Workers are rewriting their LinkedIn histories, and 2022 now looks 30% more AI-skilled than it was
Workers are rewriting their LinkedIn histories, and 2022 now looks 30% more AI-skilled than it was

A working paper analysing 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles found nearly a fifth had retroactively edited a job they had already left, with AI-related additions rising more than sixfold since ChatGPT launched. The authors estimate a 2026 snapshot overs…