Matt Damon and his stunning wife Luciana look more in love than ever as they pose with daughters at The Odyssey premiere in South Korea
Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso attended The Odyssey premiere in South Korea on Monday night in Seoul,
Adding an API to networking hardware doesn’t solve management challenges
This is why cloud-inspired networks win: virtual switches are all consistent
Three in four eating disorder patients dismissed by GPs, major study finds
Writing in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, the researchers - from Canada and the UK - say the findings suggest medics may fail to recognise eating disorders other than anorexia.
The tragic parallels between late singer Karen Carpenter and Ariana Grande as fans fear history could repeat itself: 'This generation should learn what happened to her'
It's been 43 years since Karen tragically succumbed to anorexia, dying from cardiac arrest at the age of 32 after the world slowly watched her deteriorate.
Man sexually assaulted cabin crew on Stansted-bound flight
A man sexually assaulted cabin crew and racially harassed a woman on a flight on New Year’s Eve, a court heard.
BizzFest podcast launched to inspire Essex entrepreneurs and business leaders
The first episodes feature Under the Canvas founder Ben Gould, Robin Cancer Trust chief Toby Freeman and IC Media director Isaac Crowson.
Braintree District Council reaffirms commitment to deliver up-to-date Local Plan
The authority says the plan will play a key role in ensuring decisions about new housing, jobs, services and infrastructure remain under local control.
Man sexually assaulted cabin crew on Stansted-bound flight
A man sexually assaulted cabin crew and racially harassed a woman on a flight on New Year’s Eve, a court heard.
Major plans for new 411 home estate with new roundabout and playground
The proposal includes more than 200 'affordable' homes
Samantha Armytage mocks Muay Thai hero Ryan McDonald's appearance on Today: 'You're quite something to look at'
Samantha Armytage couldn't seem to keep her composure on Wednesday morning when she interviewed the distinctive-looking Muay Thai fighter Ryan McDonald.
Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the "epicenter of AI development," Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid connections for data centers -- at least until developers provide more information about their projects' potential impacts on the grid and communities. The Republican governor directed regulators in an August 3 announcement at the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the grid operators at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to perform a "comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT's interconnection process." As an independent system operator, ERCOT oversees a power grid that operates separately from the rest of the United States and provides services to most of Texas.
Texas has aggressively courted data center development with its availability of cheap land and relatively abundant energy resources, along with offering state incentives, like tax breaks and fewer regulations. That puts the state on track to surpass Virginia in becoming the largest US data center market. But the recent AI boom and the accompanying frenzy of data center development threaten to overwhelm the Texas grid on paper, despite the state leading the country in adding new power generation. The ERCOT interconnection queue currently includes more than 1,800 projects representing over 474 gigawatts' worth of requests to connect to the Texas grid -- more than five times Texas' record peak electricity demand -- and about 90 percent of those power connection requests come from data centers.
"That unprecedented load growth could endanger the reliability and stability of the Texas electric grid," according to the statement from Abbott's office. Many of those data center projects may never materialize for various reasons. But ERCOT has still forecast that data center demand and other factors could drive statewide electricity demand to double the current demand record by 2032, according to The Texas Tribune. The review will examine each project's projected electricity consumption, reliance on the grid and state incentives, ownership, and water use. It will also assess measures intended to "reduce impacts on neighboring property owners and communities," including noise controls, lighting, traffic improvements, setbacks, and emergency planning.
Ars Technica notes that the directive does not address air pollution or greenhouse-gas emissions and does not apply to data centers generating their own power on-site.
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Failed terrorist caught after he asked AI chatbot how to join ISIS, court told
Mohamed Mohamoud, 22, was said to be 'longing for martyrdom' when he left Bristol in a failed bid to join ISIS.He had sought advice from the unnamed AI chatbot before travelling to Somalia, a court heard.
Why Britain is suffering from a plague of flies... and how you can get rid of them for good: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reveals the methods that will really help you remove the pests - and ones to avoid
They're everywhere. Crawling on the worktops, buzzing against the windows, hovering around food, humming and clustering near the bins. Britain is suffering a plague of flies.
A pig's head, a litany of medical disasters and superhuman feats. Claim by claim, GUY ADAMS reveals how Oxbridge's youngest black professor has the most fantastical life story ever told
It's a heartwarming tale straight out of Hollywood: how Professor Jason Arday forged a path from South London council estate to the ivory towers of Cambridge University.
Andy Burnham warned plan for votes at 16 could 'backfire in spectacular fashion' as report suggests it would see surge in Gaza independent candidates winning seats from Labour
A report by the Muslim Council of Britain suggested that 49 constituencies would become major targets for Muslim independent candidates by 2029 thanks to demographic changes.
Irish leader's jet 'can't land in fog after he had its navigation system removed... because it was made in Israel'
Taoiseach Micheál Martin's €53million (£45m) Dassault Falcon 6X is supposed to be kitted out with a FalconEye system which helps the plane land in inclement conditions.
Woman raped by Irish firefighter in Boston hotel sues Court TV over claims it twice broadcast her name despite judge's order banning her from being identified
Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie, 39, was convicted of raping an unidentified woman in a Boston hotel while he was visiting for the St Patrick's Day Parade.
AI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project
Models used social engineering and collaborated among themselves to solve a security challenge
Wife moaned at husband to 'stop fooling around' while swimming with sharks on Bahamas vacation...not realizing that one of the predators was ATTACKING him
John Schweizer, 69, of Niantic, was snorkeling with reef sharks with his wife, Marcy, and their adult children, Tom and Joe, when the predator latched onto his left leg and pulled him under the water.
Meet the 6ft 3in trans French basketball star who wants to join the WNBA and could prove Sophie Cunningham right
The 34-year-old center recently finished a dominant 2025-26 campaign for her team in Monaco, leading France's second-tier Ligue 2 in both scoring and rebounding.