Tag: energy
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The Register: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/linux_kernel_tweak/ Source: The Register Title: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say Feedly Summary: Not bad for 30 lines of code Hardware keeps getting faster, but it’s still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings…
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The Register: Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/baguettes_bandits_strike_again/ Source: The Register Title: Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery Feedly Summary: Big-game hunting to the extreme Hellcat, the ransomware crew that infected Schneider Electric and demanded $125,000 in baguettes, has aggressively targeted government, education, energy, and other critical industries since it emerged around mid-2024.… AI Summary…
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Alerts: CISA Releases Seven Industrial Control Systems Advisories
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/28/cisa-releases-seven-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Seven Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released seven Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 28, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-028-01 B&R Automation Runtime ICSA-25-028-02 Schneider Electric Power Logic ICSA-25-028-03 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ICSA-25-028-04…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/business/energy-environment/chevron-power-plant-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers Feedly Summary: The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services. AI…
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The Register: South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/sc_nuclear_reactors_ai/ Source: The Register Title: South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom Feedly Summary: VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit Abandoned in 2017, a pair of incomplete South Carolina nuclear reactors…
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Hacker News: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent
Source URL: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cheriton-school-computer-science-researchers-update-linux Source: Hacker News Title: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers have enhanced the Linux kernel to improve data center energy efficiency significantly, potentially reducing consumption by up to 30%. This innovation can have…
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The Register: AI agents? Yes, let’s automate all sorts of things that don’t actually need it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/ai_agents_automate_argument/ Source: The Register Title: AI agents? Yes, let’s automate all sorts of things that don’t actually need it Feedly Summary: OpenAI’s Operator a solution in search of a problem Opinion The “agentic era," as Nvidia’s Jim Fan and others have referred to the current evolutionary state of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is…
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Hacker News: Mastering Atari Games with Natural Intelligence
Source URL: https://www.verses.ai/blog/mastering-atari-games-with-natural-intelligence Source: Hacker News Title: Mastering Atari Games with Natural Intelligence Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents a significant advancement in the realm of AI, showcasing VERSES’ Genius-powered agent that outperforms existing leading AI algorithms on the Atari 100k benchmarking challenge with remarkable efficiency. This represents a…
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Slashdot: Researchers Say New Attack Could Take Down the European Power Grid
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/25/0037206/researchers-say-new-attack-could-take-down-the-european-power-grid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Say New Attack Could Take Down the European Power Grid Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant security vulnerabilities in renewable energy facilities across Central Europe, where unencrypted radio signals are used to control energy supply to the grid. Researchers inadvertently uncovered this…