New Atlas

Powerful AI reasoning models can now run without giant data centers

Giant AI data centers are causing some serious and growing problems – electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in arid regions), reliance on destructive and human rights-abusing mining ...
MLive

‘Magnificent,’ 13-year-old giraffe dies after tragic accident at zoo

2026 has begun in tragedy for the staff at a major North American zoo. The Toronto Zoo announced on Jan. 2 that Kiko, a beloved 13-year-old male Masai giraffe, suffered fatal injuries after getting ...
Commercial Observer

Data Centers Continue to Vacuum Up the Investment Dollars — Is the Return Worth It?

If 2025 will be remembered for anything — outside of the return of President Donald J. Trump and the rise of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — it will undoubtedly be the establishment of artificial ...
Los Angeles Times

Why this film critic’s new book reads like a doom scroll of cultural decay

As movies have morphed from a vibrant public event into a product we watch on our personal screens, film criticism has also been disrupted thanks to apps like Letterboxd. Fortunately, film critic A. S ...
Variety

Oscar Predictions: From Inevitable to Unpredictable, How ‘Sinners’ Upended the Race Overnight

SINNERS, foreground from left: Michael B. Jordan, director Ryan Coolger, on set, 2025. © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett ...