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The amount of ERCOT‘s large load interconnection requests ballooned to more than 230 gigawatts this year, a massive increase from the 63 gigawatts reported in December 2024. The agency, which operates ...

Kubernetes often reacts too late when traffic suddenly increases at the edge. A proactive scaling approach that considers response time, spare CPU capacity, and container startup delays can add or ...

Malicious "skills" and persnickety configuration are just a few issues that security researchers have found when installing the OpenClaw AI assistant.

The machinery behind machine learning is growing more complex, but the bottleneck often shows up in small, unglamorous work: ...

Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ...

NASA has delayed the first crewed Artemis II mission from February to March 2026. A recent Wet Dress Rehearsal revealed minor issues, including a hydrogen leak. Teams are now fixing problems and ...