Conservatives split from Silicon Valley allies as datacenter backlash grows

Tech companies have underestimated the opposition to energy-hungry datacenters – and experts predict the pushback will intensifyHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, listening to Dolly Parton in the wake of her death. I was lucky enough to see her in concert a decade ago in California, in the same arena where Google now hosts its annual I/O conference. It’s been a long time, and all my iPhone 4 photos are so blurry you can barely tell it’s a musical performance, but my memory is clear enough to compensate. She told many stories about her childhood, which led into a trio of fabulous songs: My Tennessee Mountain Home, Applejack, and Dr Robert F Thomas. They’re still my favorites.Siri, where does Apple go next? – podcastApple’s Tim Cook leaves behind complicated legacy on privacyFifteen years after Steve Jobs, Tim Cook leaves a dramatically different AppleWho is John Ternus, Apple’s next CEO?‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 secondsDoctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warnsAI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliamentAI slopper in chief: Trump turns to social media amid tough questionsThe datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires Continue reading...