Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Data centers have become a very heated topic for Texans. New projects across two data center hubs, one inside San Antonio and one just outside, are constantly cropping up in state filings. In the ...

Elon Musk’s rocket-building company SpaceX said on Monday it had acquired his artificial intelligence and social media venture xAI, a move that consolidates the entrepreneur’s two largest private ...

California's DROP program is now active, giving Californians the ability to stop data brokers from selling their personal information. DROP, which stands for Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, is a ...

A product launch can feel like a finish line, but in most tech organizations, it’s really the start of the next job: refining the solution to ensure it has staying power. Once customers start clicking ...

As usage of artificial intelligence increases, the construction of several large-scale data centers in Michigan is being debated by local municipalities and residents who live nearby those sites. At ...

WALTERBORO — A large new data center campus soon could be coming to this Colleton County community, and some community members and conservation groups worry that it could drive up energy costs and ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...