Data 2026 outlook: The rise of semantic spheres of influence

As for the AI bubble, it is coming up for conversation because it is now having a material effect on the economy at large.
InfoQ

DuckDB's WebAssembly Client Allows Querying Iceberg Datasets in the Browser

DuckDB has recently introduced end-to-end interaction with Iceberg REST Catalogs directly within a browser tab, requiring no ...
AOL

Airlines are cracking down on power banks. Here's how you can avoid adding to the growing number of lithium battery accidents on planes.

Airlines have been tightening power-bank rules since a fire in South Korea in January. Incidents involving lithium batteries have also been getting more common. Flight attendants are well-trained, but ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia Power seeks $16B expansion to add 10 gigawatts to grid

Georgia Power seeks approval for a $16B plan to add 10 gigawatts to the grid, driven largely by data center demand. The utility says rates could drop by 2029, but customers and advocacy groups are ...
Reuters

India has no immediate plans to add coal power capacity beyond 2035, official says

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - India does not have any immediate plans to add coal power generation capacity beyond 2035, a top power ministry official said on Sunday. "India wants to secure its energy ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Frontier adding 11 flights to four destinations from Las Vegas

Denver-based Frontier Airlines is adding 11 weekly nonstop round trips from Las Vegas, some of them seasonal, to and from four destinations in March, the company announced Thursday. For a limited time ...
dbta

Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2026

After a banner year for the “promise of progress” on AI ambitions, deepening CX fatigue, and ongoing economic volatility, Forrester is predicting 2026 will bring a year of reckoning. According to ...
TechCrunch

Meta wants to get into the electricity trading business

In order to accelerate the construction of new power plants needed to provide energy for its data centers, Meta is looking to get into the business of trading electricity. Bloomberg reports that both ...
Ars Technica

If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space

It was probably always when, not if, Google would add its name to the list of companies intrigued by the potential of orbiting data centers. Google announced Tuesday a new initiative, named Project ...
Bleeping Computer

CISA orders feds to patch Windows Server WSUS flaw used in attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered U.S. government agencies to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability after adding it to its ...
Morningstar

ADDING and REPLACING I Squared Capital and Low Carbon Infrastructure Announce Landmark Clean Power Partnership with Google

400 MW Broadwing Energy will pioneer commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), creating a blueprint for reliable, low-carbon electricity in the U.S. Add after fifth paragraph: “I am ...
POWER Magazine

Entergy Mississippi Adding Third Gas-Fired Power Plant to ‘Superpower’ Strategy

Entergy Mississippi announced plans to build a 754-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Vicksburg. The $1.2-billion facility will replace the former Baxter Wilson Steam Electric Station, ...