Technology

Brewery uses solar bitcoin rig to make beer and cover power bills

A brewery is using a bitcoin mine to heat the water used in beer production as a way to use up surplus energy generated by rooftop solar panels.

Google expands in Miami after Page & Brin's $225m Florida homes; leased space quadruples

Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses

Meta's smart glasses have been a PR headache for the company. Public backlash has been swift, and fierce; people are concerned about the erosion of privacy and expansion of surveillance. Some especially bad actors are using the glasses to…

Gabon opposition leader jailed for political reasons, his lawyers say

LIBREVILLE, July 24 - Gabon's main opposition leader, Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, has been in jail for more than three months after the government resurrected an 18-year-old private financial dispute as a pretext to sideline him, his…

Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine

US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs and a trade probe against the European Union over its $1 billion fine on Google.

Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about

Co-Star CEO Banu Guler is also becoming the company's Chief Design Officer.

Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Qualcomm sent a letter to customers on Friday warning of plans to increase its prices by "a percentage in the double digits," Bloomberg reports. The price hikes will go into effect starting with products shipped after September 1st…

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses

In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use. Thursday's panel meeting saw a sharply divided group…

Michoacán priest douses crowd with pressurized holy water, sparking online debate

A Catholic priest in the western Mexican state of Michoacán has gone viral after a video showed him using a pressure washer to spray holy water over a crowd during a patron saint festival. The footage, widely shared across TikTok, Facebook…

Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, as reported…

How many jobs will AI data centres create?

Data centres are in development across Australia, but how many jobs will these big, thirsty facilities actually support?

Ukraine's heavy bomber drones airdrop ARK-1 mine-laying robots behind Russian lines

Ukrainian hexacopter reportedly lowered an ARK-1 behind Russian lines using cables The ARK-1 carries a TM-series anti-tank mine toward enemy positions after release The ground robot reaches speeds up to 45 kilometers per hour Ukraine has…