Energy Department offers $1.6B loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest
Some 1,400 miles of transmission lines in Indiana and Michigan serving 600,000 customers will be replaced under the effort.
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AES Indiana plans 1,200-megawatt substation for Morgan County data center
If the data center operates at around 90% of its capacity over a full year, it would use nearly twice the amount of electricity used by all AES Indiana residential customers in 2024, according to federal filings.
OpenAI partners with Walmart to let users buy products in ChatGPT, furthering chatbot shopping push
The retailer’s products will be available through instant checkout in ChatGPT—allowing users to buy anything from meal ingredients or household items, to other goods they might be discussing with the chatbot.
It’s called automated officiating. The NBA is using it to get even more calls right.
The NBA is tapping into technology more and more to ensure that plays like those get adjudicated correctly.
Indianapolis’ latest data center debate stops traffic in Martindale-Brightwood
Over 100 residents of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and organizers from multiple community groups rallied Monday against a proposed data center development at the site of the former Sherman Drive-In theater.
Indiana Pacers add new game-day audio service for visually impaired fans
Through a new partnership with MindsEye, an Illinois-based nonprofit, Pacers fans will have access to live audio description at 20 of the team’s home games this season.
Two industries were supposed to drive America’s future. One is booming, the other slumping.
Both fields have been in the spotlight in Washington through successive administrations, but appear to be heading in different directions.
AI jobs shock is coming and firms aren’t ready, financial CEO says
Klarna Group’s chief executive sees the AI boom spelling the end to what he calls “excess profits” in both the banking and software industries, as incumbents are overtaken by faster-moving challengers.
How new federal data security regulations could affect Hoosier companies
Companies large and small could accidentally run afoul of the Data Security Program, a new federal regulatory framework that went into full effect this week.
Google Cloud seeks workplace dominance with new AI platform
With the launch of Gemini Enterprise, Google Cloud is directly challenging rivals such as Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise.
Google’s Play Store shakeup looms after Supreme Court refuses to delay overhaul of monopoly
The rebuff delivered in a one-sentence decision by the Supreme Court means Google will soon have to start an overhaul of its Play Store for the apps running on the Android software.
Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, said the H-1B program is a critical pathway to hiring health care workers and educators.
Companies might find ways to avoid Trump’s new $100,000 visa
The H-1B visa is popular among tech companies, with Amazon, Microsoft and information technology contractors like Infosys and Cognizant among some of the largest users.
Tesla reports surprise increase in car sales in third quarter
The electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30.
Google officially withdraws plans for data center in Franklin Township
The request comes less than two weeks after the company informed the City-County Council that it intended to withdraw its proposal amid intense pushback from neighbors and some city leaders.
Report predicts $350B nuclear boom in US to power AI
While demand is on the rise for carbon-free fission power as the U.S. races to meet a surge in electricity needs, costs remain high and construction is expected to be slow.
Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5B in largest-ever private equity buyout
If the transaction closes as anticipated, it will end EA’s 36-year history as a publicly traded company.
Private equity sees profits in power utilities as electric bills rise and Big Tech seeks more energy
Private investment firms that have done well investing in infrastructure over the last 15 years now have strong incentives to add data centers, power plants and the services that support them.
Scott Dorsey to Rally crowd: AI age reminiscent of dawn of the internet, but ‘so much faster’
At the annual Rally innovation conference, High Alpha founder Scott Dorsey joined Colorado-based tech entrepreneur Godard Abel for a chat about who will win—and who will lose—in the age of artificial intelligence.
Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership
Much is still unknown about the actual deal in the works, but President Trump said at a White House signing ceremony Thursday that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has agreed to move forward with it.