New Alibaba AI framework skips loading every tool, cutting agent token use 99%

A new framework called SkillWeaver tackles AI agent tool routing by skipping full-library loading, cutting token use 99% on ...

How to Automate Your Entire Reporting Workflow with AI

Discover how to eliminate manual data entry and generate automated business reports, charts, and Slack notifications using AI ...
Government Technology

Should Idaho Police Use AI to Write Reports From Body Cam Footage?

Some police departments in Idaho have started using an AI tool to summarize body camera footage, but legal experts worry that ...
Ars Technica

Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress

The US Department of Defense has a lot of congressionally mandated homework to do every year involving hundreds of required reports on various national security topics. But Pentagon officials have ...
The Boston Globe

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...
Barron's

U.S. Adds 172,000 Jobs in May. What the Gain Means for the Fed's Next Move.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Here is what it showed: Payrolls: +172,000, higher than April's rate of 115,000. Unemployment rate: 4.3%, the ...
Time

AI Could Use as Much Water as 1.3 Billion People by 2030, U.N. Report Warns

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Governing

Texas’ Data Center Boom Is Creating a New Political Problem

Rena Schroeder poses for a portrait on her ranch where she runs an equine learning nonprofit and cares for rescue livestock in Lott. The Republican Party has felt like home to Rena Schroeder since her ...
PC Magazine

New 3DMark Benchmark Test Will Let You Use Upscaling, Frame Gen to Boost FPS

The Thermal Grizzly stand at Computex 2026 has been running what could be the first public demo of the next-generation 3DMark ray-tracing benchmark, VideoCardz reports. It looks beautiful and targets ...
Miami Herald

A giant python was hiding beneath a Miami-Dade sidewalk. A hunter found 20 eggs

South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) python removal contractor Guillermo Tapanes captured a Burmese python and its nest containing about 20 eggs in Cutler Bay on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
Digi Times

AI data centers spark 800V HVDC rush for Taiwan lead frame suppliers

The shift toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power architectures in AI data centers is driving a surge in demand for power semiconductors, boosting shipments for Taiwanese lead frame ...
NBC News

DNC releases 2024 autopsy, with chair apologizing for ‘creating an even bigger distraction’

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released the party’s autopsy report on the 2024 election after facing intense pressure to do so. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...