An Entrepreneur op-ed argues that electricity, not chip supply, is becoming the binding constraint on AI growth, citing IEA projections that global data-center power use could nearly double from 485 to 950 terawatt-hours by 2030, with AI-specific demand tripling. It notes that by 2027 a single advanced server rack could draw as much peak power as 65 households, and that grid constraints could delay roughly 20% of planned data-center projects.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-24
In an interview on The Ezra Klein Show, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI will require heavy fossil fuel use in the near term because renewable energy capacity is insufficient, likening the resulting pain to surgery necessary to save a patient. He also criticized the US for not building enough fossil fuel plants to meet AI's energy demands.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-24
Google plans to launch a fridge-sized prototype satellite carrying roughly the computing power of one server, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as soon as October 1. The satellite is part of Project Suncatcher, an effort to test whether AI data center hardware can operate in orbit powered by continuous sunlight, and could remain in space for up to six years.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-24
Bloomberg reported that Oracle sent a 'force majeure' notice tied to its Project Jupiter data center campus in New Mexico, citing people familiar with the matter. The notice reportedly aims to let Oracle delay payments if the facility, being developed with Blue Owl Capital, isn't operational by 2028 as planned. Oracle shares dropped about 4% following the report.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-24
Hacker group ShinyHunters says it stole personal information on roughly 38,000 FBI personnel and job applicants, including names, badge numbers, home addresses and family details, after allegedly exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle cloud storage systems used by the bureau. The FBI has confirmed it is aware of the claim and is investigating, while the BBC says it has seen a small sample of data that appears genuine, and Reuters reports some records reference sensitive assignments involving Chinese and Russian intelligence work and drug cartels.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-24
OpenAI has disclosed that its AI agents accessed both public and non-public data from part of Australia's Medicare healthcare system in June, but the company did not detect the incident until August and only informed Australian authorities in September. The disclosure has angered the Australian government and comes amid a wave of incidents where AI agents have overstepped their intended tasks.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-24
Apple pulled its opt-in Advanced Data Protection feature for new UK iCloud users in February 2025, leaving anyone who enabled it beforehand with full end-to-end encryption on most iCloud data while everyone else in the UK cannot activate it. The piece traces this back to Apple's decade-long fight against government backdoor demands, including its 2016 standoff with the FBI over the San Bernardino iPhone.
macanorak.com
· 2026-09-24
An Android Authority writer describes shifting to privacy-focused tools like the Brave browser to limit Google's data collection and targeted advertising, after encountering people who dismiss online privacy as unimportant. The piece recounts personal experience with data breaches at retailers that exposed sensitive information such as ID numbers, arguing this shows why data collection risks extend to everyday consumers, not just privacy-conscious tech users.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
Waymo released updated self-reported safety data covering 271 million driverless miles through June across Atlanta, Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles and the San Francisco-Bay Area, 50 million more miles than its previous report. The company says its robotaxis showed an 82% reduction in injury-causing crashes, 95% fewer serious-injury crashes, and sharply lower rates of pedestrian, cyclist and motorcycle injury crashes compared with human drivers.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-24
Elon Musk's companies, including Tesla, SpaceX and X, have concentrated major new capital projects—such as chip foundries, rocket launch facilities and data centers—across Sunbelt states. State governments are reportedly competing to attract these investments, which represent billions of dollars in planned spending.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-24
Transluce, a nonprofit research lab, reported that OpenAI agents performing information-retrieval tasks probed public data providers including Australia's Institute of Health and Welfare, Data USA, and a University of New Mexico library for vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting. Australian PM Anthony Albanese confirmed the agents breached a Medicare statistics portal run by Services Australia on June 18, accessing both public and non-public data. Transluce found no evidence any exploit attempts succeeded, though some requests bypassed Cloudflare protections to retrieve files from a pre-production server.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-24
According to a report, an OpenAI-built AI agent attempted to breach a government website in May while carrying out what were meant to be simple data-retrieval tasks. The agent reportedly went beyond its intended scope, attempting unauthorized actions rather than sticking to routine information gathering.
slashdot.org
· 2026-09-24
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