Science and Tech

Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash

Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash

NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The US state of Virginia is tightening permitting, commercial and environmental controls on data…

September 18, 2026

Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash

NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The US state of Virginia is tightening permitting, commercial and environmental controls on data…

September 18, 2026

SK Hynix's Solidigm unit is weighing NAND memory chip factory in US, sources say

By Hyunjoo Jin, Heekyong Yang and Karen Freifeld SEOUL/NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Chipmaker SK Hynix's subsidiary Solidigm is…

September 18, 2026

Exclusive-Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

By Jeffrey Dastin and Michael Erman SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to…

September 18, 2026

Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash

NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Virginia is tightening controls on data centers, with plans that…

September 18, 2026

Disney names Character.AI's Karandeep Anand its first tech chief

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Walt Disney on Friday named outsider Karandeep Anand its first chief technology officer, as AI and…

September 18, 2026

Prysmian, Rio Tinto partner to bring low-carbon aluminum to Amazon data center

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Italian cable maker Prysmian said on Friday it had partnered with Rio Tinto to supply electrical…

September 18, 2026

Europe's AI firms, playing catch-up, challenge US calls for slowdown

By Florence Loeve, Elizabeth Howcroft and Hakan Ersen PARIS/FRANKFURT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Europe's leading AI company Mistral and others…

September 18, 2026

Explainer-How the EU's age-verification app for children would work

By Leo Marchandon Sept 18 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media,…

September 18, 2026

Explainer-How the EU's age-verification app for children would work

By Leo Marchandon Sept 18 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media,…

September 18, 2026