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AI Spurs Shockingly Big Plans for Extra-High-Voltage Power Lines

By Ann Davis Vaughan · Mar 2, 2026 8:00am PST · 1 comment

The AI boom is catalyzing the build-out of some of the biggest, baddest power lines this country has ever seen. These extra-high-voltage wires can carry up to six times the power of other big lines, and they’re one of the only feasible ways to accommodate multigigawatt data centers on a crowded grid.In the last few months, grid authorities in... The AI boom is catalyzing the build-out of some of the biggest, baddest power lines this country...

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The Loopholes in OpenAI’s Pentagon Deal

By Erin Woo · Mar 2, 2026 7:00am PST

What a weekend! Anthropic is now poised to sue the Pentagon, after being labeled a “supply chain risk,” while OpenAI has its own agreement allowing the agency to use OpenAI’s models in “classified environments.”There are still plenty of unanswered questions, including how big of a business risk being designated a “supply chain risk” poses... What a weekend! Anthropic is now poised to sue the Pentagon, after being labeled a “supply chain...

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Apple Discusses Google Hosting New Siri as Need for Cloud Help Grows

By Aaron Tilley and Wayne Ma · Mar 2, 2026 6:00am PST

In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it was an admission that the iPhone maker hasn’t been able to compete in AI on its own over the past couple years. But the deal also showed that Apple is again relying on an outside company to help it with another deficiency: in cloud computing. Now... In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it...