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Anthropic says it will upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases to minimize the effects of its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anthropi…

Anthropic to cover costs of electricity price increases from data centers
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it will ensure consumer electricity costs remain steady as it expands its data center footprint.

Gaze patterns during visual mental imagery reflect part-based generation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35447-z "eye movements during mental imagery reflect a part-by-part generation process of the imagined content, independent of prior perceptual encoding"

My first article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/146003/anthropic-the-mythos-of-cybersecurity
Here I give my take on

Anthropic: The mythos of cybersecurity
In 2009, centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility began behaving abnormally, damaging equipment and setting back Iran’s uranium enrichment program. The culprit was a computer worm

Summit (aka Deft, aka ServerCentral):
"In our Elk Grove Village location, our CAM costs increased by 11% [...]  We will be passing this increase through [...]
We have also renewed our lease at Elk Grove Village resulting in increased costs of 30%. This renewal reflects the impact of high demand and increasing costs in the data center space.  This renewal is effective on July 1st, 2026 and we will be passing this increase through"

Four injured as Russian strikes target energy infrastructure in Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/four-injured-as-russian-strikes.html

Federal immigration agents detained an employee of the New York City council on Monday,
sparking outrage from the city’s leaders and renewed rebukes against the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
“This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values,”
Mayor Zohran Mamdanisaid in a statement on X.
“I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation.”
The employee was taken in during a “routine immigration appointm…

At least 9 killed, 28 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents left Minnesota tense on Tuesday,
a day after federal authorities used #tear #gas to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists
and state and local leaders #sued to fight the enforce…

Tensions flare in Minnesota as federal agents and protesters square off
Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense. Federal officers sprayed eye irritant and dropped tear gas at a swarm of activists Tuesday in Minneapolis. Students, meanwhile, walked out of a suburban school, part of the ongoing tension over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement sweeps. Minnesota and its two largest cities are suing the government to try to halt or limit the enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a woman…

Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €100M led by Index Ventures at a €5B valuation, up from €4B after raising €173M in September 2024 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/health-insurance-startup-alan-reaches-e5b…

Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation | TechCrunch
French health insurance startup Alan is now valued at €5 billion — approximately $5.83 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2024.