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From myth to machine: The technological evolution of storytelling https://bigthink.com/books/the-technological-evolution-of-human-storytelling/

A look at Cloverleaf, which strikes deals with utility companies and secures land for AI companies and their data center needs; the company has raised $300M (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/technology/ai-data-centers-land-c…

Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power
Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.

NBCUniversal's Peacock plans to roll out Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on live sports in 2026, saying it's the first streamer to use Dolby's full tech suite (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/peacock-dolby-picture-sound…

Peacock To Integrate Dolby Picture And Sound Technology, Calling It A Streaming First
NBCUniversal's Peacock is integrating Dolby's full set of picture and sound technology, calling the move a streaming first.

Technological dependence on American software and cloud services : an assessment of the economic consequences in Europe - Cigref
https://www.cigref.fr/technological-dependence-on-american-software-and-…

Technological dependence on American software and cloud services : an assessment of the economic consequences in Europe - Cigref
‘Technological dependence on American software and cloud services: an estimate of the economic consequences in Europe’ is a new study on Europe's

Chef einer Videoüberwachungsfirma: „Sicherheit braucht kontrollierbare Systeme“
„Wir müssen die Technologie selbst beherrschen“. Carsten Simons von LivEye & NSTR.security über Reshoring und technologische Souveränität.

Laut NORD/LB-Studie investieren 71 Prozent der mittelständischen Unternehmen gezielt in die #Energiewende und neue Technologien.
Im Schnitt fließen 36 Prozent des Budgets in Projekte wie #Photovoltaik, #Speicher

NORD/LB-Studie: Mittelstand investiert verstärkt in Energiewende und neue Technologien
Trotz eines herausfordernden wirtschaftlichen Umfelds investieren mittelständische Unternehmen intensiv in die Energiewende. Im Durchschnitt fließen 36 Prozent ihres Budgets in Transformationsprojekte. Dazu zählen der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien, etwa durch die Installation eigener Photovoltaikanlagen oder den Bau von Blockheizkraftwerken. Auch nachhaltige Gebäudetechnik, wie effiziente Lüftungssysteme oder digitale Lösungen zur Steuerung des Energieverbrauchs, gewinnt an Bedeutung. Das …

A look at how some teens use popular role-playing chatbots and, for parents, the high stakes task of understanding the impact of the possibly addictive products (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/technol

What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots
Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness.

A Knock on the Window and a Glimpse of America’s Surveillance Future – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/mobile-fortify-face-scan-dhs-kristi-noem-database-technology/

A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future
“This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.06B est., GMV up 36% to $13.8B, and forecasts Q3 revenue slightly above est.; AFRM drops 6% after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/affir…

Affirm Earnings, Revenue, Merchant Volume Top Estimates
Affirm stock dipped amid fiscal Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while guidance came in slightly above views.

Microsoft releases Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B, a 15B-parameter open-weight model it says matches larger systems while using far less compute and training data (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/technology/microsoft…