You can put Minecraft's gorgeous new biome and building blocks to the test right now

The Minecraft Dappled Forest biome is now live in the new Bedrock preview and Java snapshot, along with the mysterious ...

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 1 Introduces Dappled Forest Biomes, Poplar Trees, Abandoned Camps, and More

Check the Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 1 that adds the Dappled Forest biome, Poplar trees, Abandoned Camps, Shelf Mushrooms, and ...
The Boston Globe

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
Scientific American

How mathematicians use Minecraft to calculate pi

The blockbuster game Minecraft depicts a world created by cubes: everything is made of discrete building blocks. It may therefore seem particularly unsuitable for calculating pi (Ď€), the mathematical ...
The Verge

Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...
PCGamesN

Minecraft Java Edition will finally let you party up with your pals, without the need for mods

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...
Neowin

Minecraft Java Edition is getting peer-to-peer multiplayer support from Mojang

Mojang is currently working on the next major Minecraft content update, Chaos Cubed, and that means public testing is ongoing via the snapshot system. The latest update to the Minecraft Java Edition ...
ZDNet

I enabled Data Saver mode on my Android phone to avoid overcharges - and it's a big relief

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
PCQuest

Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 5 Adds Geysers and TNT-Packed Sulfur Cubes

With the release of Minecraft 2.6.2-Snapshot 5, sulfur has found new life as a building block for the recently added geysers and as an explosive archetype (like TNT). Players who like experimenting ...
TechCrunch

Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models

Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the mouse movements and keystrokes of its own staff in its pursuit to build ...