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Google’s new AI compression could cut demand for NAND, pressuring Micron

A new compression technique from Google Research threatens to shrink the memory footprint of large AI models so dramatically ...

New Google TurboQuant algorithm improves vector search speed

A small error-correction signal keeps compressed vectors accurate, enabling broader, more precise AI retrieval.

Google’s TurboQuant Compression Could Increase Demand For AI Memory

A more efficient method for using memory in AI systems could increase overall memory demand, especially in the long term.
SDxCentral

TurboQuant: Did Google just drop a compression algorithm capable of stemming RAMageddon?

Google thinks it's found the answer, and it doesn't require more or better hardware. Originally detailed in an April 2025 ...
GitHub

Panasonic RR-DR60 Emulator

This project is a software emulator for the Panasonic RR-DR60, a legendary digital voice recorder from the late 1990s. The emulator processes input audio files (such as MP3, WAV, FLAC, and others) and ...
IEEE

EdgeCodec: Onboard Lightweight High Fidelity Neural Compressor with Residual Vector Quantization

Abstract: Data Compression is a staple of data processing and storage. Sending and storing data more efficiently is an open challenge in the Internet-of-Things (IoT), with devices typically ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
CBS News

Data centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concerns

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...
WHYY

How much water do data centers use? One in Delaware City could use up to 20 million gallons a year

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
Wired

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...