Microsoft

Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise and import-time payload delivery

Threat actors compromised AsyncAPI packages and weaponized trusted CI/CD workflows to distribute malware through npm. This ...
Al Jazeera English

China slaps export controls on dozens of Japanese entities

China has slapped export controls on dozens of Japanese entities over Japan’s alleged “militarism” in Beijing’s latest economic salvo in a months-long feud with Tokyo. China’s Ministry of Commerce ...
GeekWire

Microsoft says its data centers use 90% less water than its earliest facilities as public concern grows

Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the past two decades, it has become dramatically more efficient in its use of water to cool data centers, slashing its consumption rate by 90% compared to ...
TechCrunch

Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem

Nvidia just announced a warm-water cooling system that it says can dramatically reduce the amount of water a data center uses — eliminating “pretty much all water usage” inside the data center, ...
The Hill

China restricts exports to US defense firms

China added 10 companies to its export control list on Monday, blocking its exporters from selling any dual-use items to U.S. defense firms. The items range from drones to robotic hardware and swarm ...
Digi Times

China places 10 US entities on export control list, restricts dual-use exports

According to an announcement published by China's Ministry of Commerce on June 22, China has added 10 US entities to its export control list, prohibiting the export of dual-use items to these ...
Wall Street Journal

Anthropic Dispatches Staff to D.C., Racing to Resolve AI Export Restrictions

Anthropic said its powerful new AI model, Mythos, could be dangerous in the wrong hands. WSJ’s Nicole Nguyen explains why and shares some cybersecurity tips for the average tech user. Photo: Sean ...
Ars Technica

When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket

If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you’ve probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers’ insatiable thirst for water to power evaporative ...
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 ...
JD Supra

Semiconductor Export Controls in 2026: Dual-Use Risk, Re-export, Sanctions Exposure, and Compliance Strategy

Semiconductors are among the most strategically sensitive products in global trade. In 2026, exporting semiconductors is no longer a routine commercial matter: it is a legal, geopolitical, and ...
The Next Web

The next satisfactory standard for data governance may not come from Brussels. It may come from Beijing.

China treats data as a factor of production, not a privacy right or corporate asset, and is building economic infrastructure around it: regulated data exchanges, 30+ new standards expected in 2026, ...