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Artificial intelligence promises to reshape industries and economies. Yet its physical demands now rival those of entire nations. A report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health lays out the scale in stark terms. Global data centers consumed 448 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025. That figure matches the residential needs of 1.3 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2.6 years. AI accounted for roughly one-fifth of that total.

Flock Safety built a network that tracks millions of vehicles every day. Its cameras sit on poles across thousands of communities. They capture license plates, vehicle colors, models, bumper stickers and more. The data flows into a searchable cloud database used by police without warrants in most places. And the company keeps expanding.
But people shouldn’t have to tolerate any of it. A surveillance state that logs ordinary movements erodes freedom at its core. No tweaks to retention periods or audit tools change that fundamental threat.

The largest battery-electric plane ever constructed completed its maiden flight this week, marking a significant step forward for clean aviation technology. Developed by Swedish company Heart Aerospace, the ES-30 aircraft took to the skies from an airfield in Sweden, demonstrating that a regional airliner powered entirely by batteries can achieve sustained flight. The successful test comes at a time when airlines and manufacturers worldwide seek practical ways to reduce carbon emissions from short-haul routes.

Developers often treat garbage collection as background noise. They allocate memory. The runtime cleans up. Life goes on. But that assumption hides a more complex reality. A new analysis shows the true expense lies not in the volume of data processed but in the web of live references a program maintains.