Technology
Microsoft plans to more than triple Azure data center capacity to 38 gigawatts by 2032
Bloomberg reported on September 10, 2026, that Microsoft plans to expand its global data center capacity to more than 38 gigawatts by…
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Hugo Rojas
Hugo Rojas is the editor of GCN. With a Master of Science in Engineering, he specializes in technology, data, and science, and brings a human-centered perspective informed by psychology.
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Automotive
US public fast chargers hit a 12 percent failure rate this summer, the lowest in six years of tracking, and automaker-backed networks now outscore the segment average by more than 100 points in key categories
Pull up to a public fast charger today and the odds are better than ever that the plug will actually work. Six…
Automotive
Ports at US public charging stations crossed 250,000 this year, and the 50,000-plug jump since March closed a gap that took years to open
Pull off at almost any major interstate interchange today and the scene is different from two years ago. A row of fast-charge…
Society
Nearly one in four US adults is sandwiched between raising children and caring for aging parents
Nearly a quarter of all American adults are simultaneously raising children and supporting an aging parent, according to data from the Pew…
Technology
Smart rings carry light sensors pressed against the skin above finger arteries, yielding signals up to 100 times stronger than a wristband’s, and that anatomical edge is pushing a market analysts project will exceed $2.5 billion before 2035
It weighs less than a nickel and has no screen, no speaker, no strap. It sits on your finger all night, firing…
Energy
SEG Solar opens 4 GW Texas plant; third factory, announced in June, would lift US capacity to 10.6 GW
SEG Solar officially inaugurated its second US photovoltaic module manufacturing facility in Tomball, Texas on August 7, 2026, expanding its total US…
Society
Waiting overnight to text after a first date scored 6.15 out of 9 on a relationship intentions scale, while both an instant reply and a two-day pause pulled that number down
The date went well. You know it went well. Now the phone is sitting on the nightstand and the question is the…
Automotive
Used-car wholesale prices dip below year-ago levels for first time in 2026 as off-lease supply builds
The benchmark measure of used-vehicle wholesale prices in the United States has turned negative against year-ago levels for the first time in…
Energy
More than 70 percent of the global bifacial solar market flows to utility-scale farms, and the ground beneath each panel sets the difference between 3 percent more power or 30
Stand at the edge of a large solar farm and the first thing you notice is the gravel. Not dark soil. Not…
Technology
Japan and US discuss $12.8 billion to $19.3 billion semiconductor plant for GlobalFoundries to operate
Japan and the United States are holding working-level talks on building a semiconductor fabrication plant on American soil that could cost between…
Automotive
Around 880,000 SUVs and trucks sold with a factory-coated rear subframe carry a paint defect that strips bare steel to road salt and can fracture the rear suspension while driving
It sits about a foot below the cargo floor, invisible from the outside and invisible at the dealer lot. It is a…
Society
Nearly 1 in 5 US workers say their job is not what they were hired to do, survey finds
Nearly one in five American workers is doing a job that bears little or no resemblance to the one they were recruited…