OpenAI fires three safety researchers for "mishandling research information"(techcrunch.com)

308 points by trakkstar 17 days ago | 201 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute the company's misconduct claims and warn of a chilling effect on safety work.

DOJ claims xAI's gas turbines are a matter of 'national and energy security'(techcrunch.com)

69 points by dlgeek 4 months ago | 39 comments

Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone(techcrunch.com)

210 points by ZeidJ 6 months ago | 274 comments

OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest 'reasoning' model(techcrunch.com)

10 points by iyn 1 year ago | 2 comments

France’s Mistral AI raises a $113M seed round to take on OpenAI(techcrunch.com)

132 points by rbrown 3 years ago | 108 comments

Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is fighting for the future of open source software(techcrunch.com)

34 points by anaoum 3 years ago | 10 comments

Mathematics of Geothermal Energy(ebsco.com)

67 points by srameshc 20 days ago | 37 comments

An EBSCO Research Starter article explaining how mathematical models are applied to geothermal energy, from geothermal gradients and reservoir flow to heat pumps and power plants.

Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find(techxplore.com)

513 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 403 comments

TechXplore news article on Stanford research finding carbon capture is more costly than switching to renewable energy.

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait(a16z.com)

26 points by gmays 15 days ago | 33 comments

An a16z American Dynamism article explaining why Texas's grid operator paused new data center interconnections amid a surge of large-load requests.

Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities(kevin.burke.dev)

374 points by kevinburke 1 year ago | 336 comments

Kevin Burke blog post arguing Northern California cities can cost-effectively create their own electric utilities to undercut PG&E's high rates.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040(cbc.ca)

518 points by geox 4 months ago | 358 comments

CBC News article on Canada's federal nuclear strategy planning up to 10 new reactors by 2040, potentially costing over $100 billion.