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CBS News
2 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Trump promised to make Pennsylvania an AI hub, but how will it be powered?
Some of the investments promised during the AI and energy summit on Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University included AI data centers, which can require massive amounts of energy to run. According to experts, it all comes down to what type of data centers are being built: bigger ones that require more power or smaller ones that don't put as much strain on the grid. While the promise of billions of dollars in investments is welcomed by many business and elected leaders, all the projects will need to be powered. Some of the data centers needed for AI can be loads up to 1,000 megawatts. Many data centers for other needs are only 20-100 megawatts. "When you're talking about putting a 1,000-megawatt or 2,000-megawatt load onto the grid, that is a massive load for a single geographic location. That is going to pose a risk to the electrical grid," University of Pennsylvania professor of electrical and systems engineering Dr. Benjamin Lee said. He said AI data centers need all that power because of graphic processing units, which draw more power. Depending on what AI facilities would be built, there is the chance that smaller data centers may be needed that could put less strain on the grid and be built in cities. Bigger ones will probably be in more remote areas. "That's going to require lots of land, maybe a generation plant to produce all of the electricity," Lee said. As for powering, there have already been talks of building natural gas plants and nuclear plants to meet the need. Lee said the fact that Pennsylvania has some of the most natural gas in the country makes the area prime for this investment. "I think natural gas is a big part of generating electricity for the future," Lee said over Zoom. There is the question of who pays for new energy infrastructure needed to power everything. Lee said power needs have stayed flat for about a decade but with these centers and pushes for electric devices, there is more need for the energy. "There is a question about what is the fair and equitable distribution of these costs," Lee said. According to the Penn professor, a challenge the energy industry faces is keeping up with technology and building power generators as fast as tech can be built.
BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Friends of missing Hull hiker Matthew Hall retrace steps in Italy
Friends of a hiker from Hull missing in northern Italy have started to retrace his steps in an effort to find him. Matthew Hall, who was staying at the B&B Ploncher hotel in Chiavenna, Lombardy, has been missing since 9 of his friends, including some who have known him since school and colleagues from East Yorkshire broadband firm Quickline, have flown out to join the said three helicopters, multiple mountain rescue teams, police and a specialist drone have been working around the clock to try and find Mr Hall, 33, who is described as a "very competent" walker. On Wednesday morning, Mr Hall's friend, Benjamin Lee, said the group was planning a trek "to get some visibility of the terrain".Mr Lee said Italian officials had informed them that, in addition to police and their resources, rescue teams totalling about 30 people were out looking for their friend."It's 24 hours, we're getting updates in the middle of the night from the teams," said Mr Blowman, another friend, described Mr Hall as a "very competent" solo hiker, who "knows what he's doing".He added: "We've been having daily briefs with the search and rescue guys and they've been showing us where they've been."They're covering every square metre."Both men said the local community have been "unbelievable". On Monday, Mr Hall's mother, Sara Foster, said: "I'm very wobbly at the moment, obviously, but I'm really trying to stay positive."In a last text sent to friend Jacob White at 13:37 BST on the day he went missing, Mr Hall had told him he thought he had taken "a wrong turn" on a trail and was "having a rest".Mr White said Mr Hall "sounded relaxed" in the text, with the latter asking him about his own holiday in added that his friend "sounded as if any danger he might have seen was over".In a statement, Quickline described Mr Hall, who has worked as an engineer for the company since January 2023, as a "well-liked colleague". It added that it hoping for "a safe and positive outcome".A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We are supporting the family of a British man missing in Italy and are in contact with the local authorities." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
South China Morning Post
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Singapore radio code's grouping of homosexuality with criminal acts sparks calls for review
A Singaporean actor and blogger have taken issue with a clause in the city state's radio broadcast code that groups homosexuality with paedophilia and incest as 'lifestyles' that are not allowed on the airwaves. Former radio DJ Benjamin Lee, better known in Singapore as the blogger Mr Miyagi, said he asked the government to consider removing the clause and reviewing the code that all radio presenters had to sign as part of their contracts. 'I'm guilty of having signed this too, because, well, I wanted to keep my DJ job,' Lee wrote in a social media post on June 23. Lee told This Week in Asia that he brought the issue up at the 40th anniversary of Reach, the feedback-gathering department of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information, in March but had yet to hear back. 'The document author's intent is clear: to position homosexuality as a crime alongside paedophilia and incest. This has no place in post-377A Singapore,' Lee wrote. In January 2023, Singapore struck off Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalised sex between men.
South China Morning Post
10-02-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong biotech start-up Alephoson eyes global trial for eye-drug delivery
A Hong Kong biotech start-up is working with a number of university partners to conduct global clinical trials that could lead to a better way of delivering drugs for prevalent eye diseases. Alephoson Biopharmaceuticals, established in 2019, has developed a technology to combine a proprietary cell-penetration peptide (CPP) compound with biologic medication that is currently used to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetes-related macular edema (DME). If planned clinical trials are successful, this could result in the commercialisation of a medication that can be administered via eyedrops instead of an injection into the cavity at the back of the eye, according to Benjamin Lee, a founder and CEO of Alephoson, which is based in the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park . 'As a research-and-development-focused company, we are forging partnerships with university hospitals in Hong Kong, mainland China, Asia and the United States on our planned clinical trials,' Lee said. 'Upon completion of a preclinical toxicity study in around 12 months, our target is to request authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct Phase 1 and 2a investigational drug trials by the first quarter of next year.' The idea of using CPP as a drug delivery system originated from Professor Wei Gang, an Alephoson co-founder, who is deputy director of the Department of Pharmaceutics at Shanghai's Fudan University.
The Guardian
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Super Bowl: Kendrick Lamar, the ads, Taylor Swift and everything but the football
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Adrian Horton Ahead of the game, in the latest move of what is shaping up to be the greatest Oscar campaign in recent memory, Timotheé Chalamet managed to get in a car with Kendrick Lamar to talk shop. And be a fan boy, of course. Full clip below: Share Benjamin Lee There are multiple non-football celebrities already in attendance, close-ish the normies. More to come… Miles Teller and Pete Davidson Photograph:for Roc Nation Jay-Z and Blue Ivy Carter Photograph: Doug Benc/AP Kevin Costner Photograph:for Roc Nation Da'Vine Joy Randolph Photograph:Flavor Flav Photograph: Christopher Polk/Share Benjamin Lee Kendrick gave a rare interview this week with Apple Music if you want to look for some clues of what to expect from tonight's performance: Share Benjamin Lee Photograph: Bill Streicher/USA Today Sports It's that time of year once again for our sports brethren to focus on the big game and for us to focus on everything else. The Super Bowl is of course primarily about football but for us, it's about the culture surrounding it. This year will see a more star-packed bundle of expensive ads than ever before with celebrities such as Charli xcx and Ben Affleck, the re-appearance of Taylor Swift and whichever big-name friends she brings along, and, most importantly, recent Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar taking over the half-time show. It's set to be an exciting night for many Americans and a hellish night for one Canadian (will Lamar perform his controversial Drake diss track to the biggest crowd of his life?) and we will be here to cover every little non-sport moment of the night so stay tuned. Share
