When Zaharia started work on Spark around 2010, analyzing "big data" generally meant using MapReduce, the Java-based ...

Indiana Jones’ greatest fear may be obesity’s biggest enemy. Scientists at three universities have turned to nature to find a property that rivals the benefits of GLP-1 drugs without the laundry list ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...

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President Trump and major tech firms announced an agreement Wednesday to have Big Tech companies cover the cost of the electricity they consume as development of artificial intelligence shows no signs ...

Several key tech companies signed a nonbinding pledge at the White House on Wednesday that the Trump administration claims will ensure that tech companies do not pass ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. During Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced a new initiative to ensure data center owners and ...

In pet genetics, cancer research, and beyond, Charlie Lieu, MBA ’05, SM ’05, has spent her career harnessing massive data sets to make the world better for everyone. A photogenic green-eyed Russian ...

ASHBURN, Va.—Loudoun County’s growth into a mecca for one of the largest infrastructure build-outs in American history kicked into gear when Buddy Rizer taped a list of companies to his office door.

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. - Rounding into downtown, a hand-painted mural declares New Carlisle, Indiana “a nice place to visit, a great place to live.” One of the largest tech companies in the world thinks ...

AI data centers are essential to winning the global AI race — but most communities don’t want them in their backyards. It’s easy to see why. These facilities are enormous, resource-intensive and often ...

Quantum computers allow calculations to be performed at vastly greater speeds than current devices. Experts say that we could soon see quantum systems with commercial value. "By the end of the decade, ...