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ERCOT reported a record surge in large-load requests, with AI data centers surpassing Bitcoin miners and reshaping Texas’s grid planning and reliability outlook. Texas is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of artificial intelligence-driven energy demand, with an unprecedented surge in large-load power requests, a wave now dominated by AI data centers rather than Bitcoin miners. The figures, highlighted in The Miner Mag’s latest newsletter and drawn from ERCOT’s new System Planning and Weatherization Update, point to a grid facing a fundamentally different kind of growth. ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s independent power grid and oversees reliable electric service for about 90% of Texans, reported that its large-load interconnection queue has ballooned to 226 gigawatts of new requests, roughly 73% tied to AI facilities. Read more

Twee bussen met Spaanse supporters van Rayo Vallecano zijn in de nacht van woensdag op donderdag aangevallen door tientallen gemaskerde mannen op de snelweg tussen Warschau en Bialystok. De Poolse politie heeft tot dusver zeven mensen aangehouden.

New blockchain analysis has raised doubts over PEPE’s fair launch, suggesting that one entity controlled a large share of the genesis supply and has sold early, as PEPE has faced price swings, security concerns, and renewed scrutiny of meme coin trading risks. The post Did One Entity Kill PEPE’s Fair Launch? Bubblemaps Flags 30% Genesis Hoard, $2M Dump appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine would number up to 800,000 troops under the draft of a possible peace agreement.

Peste 600 de obiecte cu „valoare culturală semnificativă” au fost sustrase în luna septembrie din colecțiile unui muzeu din Bristol, în sud-vestul Angliei.

Правительства стран Европейского союза анонсировали начало процесса заморозки активов Центрального банка России, заблокированных в Европе, на долгосрочную перспективу.

Vicepreședintele Curții de Apel București, Ionela Tudor, i-a transmis președintei Liana Arsenie, în timpul discuțiilor tensionate cu presa susținute joi: „M-a sunat Lia, mă duc să vorbesc”.

Disney says Google’s AI used its characters without permission, as it signed a new deal with OpenAI to allow character generation with Sora.

Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar's threats don't scare Danny Wilensky, the head of an Israeli human rights film festival where Israeli violence in the West Bank and Gaza are in full display

Trading volumes jumped 38% above monthly averages as institutional players repositioned ahead of a scheduled token unlock.

Подводную лодку ВС РФ сопровождал буксир "Алтай". Российские суда следовали из Северного моря через Дуврский пролив в Ла-Манш. И "Краснодару" не дали погрузиться, несмотря на шторм. Британские военные сообщают, что количество военных кораблей ВС РФ резко возросло за последние два года.

Bitcoin has stayed above $90,000 while the Fear and Greed Index has remained in the fear zone and the Altcoin Season Index has inched higher, as MYX, Tezos and UNUS SED LEO have recorded cautious gains on stable liquidity and steady network activity. The post Altcoin Season Shows Flickers As Bitcoin Tests Support Near $90,000 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ученые из Австралии представила новый материал для создания эффективных суперконденсаторов — новых устройств, способных превзойти и заменить традиционные батареи.

В среду, 10 декабря, в Киевской области под колесами скоростного поезда сообщением Киев — Кривой Рог погиб 41-летний мужчина.Об этом сообщила полиция Киевской Подробнее

Укренерго попередило про відключення світла на 12 грудня. Про це повідомляє Укренерго. «Завтра, 12 грудня, в усіх регіонах України будуть застосовуватись графіки погодинних відключень електропостачання, та графіки обмеження потужності для…

The token is consolidating below resistance at $1.65, with support forming above $1.59, and traders are watching for a breakout above $1.70 to regain momentum.

The parcel locker network in Romania has exceeded the threshold of 10,000 active units in 2025, which translates into a 33% increase versus 2024, per data aggregated by eAWB, a Romanian startup that has developed a courier services marketplace for the local market.

Ukraine has submitted a revised peace plan to the United States, but it is not yet final.

55-летняя украинская певица Ирина Билык высказалась о своих предпочтениях в мужчинах. Она призналась, что уже не такая привередливая, как была когда-то.

Caroline Crenshaw, the financial agency’s sole remaining Democratic commissioner, is expected to depart in January, 18 months after her official term ended. SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, expected to leave the agency in less than a month, used one of her final public speaking engagements to address the regulator’s response to digital assets. Speaking at a Brookings Institution event on Thursday, Crenshaw said standards at the SEC had “eroded” in the last year, with “markets [starting] to look like casinos,” and “chaos” as the agency dismissed many years-long enforcement cases, reduced civil penalties and filed fewer actions overall. The commissioner, expected to depart in January after her term officially ended in June 2024, also criticized many crypto users and the agency’s response to the markets. Read more