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Turner discloses data breach of salary info, bank accounts, SSNs

Class-action tracking website ClaimDEPOT said ransomware group Payouts King claimed it had also accessed engineering documents and military project files.
Winvic holds £1bn turnover despite tougher markets

Shed specialist targets data centres, rail, water and energy for next growth spurt
How Building Products Get Cited in AI-Assisted Specification Research

In Short: AI is now part of how architects and specifiers find products. If your product data isn't set up right, it won't show up in AI searches, no matter how good the product is. Your product data needs to be readable by machines, not just people. That means moving away from flat PDFs and toward web pages with clearly labeled details like product name, CSI division, and compliance codes written in formats AI can actually understand. Being listed in AIA MasterSpec (Specpoint) puts you in the room where specs are written. It’s one of the main places AI tools look when helping specifiers draft project specs. Consistently using the right CSI MasterFormat codes is how AI finds your product. If your website, product listing, and submittal docs don't all say the same division and section number, AI tools may skip your product entirely. PDFs alone won't cut it anymore. AI can't easily read PDFs the way it reads web pages, so a well-structured product page on your website should be your main source—with PDFs as a downloadable option.
Harworth enters exclusivity agreement for second powered land sale

The group is in talks with a data centre provider about the site, which chief executive Lynda Shillaw said is part of a land portfolio with "the potential to deliver up to six hyperscale data centres". The post Harworth enters exclusivity agreement for second powered land sale appeared first on Property Week.
Data centre sector needs ‘single minister’ to streamline planning and construction

The data centre sector needs a “single minister” to coordinate planning and construction of data centres, a senior executive at McLaren Construction has said. Speaking in the latest episode of the CN First Site podcast, the contractor’s managing director David McDonnell said data centres’ status… The post Data centre sector needs ‘single minister’ to streamline planning and construction appeared first on Construction News.

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The Economist - What's the future of crypto? 18052023

The financial revolution once promised by cryptocurrencies has been knocked off course by regulators and allegations of fraud. So what does the future hold for crypto?
The Economist - How to stop AI going rogue 19042023

Artificial intelligence is improving so fast that no one knows what it might be capable of. It brings huge opportunities, but also huge risks. Arjun Ramani, The Economist's global business and economics correspondent, explains what could go wrong
WSJ - Podcast - AI, Explained: Why It’s Different This Time 03042023

There is so much being said about artificial intelligence these days. In order to understand this latest wave of AI, it is important to know how it works and why this moment is different from developments in the past. WSJ science reporter Eric Niiler joins host Zoe Thomas for the first instalment of Tech News Briefing’s special series Artificially Minded
Bloomberg - The Race to Build a Perfect Computer Chip, 10112022

Digital activity uses a huge amount of electricity with semiconductors near the limit of their efficiency. Now scientists are racing to perfect new chips that use much less power and handle much more data
RICS - Measuring the financial impact of climate change, 29052020

In this webinar, sponsored by PwC in Germany, the financial implications of climate change and strategies for the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios are considered. Panellists explained how they have developed tools for modelling various climate change scenarios and their potential commercial consequences