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A new investigation by Lighthouse Reports has found that most European data centers are still hiding their true environmental footprint. In the Netherlands alone, fewer than fifty of nearly two hundred large facilities publicly disclosed energy and water usage. Critics say the EU is also shielding raw data behind efficiency labels, and may be breaching the Aarhus Convention on public access to environmental information.
Meanwhile, autonomous racing hit a wall — literally and figuratively — at a recent high-speed event on a Formula One circuit. Only two of five driverless vehicles finished the race, with two cars crashing at speeds reaching one hundred fifty-five miles per hour. Researchers say the failures, caused by sensor blind spots and unpredictable physics, are actually valuable data points for the future of autonomous systems.
And in crypto, Citibank has raised its twelve-month price target for Bitcoin to one hundred thirteen thousand dollars, up from eighty-two thousand, while lifting its Ethereum target to three thousand dollars. The revision comes even as Bitcoin still sits roughly ten percent below its record high from October twenty twenty-five, suggesting cautious optimism from traditional finance.
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