The day in AI and tech

Wednesday 19 August 2026

120 events from 36 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. 2 events, marked with their number of outlets, have a page of who reported what. Days are UTC.

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Artificial Intelligence67 events

Computing & Chips6 events

Are underwater data centers sustainable for AI infrastructure? — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
Goldman Sounds Out Investors for CoreWeave-Tied Data Center Bond — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay? — Inside Climate News (opens Inside Climate News's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Climate News (opens in a new tab)
The data center backlash is sending AI infrastructure to some unexpected places — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
Focus on the Quantum Future — Inside Higher Ed (opens Inside Higher Ed's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Higher Ed (opens in a new tab)

Space1 event

SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

Biotech4 events

Energy Tech1 event

U.S. critical mineral strategy depends on battery recycling — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)

Blockchain Tech1 event

StanChart, HSBC execute first live transaction on Swift blockchain ledger — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)

Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.