The occupation army published, a short while ago, a picture of the leaders of the Al-Qassam Command. The picture shows that Muhammad Al-Deif and Raed Saad are still alive.

We do not believe the occupation's stories. Our only source for confirming the health status of the leaders of the Qassam Brigades is Al- Qassam Brigades only.

[A.k]

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper:

- A statement by the Southern Command of the Israeli Army indicates that half of the Qassam Brigades’ members, numbering about 30,000, were not eliminated.

- Out of 24 battalions, 21 battalions were dismantled. There are battalions in the central region that have not yet been dismantled, including the Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah battalions.

- It is possible that the Israeli army will conduct a ground maneuver against the remaining battalions.

[J]

Pentagon: Houthi attack on ship caused little leaking on tanker

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TechRadar:

Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh each of electricity during 2023. Iceland, Ghana, the Dominican Republic and Tunisia each consumed 19 TWh, while Jordan consumed 20 TWh, highlighting the two tech firms’ immense scale. Libya (25 TWh) and Slovakia (26 TWh) consumed slightly more power.

Analysis by Michael Thomas, shared on X, claims both Google and Microsoft consumed the same amount of energy as Azerbaijan.

The comparison between entire countries and two single companies highlights the colossal energy requirements of Big Tech. The consumption also alludes to the environmental impacts of data centers, which are used to power cloud services including storage and compute, as well as a new generation of artificial intelligence.

BBC:

Google's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 were 48% higher than in 2019, according to its latest environmental report.

The tech giant puts it down to the increasing amounts of energy needed by its data centres, exacerbated by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI).

AI-powered services involve considerably more computer power, prompting a series of warnings about the technology's environmental impact.

The increasing energy - and water - use of AI has prompted a series of warnings, especially as the sector is forecast to keep growing rapidly.

The boss of the UK's National Grid said that the combination of AI and quantum computing would lead to a six-fold surge in demand in the next 10 years.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

U.S. intelligence agencies are investing heavily in AI and advanced analytics, which officials say will “improve [the intelligence community’s] ability to provide timely and accurate insights into competitor intentions, capabilities, and actions.”

Securing, protecting, and processing AI data will take massive computing and networking resources, and the national security establishment is also investing in cluster computing, cloud environments, advanced networking, and quantum-resistant cryptography.

Data centers and data transmission networks together account for 2–3 percent of global electricity use and about 1 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). These percentages are climbing, with the IEA calling for “strong government and industry efforts on energy efficiency, renewables procurement and [research and development]” to curb emissions growth.

Training AI models is extremely resource intensive, and the demands on the nation’s power grid will only grow as these models become more sophisticated and their use expands.

Comment:
When Israel uses AI to kill Palestinians, they also kill the planet.

[RT]