The lights are off, the house is quiet and nothing seems to be running. But electricity is silently flowing through the plugs in your home. This hidden drain is known as phantom energy. Also called ...

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next. You can read more from the series here. For more than a ...

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A balanced planet requires more energy with less carbon. The energy transition to a lower carbon future is arguably the largest and most significant challenge ever contemplated or attempted in the ...

Heating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the fact that many ...

The energy sector stands at a pivotal moment in history. As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce emissions while meeting growing energy demands, artificial intelligence is emerging as a ...

“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog post last week. The average query, Altman wrote, uses 0.34 ...

A recent report by the global technology company Schneider Electric forecasts potential problems for America's electric grid if more is not done to meet surging power demand. The company's grid ...

In his first remarks as Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney pledged to make the country a “…superpower in both conventional and clean energy.” But what does it really mean to be an “energy superpower ...