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Polish data center plans to send its waste heat to the neighbors

As Europe swelters in a heatwave, residents probably don’t want to hear about ways to make their homes even hotter, but that’s what Polish property developer Citylink is talking about, with plans to dump waste heat from a new data center in Wrocław into the municipal district heating network. Citylink is designing the data center so that heat from servers can be recovered instead of being dissipated via cooling systems — and as the data center grows, any increase in computing power will mean mor

Aug 7, 2026 ·Computerworld

Airtable joins Evernote, Brightcove, WeTransfer and AOL in Bending Spoons portfolio

Bending Spoons has snapped up Airtable to add to its portfolio of software companies, alongside AOL, Evernote, WeTransfer, Brightcove and Vimeo Airtable made its name as a builder of low/no code database services, aimed particularly at non-technical staff, but is now one of many vendors facing financial difficulties in the face of the SaaS/AIpocalypse. The arrival of AI coding tools, which offer non-technical employees more flexible ways to build business applications, has hit demand for its ser

Aug 7, 2026 ·Computerworld

How I Got the New Siri AI to Actually Help Me

If you use the new Siri AI correctly, you might cut down how much you’re on your phone. CNET’s Bridget Carey explains how to set up your iPhone to get the most out of the new Siri, and how it’s saved her sanity as a working parent.

Aug 7, 2026 ·CNET

Wispr moves beyond AI dictation with note-taking assistant

Wispr, the startup behind dictation tool Wispr Flow, has created an AI note-taking assistant that records meetings and generates conversation summaries for users. The Wispr Flow Notetaker tool “captures your meetings so you can stop splitting your attention between listening and writing things down,” said Sahaj Garja, Wispr CTO and co-founder. Notetaker starts recording with one click, and doesn’t require a bot to attend a video or voice call. It can also be used to capture in-person conversatio

Aug 7, 2026 ·Computerworld