EL PASO—In October 2025, local officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a 1-gigawatt, $1.5 billion data center for the tech giant Meta.  El Paso Electric had previously stated that existing infrastructure would support the data center and that Meta was looking to tap into a new solar farm. El Paso gets more than 300 days a...

Amazon, OpenAI and Google Face Off in AI Shopping Wars SubscribeGive AGift Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. By John Herrman, a tech columnist at Intelligencer  Formerly, he was a reporter and critic at the New York Times and co-editor of The Awl. 5:00 A.M. Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Amazon Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer;...

Dive Brief The latest changes to its RFID-enabled checkout lanes are aimed at making it easier to use in settings like festivals and temporary stores. Published Jan. 21, 2026 By Tatiana Walk-Morris Amazon announced its next generation of RFID payment lanes, which are portable, on Jan. 13, 2026. Courtesy of Amazon