Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)

@jeremyhsu

My legacy account as a science and tech journalist. Still actively posting on other platforms.

New York, NY

Joined December 2009

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Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)
@jeremyhsu
Dec 10, 2024
AI and data centers may impose a $20 billion public health bill on the US by 2030 - with related emissions and air pollution causing an estimated 600,000 asthma cases annually. A new study also estimates today's health impacts from existing data centers.
Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it's getting worse | New Scientist
From newscientist.com
Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)
@jeremyhsu
Jul 25, 2025
A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan wider than a jumbo jet just spent days soaring off the US Gulf Coast for a military-sponsored test. In a past life, it was a pioneering aircraft that made the first solar-powered flight around the world.
Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months | New Scientist
From newscientist.com
Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)
@jeremyhsu
Mar 15, 2025
Canada's defence minister remarks on reconsidering its F-35 purchase also "came one day after Portugal signalled it was planning to ditch its acquisition of the high-tech warplane."
Yaroslav Trofimov
@yarotrof
Mar 15, 2025
Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, and may go with Sweden’s Gripen instead. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)
@jeremyhsu
Mar 14, 2025
"Experts with decades of experience at the agency are now worried that DOGE operatives working across multiple agencies increases the risk of SSA data being shared outside of the agency or that their inexperience will lead to them breaking systems entirely."
WIRED
@WIRED
Mar 14, 2025
SCOOP: These are the 10 DOGE operatives inside the Social Security Administration. The team appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency. This includes a number of young engineers whose presence has not been reported. wired.com/story/doge-ope…
Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social)
@jeremyhsu
Feb 21, 2025
Storing digital data in DNA strands could deliver compact and long-lasting information storage - but reconstructing such data is computationally intensive and takes days with current methods. An AI method can decode such data within minutes - here's how.
AI can decode digital data stored in DNA in minutes instead of days | New Scientist
From newscientist.com