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Energy · AI · Space How Meta Is Using Satellites to Power AI With Sunlight — Even at Night A simple breakdown of the world's most ambitious clean energy deal — and why it matters for the future of artificial intelligence. Easy read April 27, 2026 · 5 min read AI is hungry. Not for food — for electricity. Every time you use an AI app, a data center somewhere is burning through massive amounts of power. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, used  18,000 gigawatt-hours  of electricity in just one year. That is enough to power 1.7 million homes. And they need even more. 18K GWh Meta's electricity use in 2024 1 GW Power committed in new deal 1,000 Satellites being planned Part 1 — The Problem Why powering AI with solar is so hard Solar energy sounds perfect — it is clean, renewable, and free. But it has one big problem:  the sun goes down at night.  Data centers never sleep. So what happens when the sun sets? Problem 01 No sun at night Solar farms stop working ...

 India's App Market Is Booming —  AI Is The Real Winner India's mobile app market is breaking records  in 2026 — and the numbers tell a very  exciting story for AI lovers. The Record Breaking Numbers According to research firm Sensor Tower,  Indian users spent over $300 million on  in-app purchases in just the first three  months of 2026. That is a 33% jump  compared to the same period last year. The growth journey of India's app market  has been incredible: - 2021: $520 million per year - 2025: Over $1 billion per year   - 2026: Expected to reach $1.25 billion What Is Driving This Growth? Non-gaming apps are the real heroes here.  They generated over $200 million — growing  44% year-over-year. The top growing  categories were: - Generative AI tools - Video streaming - Utility apps Most importantly — AI app downloads  grew by 69% year-over-year. ChatGPT  alone was among the top apps in India  by both do...

Meta Plans to Record Employee Activity  to Improve Its Artificial Intelligence Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and  WhatsApp, has announced a shocking new plan to collect  training data for its Artificial Intelligence models.  The company will now record the mouse movements and  keystrokes of its own employees to help train its AI. What Is Meta Doing? Meta is launching an internal tool that will capture  how employees use computers — including things like: - Mouse movements - Clicking buttons - Keyboard keystrokes - Navigating dropdown menus Meta says this data will help their AI models learn  how real people actually use computers in everyday  tasks. What Did Meta Say? A Meta spokesperson stated: "If we are building agents to help people complete  everyday tasks using computers, our models need real  examples of how people actually use them. There are  safeguards in place to protect sensitive content,  and the...