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New York Freezes New AI Data Center Approvals
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New York is the first state to pause approval of new AI data centers, targeting the massive energy and water demands of large-scale computing facilities.
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FBI Told to Step Back From ICE Shooting Probes
The FBI has reportedly been directed to stop routinely investigating shootings involving ICE officers, a shift former officials say raises...
Samuel L. Jackson Slams Argentina Over Racism Post
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AI Backlash Starts to Cost US Politicians Their Jobs
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Andrew, Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami on Trafficking Charges
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Lawsuit: ChatGPT Pushed Alabama Woman Toward Suicide
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Syria Removed From US Terror Blacklist After 47 Years
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Anti-AI Data Center Protests Sweep US Cities
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China Cracks Down on AI ‘Boyfriend’ and ‘Girlfriend’ Apps
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Netflix earnings beat estimates; the stock still fell
Netflix earnings beat estimates — $12.56B revenue, $0.80 EPS — but the stock fell about 8% to a 52-week low...
Tsunami threat lifted after M7.3 quake off southern Mexico
A magnitude 7.3 quake struck off Chiapas, Mexico, triggering a tsunami threat that was cancelled about three hours later. No...
British Steel nationalised; Beijing ‘strongly dissatisfied’
The UK took British Steel into full public ownership on July 16. China's commerce ministry said it is 'strongly dissatisfied'...
