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Texas Pauses 1,800 Data Center Requests Over Grid Strain
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Texas regulators have frozen review of roughly 1,800 data center interconnection requests totaling 474 gigawatts, five times the state's record peak demand.
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Amazon’s Texas AI Plant Could Be Top US CO2 Source
Amazon's 7.65GW Texas data center power plant, fueled by 35 gas turbines, is permitted to emit 33 million tons of...
Amazon’s Texas Data Center Could Be Top US Polluter
Amazon has purchased land in Texas for a massive AI data center campus that critics warn could become the single...
Casar Urges Democrats to Reject AI Industry Cash
Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar likens AI industry political spending to AIPAC, urging Democrats to reject campaign cash from AI...
Amazon Uses 45-Year-Old Rule to Skip Gilroy Vote
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Lake Mead has fallen to one of its lowest levels on record, intensifying pressure on the Colorado River system that...
Nazi Shipwrecks Resurface as Danube Hits Record Lows
Record heat and drought have shrunk the Danube to historic lows, exposing dozens of scuttled Nazi warships near Serbia's Prahovo,...
Meta CTO: Use AI Gains to Work More, Not Less
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says employees should funnel AI-driven productivity gains into more output rather than shorter hours, reigniting the...
US to Send Ukraine Monthly Patriot Interceptors
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says the US has agreed to deliver Patriot interceptor missiles on a monthly basis, easing fears of...
RAM Prices Crash Back to 2007 Levels Amid AI Chip...
Memory pricing has reverted to 2007 levels as AI data center demand consumes global RAM and NAND supply, wiping out...
CDC Warns of Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Sickening Hundreds Across 27...
⚡ TL;DR Federal health officials at the CDC and FDA are investigating a widespread Salmonella outbreak that has sickened over...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeños Sickens Hundreds
U.S. health officials report a multistate salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers has sickened hundreds across 27 states, with dozens...
DuckDuckGo’s ‘Do Nothing’ Sunglasses Sell Out Fast
DuckDuckGo released sunglasses with zero smart features as a jab at AI-powered wearables from Meta and Google. The privacy-focused novelty...
Senators Demand Crackdown on Wildfire Betting Markets
A group of U.S. senators is pushing regulators to rein in prediction markets that let users bet on wildfires, warning...
China’s Wealthy Scramble as Beijing Taxes Offshore Trusts
Beijing has moved to tax offshore trusts held by wealthy Chinese citizens, prompting a scramble for tax advice among the...
