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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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UK Breaks 30C Record With Fifth Heatwave Days Away
The UK has now logged 35 days above 30C in 2026, beating the 34-day record set in 1995, with a...
US Oil Reserve Drops Below 300M Barrels, Lowest Since 1983
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell 6.1 million barrels to 298.7 million, its lowest since January 1983, after a 172 million...
Flock Pitched Turning 350,000 Uber, Lyft Cars Into Cameras
A public records request revealed Flock pitched a Nexar dashcam partnership that would have added 350,000 Uber, Lyft and delivery...
Chandler Drops Flock Cameras After Audit Flags Misuse
Chandler is pulling all 40 Flock license plate readers after a routine audit found an anomaly that could not be...
Myspace Eyes Comeback as Social Media Fatigue Grows
Myspace is reportedly exploring a relaunch as users tire of algorithm-driven feeds, betting nostalgia and personal profiles can win back...
Open-Source USB Stick Hides Encrypted Drive Behind Decoy
Phantom Drive is an open-source USB stick that looks like a normal 8GB flash drive but hides an encrypted partition...
Doom Dev Chris Hays Blasts Xbox Over id Software Cuts
Doom developer Chris Hays criticized Xbox after layoffs hit id Software, saying leadership doesn't understand art or games following the...
Windows 11 Weather App Uses 5x the RAM of macOS
A new report finds Windows 11's Weather app consumes roughly five times the memory of Apple's macOS Weather app, despite...
Nolan: Physical Discs Beat Streaming for Film Fans
Christopher Nolan argues disc collections outlast streaming libraries, pointing to compression losses and vanishing licenses as reasons physical media endures.
Israel Rejects Trump Gaza Plan, Demands Hamas Disarm First
Israel has rejected President Trump's Gaza peace proposal, with Netanyahu insisting no troop withdrawal will occur until Hamas fully disarms.
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
Amazon reportedly used a decades-old zoning provision to fast-track a massive AI data center in Gilroy, California, sidestepping a public...
