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How Big Tech's data center power play could implode amid widespread voter revolt

Baltimore police seek public's help after 14-year-old fatally shot in south Baltimore The Baltimore Police Department is seeking the public's help for information regarding a 14-year-old who was ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
Wall Street Journal

Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
Wired

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...
Los Angeles Times

Amid the AI boom, California looks to address water use by massive data centers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...
Futurism

Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

Artificial intelligence might be booming on paper, but in the real world, there are signs of a major slowdown. In their latest biweekly survey of AI adoption, the US Census Bureau found evidence of an ...
New Haven Register

Consultant warns Hamden's finances could “implode” without urgent fixes; mayor calls report slanted and unfair

HAMDEN — Following a contentious budget cycle plagued by discrepancies and finger-pointing, a financial consultant has warned that the town's finances "could eventually implode" without "immediate ...
Fast Company

Data centers use massive energy and water. Here’s how to build them better

In late July, the Trump administration released its long-awaited AI Action Plan, which includes steps to cut environmental requirements and streamline permitting policies to make it easier to build ...
SlashGear

How To Insert A Checkbox In Microsoft Word

A lot of people use apps like Microsoft Word to create documents with interactive checkboxes. For instance, you'd need to insert checkboxes if you're putting together a to-do list (and don't want to ...
Ars Technica

AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents

On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press ...
The New York Times

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby. In the race to develop artificial ...