Local officials overseeing data center projects in Marshall, Michigan, Salix, Iowa, and Box Elder County, Utah, have reported credible death threats and safety concerns tied to their votes. Marshall's council faced threats after passing a building moratorium, Salix's leaders were threatened over a land annexation for a possible Google site, and a Utah commissioner now has police stationed at his home. NBC News reports this pattern is spreading nationally, with officials targeted regardless of how they vote on data center proposals.
An Android Authority contributor reflects on a decade-plus of Android use, singling out six apps she's kept installed the entire time despite trying countless others. The list features lesser-known picks like the streaming aggregator Just Watch and the productivity tool Notion, alongside other apps not covered in the excerpt, deliberately excluding mainstream staples like Spotify or YouTube.
Between late 2016 and August 2026, China brought 27 new nuclear reactors online, while the United States added only two in the same period. MIT nuclear engineering professor Jacopo Buongiorno notes that China has become the global leader in building nuclear power plants, part of a broader strategy to support its shift toward a fully renewable grid.
An open-source archive called PURSUE has released its fifth batch of declassified UFO-related records, adding 41 files that include 16 Navy videos, FBI witness interview reports, CIA documents, and State Department cables spanning 1947 to 2026. New material covers a 2021 Gulf of Oman Navy video series, a 2019 Pacific Ocean series, renderings of triangular craft sightings over Afghanistan and Colorado Springs, and older cases from Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Scandinavia's 'Ghost Rocket' scare. The project's catalog now totals 375 records across its five releases, paired with a live 3D satellite tracker.
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