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Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by The Canadian Press | tags: canada, cent, jobs

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Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, hardware

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Google Data Center Announces Plans to Pave Over Protected Wetlands (futurism.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: acres, center, data center

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Your employees are stressed about money. Here’s why your HR team should care—and what it should do (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: benefits, benefits help, centered

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This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: center, cooling, mason

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Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: center, centers, data center

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xAI, SpaceX, and the Race for AI Buildout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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xAI Ignores Laws and Profits: Rules for Thee, Not for Me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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The FCC just shredded local TV station ownership rules, despite questionable legality (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: broadcast, local, national

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Why smartphone makers stopped using removable batteries, and why they're making a comeback (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Mariella Moon | tags: batteries, battery, charge

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

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Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, nashville

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SoftBank Uses OpenAI Stake to Borrow $10 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai data, ai powered, builder

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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Molly Taft | tags: centers, data centers, plants

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The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Nilay Patel | tags: centers, data centers, just

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Khanna to introduce 'Data Center Bill of Rights' as fight over AI power plants heats up (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Garrett Downs | tags: center, centers, communities

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Let's all meet up in the Y2K (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: desk, morgan, mouse

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The $299 Viture Pro 2 are the company's lightest and most comfortable smartglasses yet (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Sam Rutherford | tags: devices, dock, glasses

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Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: block, block data, center

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Virginia Orders Data Centers to Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Tristan Navera | tags: center, centers, data center

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I'll be stepping back from leading product for X (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: available ve, browser, center

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Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: available ve, browser, center

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Uber stock sinks 5% after weak guidance despite revenue growth (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: billion, bookings, cents

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Uber stock sinks 7% after weak guidance despite revenue growth (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: billion, bookings, cents

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AMD sinks 5% despite earnings beat, strong data center revenue (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: ahead, billion, central

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Universities would prefer no AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hollis Robbins | tags: education, higher, higher ed

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AMD sinks 7% despite earnings beat, strong data center revenue (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: ahead, billion, central

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Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: abbott, centers, data centers

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AMD sinks 8% in premarket trading despite beating expectations (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: ahead, billion, central

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Polling shows a growing political reckoning is coming for data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: data centers, polling, political reckoning