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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: amazon, pecos county, natural gas

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Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, center, city

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Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, center, city

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AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: centers, data centers, emissions

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Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone — online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: atari, atari st, database

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New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: amazon, amazon data, center

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Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Frank Landymore | tags: center, data center, mcdonald

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Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: center, center reps, data center

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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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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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OpenAI just made ChatGPT’s latest model more accessible to non-paying users (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: gpt luna, gpt sol, luna

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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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AI Music Startup Suno Is Adding a Watermark to Songs as Legal Troubles Pile Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: clearly, clearly prohibit, community

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PSA: Apple has released security updates for Mac (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Anna Washenko | tags: apple, device, july

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Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Sarah Perez | tags: bumble, dating, plans

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Google Search patches bug that broke time filters (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: date, filters, google

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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: date, ditto, just

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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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How to stop Roku from tracking everything you watch (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Alec Hively | tags: collection, data collection, device

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Dolby Vision 2 is rolling out now, starting with select Hisense TVs (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zo Ahmed | tags: dolby, dolby vision, feature

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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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Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lindsey Galloway | tags: accommodating, accommodating doesn, ahead

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Figma says it’s hiring less because of AI. Wall Street doesn’t seem impressed (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: appear, appear having, concerns spending

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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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Startup Raises $700 Million to Replace Data-Center Wires With Light (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai servers, billion, billion new

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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