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The EPA has proposed amending the 1970 Clean Air Act to remove the 30-day public comment window required before construction begins on facilities classified as 'minor sources' of industrial pollution. The change would allow projects, including many AI data centers, to move forward with less advance public scrutiny.
Indian farmer Paleram Chauhan was assassinated outside Delhi after a decade spent fighting a local gang that illegally mined sand from his village. His family and neighbors say the attack was ordered by the same criminal network profiting from the resource, which fuels the region's booming construction industry. The killing is one of many linked to violent, unregulated sand extraction operations across the country.
Governor Josh Shapiro has pursued a strategy aimed at attracting artificial intelligence investment and jobs to Pennsylvania while simultaneously working to shield electricity ratepayers and nearby communities from the costs and disruptions data centers can bring. The approach seeks to balance economic development ambitions with consumer protection and local concerns as AI infrastructure expands rapidly across the country.
Meta introduced First Draft, an Instagram tool that automatically detects and removes silences and pauses from video clips before laying them into an editable timeline. Users select clips from their Reels Gallery, tap First Draft, then refine the auto-trimmed sequence or post it directly to their feed or Story. The feature rolls out on iOS first, with no confirmed timeline for Android.
A longtime Ruby on Rails developer and HEY email subscriber announced he is quitting the service after growing disillusioned with founder David Heinemeier Hansson's public statements. The writer, who once admired DHH's technical philosophy, says he can no longer support the company after DHH expressed views the writer characterizes as anti-immigrant and racially exclusionary regarding Europe.
CD Projekt Red announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live that a remastered version of The Witcher 3, bundled with both existing expansions, launches September 29 as a free upgrade for current owners. Switch owners will also get a complimentary upgrade path to the Switch 2 version. The remaster brings visual improvements plus reworked skill trees, combat, camera, targeting, movement and mount handling.
Dolly Parton, the country music icon known as the 'Queen of Country,' died Tuesday at age 80. Beyond her decades-long music career and business ventures, she is remembered for founding the Imagination Library, a program that has mailed free books to millions of children to encourage early literacy.
An Entrepreneur contributor reflects on Women's Equality Day, marking the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment, by connecting the decades-long suffrage struggle to the physical and mental toll faced by today's female founders. The writer describes her own experience overworking to the point of illness while citing data showing female entrepreneurship grew 69% from 2019 to 2024, with 83% of female founders reporting high stress and 54% facing burnout.
Researchers at MIT, led by Saransh Sharma with senior authors Giovanni Traverso and Anantha Chandrakasan, developed an ingestible capsule that measures body temperature to within 0.01°C. The device runs on a coin-cell battery and uses backscattering to shift most power demands to an external antenna, resulting in what they call the smallest ingestible temperature sensor yet built.
Don Yansen, an MIT-trained electrical engineer who retired to care for his wife, joined an MIT AgeLab study examining how older adults use technology in caregiving contexts. Hearing participants describe how frustrating and confusing modern devices could be, he decided to build a simpler alternative and founded a new company around it.
Silvis Materials, cofounded by MIT alum Patty Ferreira, has created adhesives made from cellulose that fully biodegrade, aiming to replace petroleum-based glues used in packaging labels, furniture joints, and construction materials. Ferreira notes that petroleum adhesives currently prevent otherwise recyclable containers from being processed because the glue holding labels on contaminates the recycling stream.
Commodore has partnered with CD Projekt Red to release the Commodore 77, a Cyberpunk 2077-styled version of its Commodore 64 Ultimate. The machine features a weathered, graffiti-marked case, a redesigned boot screen, an Arasaka-branded cartridge with an original lore-expanding demo built by C64 group Arise and chiptune artist LukHash, plus themed packaging and accessories. It's up for pre-order at $377 with no confirmed shipping date.