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Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: data centers, dominion energy, virginia

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Digital Realty falls 5% after taking $3.5 billion stake in Blackstone's Virginia data centers (cnbc.com)

2026-06-30 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: digital realty, blackstone, virginia data centers

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DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month (futurism.com)

2026-06-25 | by Frank Landymore | tags: duckduckgo, ai search, donald trump

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Opinion | Two Virginia Counties Diverge on AI Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-19 | get AI Data Center Cooling System → | tags: loudoun, prince william, ai data centers

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Why employers should treat domestic violence as a workplace issue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | tags: domestic violence, workplace issue, west virginia

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E.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin: What helping run my father’s motel taught me about risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-10 | tags: alexandria, alexandria virginia, began

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e.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin: What helping run my father’s motel taught me about risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-10 | tags: alexandria, alexandria virginia, began

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Something is causing tick populations to explode in these states—and experts are alarmed (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-04 | get Tick Removal Tool Kit → | tags: ohio, virginia, tick populations

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Apple Wallet driver’s license support expanding to another new state (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-29 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Wallet Driver's License Card → | tags: apple wallet, driver’s license, virginia

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FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home (slashdot.org)

2026-05-29 | get Gold Bar Display Case → | tags: cia, fbi, gold bars

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The Best Smart Scales of 2026 Measure More Than Just Your Weight (cnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by See Full Bio | get Withings Body Scan → | tags: smart scale, virginia tech, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

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Electrical utility megamerger is all about the data centers (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: nextera energy, dominion energy, data centers

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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, electricity prices

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Crabby 82-Year-Old Politician Attacks 10-Year-Old Child for Thinking Electric Cars Are Cool (futurism.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jon Christian | get Electric Car Model Kit → | tags: electric cars, virginia foxx, stanford study

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More than sixty percent of the United States is experiencing drought conditions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get Drought Tolerant Garden Kit → | tags: la niña, virginia tech, pacific northwest

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In Irony-Soaked Incident, Amazon Data Center Shuts Down Due to High Temperatures (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Joe Wilkins | get Amazon Web Services Hoodie → | tags: amazon web services, aws, data center

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The biggest US power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Power Grid Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, american electric power, northern virginia

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The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid Monitoring System → | tags: pjm, american electric power, northern virginia

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AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get AWS Cloud Computing Mug → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

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AWS North Virginia data center outage – recovery to take hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

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AWS says data center overheating in North Virginia disrupts services (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Amazon Web Services Hoodie → | tags: aws, north virginia, data center

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It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com - Relics of Yesterday's Internet (slashdot.org)

2026-05-03 | by Posted | get Ask.com Search Engine Mug → | tags: jeeves, ask.com, internet

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Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it's running out of time and cash (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-01 | get Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Model → | tags: virgin galactic, vss unity, space tourism

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Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone's Location Data (slashdot.org)

2026-04-27 | by Posted | get GPS Location Data Device → | tags: cellphone location data, geofence warrants, supreme court

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Local political revolts threaten to derail US data center projects — mounting delays are already costing AI hyperscalers billions (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Jon Martindale | get Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: openai, data centers, hyperscalers

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Want to build a startup that gets acquired? This founder shares 5 proven tips (zdnet.com)

2026-04-16 | by Mark Samuels | get Startup Success Toolkit → | tags: snoop, virgin money, vanquis

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Virgin Galactic Reenters Space Tourism Market at $750K Per Ticket (cnet.com)

2026-04-01 | by See Full Bio | get Virgin Galactic Space Ticket Model → | tags: virgin galactic, delta class, space tourism

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Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000 (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-01 | get Space Tourism Ticket Model → | tags: virgin galactic, richard branson, space tourism

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Measure Weight, Body Fat and Muscle Mass at Home With Expert-Approved Smart Scales (cnet.com)

2026-03-29 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Body Composition Scale → | tags: smart scale, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, body fat

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The Loneliness of a Room of One's Own (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Joanna Scutts | tags: virginia woolf, a room of one's own, women writers