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The New Razr Ultra Is the Best Flip Phone I've Tested, but You Shouldn't Buy It (cnet.com)

2026-06-04 | by See Full Bio | get Motorola Razr Ultra Flip Phone → | tags: motorola, razr ultra, foldable phone

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Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers (cnbc.com)

2026-06-04 | by Annie Palmer | get Amazon Web Services T-Shirt → | tags: amazon, aws, ai data centers

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As Microsoft Takes the Stage, Protestors Take to the Street (cnet.com)

2026-06-03 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, satya nadella

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As Microsoft Takes the Stage, Protesters Take to the Street (cnet.com)

2026-06-03 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, satya nadella

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If AI Data Centers Are So Great, Why Are They Being Built in Secret? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | by Erin Brockovich | get AI Data Center Security Kit → | tags: ai data centers, brockovichdatacenter, community concerns

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GoPro warned it may not survive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-02 | by Ana Maria Constantin | get GoPro HERO11 Black → | tags: gopro, memory prices, dram

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SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Luke James | get Nuclear Power Plant Model → | tags: softbank, ai data centers, edf

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Leaks reveal US authorities concerned about the rise of ‘anti-tech extremists’ as AI data center issues become increasingly contentious — critics say this could lead to surveillance, criminalization of peaceful opposition (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Privacy & Security Kit → | tags: anti-tech extremists, ai data centers, homeland security

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The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-28 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Hype Index Book → | tags: ai safety law, google insider trading, tiktok custom cpus

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This map tracks 4,000 AI data centers being built—and reveals where the biggest boom is (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-28 | get AI Data Center Map Poster → | tags: erin brockovich, ai data centers, texas

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Elizabeth Warren wants to tax AI data centers as power bills climb (techspot.com)

2026-05-28 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: elizabeth warren, ai data centers, time magazine

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Erin Brockovich starts tracking AI data centers, calls on affected communities to submit issues — website shows more than 2,700 reports from across the US raising various concerns (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Monitoring Kit → | tags: pge, ai data centers, erin brockovich

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Erin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map (engadget.com)

2026-05-27 | by Mariella Moon | get AI Data Center Map Guide → | tags: erin brockovich, ai data centers, msb global

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-23 | by Tim De Chant | get Deep Fission Reactor Kit → | tags: deep fission, nasdaq, nuclear reactors

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SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get AI Data Center Gas Turbines → | tags: spacex, ipo, gas turbines

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SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Paresh Dave | get Industrial Gas Turbine Model → | tags: spacex, gas turbines, ai data centers

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Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs (wired.com)

2026-05-19 | by Paresh Dave | get Meta Employee Wellness Kit → | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, ai data centers

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AI data centers require 36 times more fiber than designs with standard servers — severe glass shortages push cable lead times out to a full year (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Luke James | get Fiber Optic Cable Kit → | tags: fiber optic cables, ai data centers, hengtong

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Power Prices in Eastern U.S. Spike 76% Thanks to AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: power prices, eastern u.s., ai data centers

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Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: ai data centers, nv energy, liberty utilities

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Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Home Security Camera → | tags: ai data centers, pennsylvania, josh shapiro

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The Download: China’s AI drama factory and the WHO’s missing health targets (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-15 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Art Generator Tool → | tags: openai, chatgpt, ai data centers

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Americans really don't want AI data centers close to their homes (engadget.com)

2026-05-14 | by Kris Holt | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: ai data centers, gallup survey, spacex xai

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70% of Americans don't want AI data centers near their home, that's more opposition than nuclear plants get (techspot.com)

2026-05-14 | get AI Data Center Noise Insulation → | tags: ai data centers, americans, nuclear plants

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Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards (theverge.com)

2026-05-14 | by Stevie Bonifield | get AI Data Center Soundproofing Kit → | tags: ai data centers, gallup survey, laptop mag

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AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Soundproofing Acoustic Panels → | tags: ai data centers, infrasound, decibel meters

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Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Corsair Vengeance RAM → | tags: motherboard, ram, ai data centers

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You’ll Never Guess Trade Unions’ Position on AI Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: trade unions, ai data centers, big tech

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The American tech manufacturing success story hiding in plain sight (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: corning, pyrex, gorilla glass

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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Tim De Chant | get Azure Solar Power Bank → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, clean energy