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Project Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desert — Oracle calls water usage 'negligible' for 11 million gallon one-time fill (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-16 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Water Usage Monitoring System → | tags: oracle, project jupiter, dona ana county

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An Algorithm Determines How Fast You Should Drive On California's I-15 Freeway (slashdot.org)

2026-06-12 | get Radar Detector → | tags: commission, county, freeway

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California tests smart freeway that could make drivers wait four minutes to merge (techspot.com)

2026-06-11 | by Rob Thubron | get Smart Traffic Light System → | tags: county, freeway, knudsen

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Utah Residents Sue Officials Over Kevin O'Leary Data Center Plan (slashdot.org)

2026-06-06 | get SmartTech Data Center Kit → | tags: center, county, lawsuit

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Elon Musk's SpaceX secures 100% property tax exemption for planned $55 billion Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas — county approves 35-year deal worth hundreds of millions despite resident backlash (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-04 | by Etiido Uko | get SpaceX Terafab Semiconductor Kit → | tags: county, project, residents

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Flesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-04 | get Insect Repellent Spray → | tags: screwworm, usda, nvsl

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Apple permanently closing three US stores, here’s when [Updated] (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-03 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Store Gift Card → | tags: apple, retail stores, trumbull mall

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Texas Adds Another Huge Solar Farm As ERCOT Grid Demand Soars (slashdot.org)

2026-06-02 | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: ercot, vesper energy, nazareth solar

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Your Businesses Shouldn’t Compete — Here’s the Complete Playbook to Making Your Brands Collab, From Someone Who’s Doing It (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-28 | by Tonia Ryan | get Brand Collaboration Toolkit → | tags: beachee, orange county, collab

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Ballots Have Been Seized Across the US. No One Knows What Will Happen Next (wired.com)

2026-05-28 | by Kim Zetter | get Secure Document Storage Box → | tags: ballots, fbi, maricopa county

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50,000 California residents are waiting to see if officials can keep this chemical tank from exploding (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-25 | get Chemical Tank Safety Kit → | tags: california, governor newsom, orange county fire authority

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The Amish Are Embracing ChatGPT (futurism.com)

2026-05-23 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get AI Chatbot for Amish → | tags: chatgpt, holmes county, amish community

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Meta settles a lawsuit that said it addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, breathitt county school district, lawsuit

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Meta settles lawsuit claiming its platforms addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get Meta Digital Wellbeing Toolkit → | tags: meta, breathitt county school district, lawsuit

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Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-20 | get Wildfire Emergency Kit → | tags: california, santa susana, sandy fire

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Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Meme Creator Legal Defense Kit → | tags: donald trump, first amendment, perry county

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Victory: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Meme Speech Bubble Sticker → | tags: trump meme, perry county, first amendment

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Texas county passes data center ban for rural areas for a year, move comes in wake of AI data centers moving to remote areas to skirt regulations — state senator says counties cannot legally impose these bans (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Security Kit → | tags: data centers, providence data centers, hill county

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Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students (theverge.com)

2026-05-16 | by Terrence O'Brien | get YouTube Kids Parental Control → | tags: snap, youtube, tiktok

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Georgia Data Center Secretly Guzzled 30 Million Gallons of Water Before Paying a Dime (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-12 | get Water Conservation Smart Meter → | tags: center, center draining, complained

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Kevin O’Leary Wants to Build a $100 Billion AI Data Center in Utah. Locals Say It Could Drain the Great Salt Lake. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-11 | by Jonathan Small | get AI Data Center Building Kit → | tags: ai data center, great salt lake, box elder county

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AI data center developers target rural territory to bypass city construction bans and regulations — rural locations allow sites to bypass city council approvals, rezoning votes, land-use reviews, and reduce public scrutiny (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Jowi Morales | get Rural Data Center Kit → | tags: center, city, county

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10 People Called Police to Report Bigfoot Sighting in Ohio (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get Bigfoot Footprint Cast Kit → | tags: bigfoot, ohio, portage county

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Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Data Center Construction Kit → | tags: stargate, openai, oracle

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Bliss (Photograph) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Bliss Photography Print → | tags: windows xp, bliss, charles o'rear

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How the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act is straining American democracy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get Voting Rights Act Book → | tags: supreme court, voting rights act, redistricting

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Mr. Wonderful's AI data center in Utah could consume 2x more power than the whole state (techspot.com)

2026-04-28 | get Green Energy Data Center Kit → | tags: stratos project, salt lake tribune, o'leary digital

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JPMorganChase received millions in tax breaks to expand a data center. Meanwhile, it created just one full-time job (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | get Data Center Expansion Kit → | tags: jpmorganchase, data center, rockland county

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JPMorgan Chase received millions in tax breaks to expand a data center. It created 1 full-time job (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | get Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: jpmorgan chase, data center, rockland county

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$77 million tax break, one new permanent job: JPMorgan data center deal sparks backlash (techspot.com)

2026-04-22 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: jpmorgan, rockland county, orangeburg