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Schools Are Ditching Chromebooks For MacBooks By the Thousands (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: macbook neo, apple, chromebooks

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New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York fab — complaint alleges 'forever chemicals' will flow into Oneida River (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jake Roach | tags: micron, new york, pfas

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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of opposition at an AI data center meeting — gigawatt-scale project gets approved anyway despite community resistance (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data center, emporia kansas, lux claridge

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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of speaker opposing data center (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Rob Thubron | tags: data center, flint hills digital campus, lyon county

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Nvidia and OpenAI in talks for up to $250 billion backstop to fund AI infrastructure plans (cnbc.com)

2026-07-27 | by Ashley Capoot Kate Rooney | tags: nvidia, openai, data center

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Nvidia and OpenAI in talks for up to $250 billion dollar backstop to fund AI infrastructure plans (cnbc.com)

2026-07-27 | by Ashley Capoot Kate Rooney | tags: nvidia, openai, data center

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High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists (futurism.com)

2026-07-27 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data center, emporia city commission, lyon county

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Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai-generated ads, spencer pratt, election technology

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The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left (theverge.com)

2026-07-23 | by Gadel Valle | tags: data centers, hyperscale, chatgpt

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Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Dana Anderson | tags: ai data centers, loudoun county, prince william county

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Most Americans Say "Not in My Backyard" to AI Data Centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Dana Anderson | tags: ai data centers, redfin survey, loudoun county

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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out (wired.com)

2026-07-22 | by Ara Rosenthal | tags: jeffrey epstein, department of justice, epstein files

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2027 Kia Seltos first drive gives you plenty of SUV for not much $ (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: kia seltos, telluride, washington dc

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Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read (wired.com)

2026-07-21 | by Megan Greenwell | tags: standardized testing, mississippi, jefferson county

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DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: bodycam, axon system, bucks county

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Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Henry Godfrey-Evans | tags: rayleigh, maricopa county, heat deaths

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Family Horrified When They’re Forced to Sell Their Beloved Home to Make Way for AI Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai data centers, georgia power, eminent domain

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County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave (futurism.com)

2026-07-02 | by Frank Landymore | tags: data centers, henrico county, electricity rates

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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To 'Conserve Electricity' (slashdot.org)

2026-06-30 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: data centers, electricity conservation, 404 media

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Cargo thieves are now stealing millions in data center hardware, not just GPUs and consoles (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | get Data Center Security Lock → | tags: data center hardware, illinois, cook county sheriff's office

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County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by About The Author | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: henrico county, data centers, meta

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Fox apologizes after Mr. Wonderful accuses data center opponents of China ties (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: fox, stratos, o'leary digital

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Truckloads of Tesla Batteries Keep Getting Stolen Before They Even Leave the Factory (wired.com)

2026-06-29 | by Paresh Dave | get Tesla Battery Lockbox → | tags: tesla, batteries, redwood materials

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Odd police video shows drone removing knife from motionless suspect (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-23 | get Drone Surveillance Kit → | tags: drones, sacramento county sheriff’s office, magnet disarmament

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Doorbell cam filmed Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-22 | get Ring Video Doorbell → | tags: tesla autopilot, model 3, houston

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AI Law Firm Wins UK Court Case For First Time (slashdot.org)

2026-06-22 | get LegalTech AI Software → | tags: garfield ai, uk court case, ai legal assistant

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Apple is permanently closing three stores today, here’s the list (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-20 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Store Cleaning Kit → | tags: apple store, towson town center, north county

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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