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How Data Centers Broke American Politics (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Taft | tags: data centers, steve bannon, georgia

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30 Georgia homes are being acquired via sale or eminent domain to expand power grid — one affected family member says it’s ‘for the data centers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jowi Morales | tags: georgia power, plant wansley, data centers

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Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: georgia power, ai data centers, transmission line

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I Dropped Out of College at 19 to Build a $3 Billion Business Helping Independent Brands Compete With Amazon Prime (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | by Amanda Breen | tags: stord, sean henry, amazon prime

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OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Tim De Chant | tags: openai, project camellia, georgia power

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OpenAI’s Planned Cloud Spending Hits $750 Billion as Computing Efforts Ramp Up (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-22 | tags: openai, cloud spending, data-center

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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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Pink Cosmo berries a hit in their trial season (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Pink Cosmo Berry Seeds → | tags: pink cosmo blueberries, california berry genetics, g&m farms

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Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-26 | by Julie Bort | get Stord Cloud Supply Chain → | tags: stord, strike capital, georgia tech

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Tether will launch an 'official' stablecoin in Georgia tied to local currency (engadget.com)

2026-05-25 | by Jackson Chen | get Tether Georgia Stablecoin → | tags: tether, gel, georgia

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Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after cars drive into flooded roads (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-22 | get Waymo One Autonomous Vehicle Kit → | tags: waymo, robotaxis, atlanta

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Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearing (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-22 | by Jowi Morales | get Water Testing Kit → | tags: meta data center, georgia, environmental protection agency

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A Conspiracy Theory About QR Codes Has Led to Chaos Ahead of Georgia’s Midterms (wired.com)

2026-05-13 | by David Gilbert | get QR Code Scanner App → | tags: codes, conspiracy, election

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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water-Efficient Data Center Cooling → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water-Efficient Data Center Cooling → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

16.

More than just an SUV? Rivian is working on more R2 variants. (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-06 | get Rivian R2 Electric SUV → | tags: rivian, lidar, electric suv

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Show HN: I Built a Museum Exhibit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get Digital Museum Display Kit → | tags: museum exhibit, georgia tech, wild lenses

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Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B for Georgia factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-30 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R1T Electric Truck → | tags: rivian, doe loan, georgia factory

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Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B of Georgia factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-30 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian Electric Vehicle Charger → | tags: rivian, doe loan, georgia factory

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Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B, while boosting capacity of Georgia factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-30 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R1T Electric Truck → | tags: rivian, doe loan, georgia factory

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Rivian downsizes new EV factory after Trump’s DOE slashes loan agreement (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Rivian Electric Vehicle Model → | tags: rivian, ev factory, doe loan

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‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-16 | by Chen | get Science Advocacy Poster → | tags: us mid-term elections, 314 action, artificial intelligence

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Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans (wired.com)

2026-04-11 | by Ritsuko Kawai | get Mosquito Repellent Smartphone App → | tags: mosquitoes, aedes aegypti, bayesian inference

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Applebee’s restaurant closures: See the list of doomed locations after a major franchisee went bankrupt (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-30 | tags: applebee’s, disney world, sea world

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Midnight train from GA: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-29 | by Bill Barrow | get Amtrak Viewliner Sleeper Car → | tags: amtrak, crescent train, us airports

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How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-28 | get Smart Fish Finder Device → | tags: fishing gear, bycatch reduction, noaa

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Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for “Full-Body Massacre” (futurism.com)

2026-03-21 | by Joe Wilkins | get Mosquito Bite-Resistant Clothing → | tags: mosquitoes, georgia tech, david hu

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These Musical Instruments of the Future Sound Weird, Wacky—and Are Easy for Anyone to Play (wired.com)

2026-03-16 | by Boone Ashworth | get Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI) → | tags: guthman musical instrument competition, georgia tech, rudra veena

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Why Rivian is holding the $45,000 base model R2 until ‘late 2027’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-12 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R2 Model Kit → | tags: r1t, r1s, rivian

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Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-11 | by Julie Bort | get GitHub → | tags: replit, georgian partners, shaquille o'neal