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NextEra and Dominion's $67 Billion Mega-Merger Is All About the Data Centers (slashdot.org)

2026-05-19 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: nextera, dominion energy, data centers

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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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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers (techspot.com)

2026-05-13 | get Smart Power Monitoring System → | tags: lake tahoe, nevada energy, data centers

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A data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressure (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water Conservation Smart Meter → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

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Will Maryland's Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States' Datacenters? (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, maryland utility bills

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Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | get Mac Software Development Kit → | tags: macos, apple, quarantine

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Critical infrastructure giant Itron says it was hacked (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-27 | by Zack Whittaker | get Itron Smart Meter → | tags: itron, cyberattack, utility meters

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American utility firm Itron discloses breach of internal IT network (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-26 | get Itron Smart Meter → | tags: itron, cybersecurity, utility technology

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Your Patent Will Expire. Here’s What You Need to Do Next to Keep Innovating Legally. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | by Thomas Franklin | get Patent Law Book → | tags: utility patents, patent families, apple

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7 Overlooked Ways to Cut Costs in Your Business Right Now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-20 | by Gene Marks | get Business Expense Tracker Notebook → | tags: peco, energy audits, utility companies

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Your Old Fridge Is Costing You. Here's How Much Energy a New Model Saves Each Year (cnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by See Full Bio | get Energy Star Refrigerator → | tags: energy star, california energy commission, refrigerator models

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Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Microsoft Windows Task Manager → | tags: windows task manager, dave plummer, microsoft

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States are falling short on their clean energy goals due to data center boom (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-09 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: nevada, data centers, las vegas

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New York’s governor wants to delay a landmark climate law. That could cost households thousands in energy bills (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-27 | get Smart Thermostat → | tags: new york, kathy hochul, climate law

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There’s a better way to use the electric grid—and cut power bills (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-19 | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: electric grid, power bills, demand response

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Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’ (theverge.com)

2026-03-17 | by Thomas Ricker | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: off-grid utility core, klumpen, satellite broadband

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Why Adding More Features Is the Fastest Way to Lose Real Product Users (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-20 | by Harrison Gross | get E-commerce platform → | tags: building, trust, utility

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Why your electric bill is so high—and what could bring down rates (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-22 | get Smart Thermostat → | tags: area, area average, average

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In 2026, Google Is Focused on Making AI Actually Useful (cnet.com)

2026-01-13 | by See Full Bio | get Google Assistant → | tags: android, gemini, google

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SBOMs in 2026: Some Love, Some Hate, Much Ambivalence (darkreading.com)

2025-12-29 | get Systematic Bug Bounty → | tags: cybersecurity, cybersecurity experts, disagree

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I tried Apple’s iPhone Pocket. It’s as awkward as it is beautiful (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-24 | get Camera → | tags: accessory, accessory feels, appendage

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Disk Utility still can't check and repair APFS volumes and containers (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Daniel M. | get Google Nest → | tags: check, container, disk

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Electric bill may be paying for big data centers' energy use (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ari Peskoe | get computer monitor → | tags: costs, data, new