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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, electricity prices

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Crabby 82-Year-Old Politician Attacks 10-Year-Old Child for Thinking Electric Cars Are Cool (futurism.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jon Christian | get Electric Car Model Kit → | tags: electric cars, virginia foxx, stanford study

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More than sixty percent of the United States is experiencing drought conditions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get Drought Tolerant Garden Kit → | tags: la niña, virginia tech, pacific northwest

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In Irony-Soaked Incident, Amazon Data Center Shuts Down Due to High Temperatures (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Joe Wilkins | get Amazon Web Services Hoodie → | tags: amazon web services, aws, data center

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The biggest US power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Power Grid Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, american electric power, northern virginia

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The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid Monitoring System → | tags: pjm, american electric power, northern virginia

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AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get AWS Cloud Computing Mug → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

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AWS North Virginia data center outage – recovery to take hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

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AWS says data center overheating in North Virginia disrupts services (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Amazon Web Services Hoodie → | tags: aws, north virginia, data center

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It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com - Relics of Yesterday's Internet (slashdot.org)

2026-05-03 | by Posted | get Ask.com Search Engine Mug → | tags: jeeves, ask.com, internet

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Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it's running out of time and cash (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-01 | get Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Model → | tags: virgin galactic, vss unity, space tourism

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Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone's Location Data (slashdot.org)

2026-04-27 | by Posted | get GPS Location Data Device → | tags: cellphone location data, geofence warrants, supreme court

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Local political revolts threaten to derail US data center projects — mounting delays are already costing AI hyperscalers billions (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Jon Martindale | get Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: openai, data centers, hyperscalers

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Want to build a startup that gets acquired? This founder shares 5 proven tips (zdnet.com)

2026-04-16 | by Mark Samuels | get Startup Success Toolkit → | tags: snoop, virgin money, vanquis

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Virgin Galactic Reenters Space Tourism Market at $750K Per Ticket (cnet.com)

2026-04-01 | by See Full Bio | get Virgin Galactic Space Ticket Model → | tags: virgin galactic, delta class, space tourism

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Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000 (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-01 | get Space Tourism Ticket Model → | tags: virgin galactic, richard branson, space tourism

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Measure Weight, Body Fat and Muscle Mass at Home With Expert-Approved Smart Scales (cnet.com)

2026-03-29 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Body Composition Scale → | tags: smart scale, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, body fat

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The Loneliness of a Room of One's Own (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Joanna Scutts | tags: virginia woolf, a room of one's own, women writers

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One Microsoft data center in West Virginia could raise the company’s emissions 44%: report (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-25 | get Microsoft Azure Data Center Hoodie → | tags: microsoft, west virginia, data center

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The Best Smart Scales of 2026 for Measuring Body Fat, Muscle Mass and More (cnet.com)

2026-02-22 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Scale → | tags: smart scales, body fat, virginia tech

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-23 | get GPS → | tags: black, earth, virginia

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Dr. Gladys West, whose mathematical models inspired GPS, dies at 95 (engadget.com)

2026-01-19 | get GPS → | tags: interview, models, state

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America's Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem - Too Many Data Centers (slashdot.org)

2026-01-13 | by Posted | get Data Center → | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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2025: a year in art on The Verge (theverge.com)

2025-12-21 | by Verge Staff | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: cath, cath virginia, director

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How Google’s $33B Cloud and AI Expansion Is Transforming the U.S. and India (techreport.com)

2025-11-03 | by Anya Zhukova | get Cloud → | tags: cloud, google, india

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As war came to his doorstep, Jefferson fled Monticello but years later returned to power as president. (feeds.washingtonpost.com)

2025-11-03 | by Michael Kranish | get Microsoft Office → | tags: black, enslaved, jefferson

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Apple Wallet now offers digital ID for another US state (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone → | tags: apple, digital, id

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Apple Wallet now supports digital ID in another US state (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone → | tags: apple, digital, id

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Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Matt Novak | get Personal Finance book → | tags: drug, lilly, manufacturing

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Virgins Are Reality TV’s Latest Darlings. Their Reasons for Abstaining Are Complicated (wired.com)

2025-10-31 | by Kat Tenbarge | get Meta Quest → | tags: new, sex, virgin