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This New Field of Study Is Giving College Students an ‘Edge’ in the Job Market (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ai degrees, computer science, virginia commonwealth university

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The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: artificial intelligence, machine learning, virginia commonwealth university

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This fusion startup just raised another $1 billion for its first commercial power plant (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, fusion power plant, virginia

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Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns? (slashdot.org)

2026-07-25 | by Posted | tags: virginia regulators, data center, health concerns

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One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it. (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-25 | by Tim De Chant | tags: pjm grid, ting labs, data centers

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Apple Wallet driver’s licenses coming to two more states soon: report (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-24 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple wallet, digital ids, utah

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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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Virginia bans sale of precise geolocation data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: virginia, geolocation data, vcdpa

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Virginia bans sale of geolocation data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: virginia consumer data protection act, geolocation data, abigail spanberger

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Opinion | A Virginia Farm’s Lesson for America at 250 (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-02 | tags: virginia, farm, data center

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Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: data centers, dominion energy, virginia

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Digital Realty falls 5% after taking $3.5 billion stake in Blackstone's Virginia data centers (cnbc.com)

2026-06-30 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Data Center Investment Guide → | tags: digital realty, blackstone, virginia data centers

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DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month (futurism.com)

2026-06-25 | by Frank Landymore | get DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser → | tags: duckduckgo, ai search, donald trump

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Opinion | Two Virginia Counties Diverge on AI Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-19 | get AI Data Center Cooling System → | tags: loudoun, prince william, ai data centers

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Why employers should treat domestic violence as a workplace issue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | tags: domestic violence, workplace issue, west virginia

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E.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin: What helping run my father’s motel taught me about risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-10 | tags: alexandria, alexandria virginia, began

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e.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin: What helping run my father’s motel taught me about risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-10 | tags: alexandria, alexandria virginia, began

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Something is causing tick populations to explode in these states—and experts are alarmed (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-04 | get Tick Removal Tool Kit → | tags: ohio, virginia, tick populations

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Apple Wallet driver’s license support expanding to another new state (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-29 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Wallet Driver's License Card → | tags: apple wallet, driver’s license, virginia

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FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home (slashdot.org)

2026-05-29 | get Gold Bar Display Case → | tags: cia, fbi, gold bars

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The Best Smart Scales of 2026 Measure More Than Just Your Weight (cnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by See Full Bio | get Withings Body Scan → | tags: smart scale, virginia tech, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

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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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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