Electricity demands of AI data centers to double by 2030: IEA report
AI’s rapid growth means companies will seek out energy sources that are most readily available, which could mean gas — an energy source that was being phased out in a growing number of developed countries.
Does Brazil have an app that can upend digital finance?
Washington’s unease is rising as Brazil’s Pix bypasses U.S.-dominated payment networks. The country’s digital payment revolution may soon be impossible to contain as other countries adapt their own models.
CEO pay soars 1,085% since 1978, workers’ pay stagnates
This widening gap reflects a troubling trend in the U.S. economy, where wealth continues to concentrate at the top, leaving ordinary workers behind.
Donald (disaster) Trump
And worse yet, those groupings are likely to be with us long after our current president has gone off to that great cheeseburger stand in the sky.
Two visions of the US will compete at the World Cup
A big tent coalition is harnessing the energy surrounding the World Cup to imagine a more free and democratic United States.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Congress introduces EARN IT Act, which would end encryption programs but violates the Constitution
“EARN IT is anti-speech, anti-security, and anti-innovation. Congress must reject it.”
Judge blocks ICE retaliation in Minnesota as protests escalate and federal force looms
A federal injunction curbing ICE conduct follows the killing of a legal observer, mounting allegations of constitutional violations, and threats of military deployment under Trump’s immigration crackdown.
A challenge for Democrats: Getting the stockholders to embrace a stockholder’s Tax
How a small tax on stock wealth could stabilize markets, reduce inequality, and ensure every American shares in the prosperity their labor created.
Why the Trump administration doesn’t just break the law
Whether the Trump administration cloaks its actions in legal rationales or disregards legality altogether, communities at home and abroad continue to resist.