Thursday, November 12, 2026

Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.

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World's End, Up Close and Personal

Is AI About to Destroy Humanity?

Or do we have more to worry about from Donald Trump?

US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI –...

China has already implemented many rules governing the use of artificial intelligence.

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could...

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.

A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.

Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home,...

Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.

There’s a better way to cool data centres that cuts their...

Piping water into the server halls could be a much more efficient way to remove waste heat.

Oracle drops lawsuit over Wisconsin rules that shield utility customers from...

Twenty-three states had approved special rates for the largest power users by May, and Oracle's own credit rating now sits below the threshold Wisconsin regulators set.

Two-thirds of US workers expect AI to make their jobs worse,...

Use of the tools is concentrated among college graduates and six-figure earners. Six percent of workers said they expect workers to be the main beneficiaries.

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10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House

“Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.”
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The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values

“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”
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Blue Tsunami, Meet the Senate Filibuster

Democrats will hold at least 54 Senate seats when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027, but ending debate on a bill still takes 60 votes.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
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House moves to vote on impeaching Hegseth over Iran war, boat strikes

Rep. Thomas Massie's eight articles allege at least 243 deaths in strikes on suspected drug boats, and impeachment would need three Republican votes.