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A Microsoft-backed data center has reportedly been running on unpermitted generators.

Data center developers typically have to apply for permits to install generators that create local air pollution. The DataOne facility in New Jersey is the latest project accused of violating federal law by running on gas-fired generators without approval.

Hawkish Kevin Warsh hints Fed will raise rates if inflation does not fall soon

Wall Street cranks up bets on September increase in borrowing costs following central bank chair’s Jackson Hole address

Chinese rescue workers reach border crossing destroyed by Himalayan flood

Rescue efforts resume after being suspended over fears of further flooding near the Tibet-Nepal border

Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution

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Elon Musk's X says China tried using X to turn Americans against AI data centers. Did it work?

More fuel for the "anti-AI is a psyop" crowd. Will that help them change minds?

Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsual recording

Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.

Why Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Is Really About Its Biggest Threat

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy popular AI library Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The deal is partly a hedge against an emerging threat: AI companies which consume enormous quantities of Nvidia hardware are increasingly developing chips of their own. In a future where AI becomes centralized in a small group of players with their own chips, those companies could demand lower prices from Nvidia or bypass it altogether.

Aberdeen fund takes £200mn hit on failure of UK broadband provider

Sale of Airband to Macquarie-backed rival is latest sign of distress in indebted ‘altnet’ sector

Judge: Pentagon Punished Anthropic for 'Arrogance,' and That's Illegal

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.

'I don't have to announce everything, do I?' Trump bristles at questions over blocked Hormuz, sanction-free China

President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks.

Codex, Grok and Claude all agree, and you still don't know if they're right. The guide I use to decide.

The dangerous version of brain rot looks like productivity: more shipped, faster, and fewer decisions that are actually yours.

Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit continues in Washington.