1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (923+ words) NEW YORK " More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation " anything but staring at screens. A similar scene played out…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (658+ words) LONDON " A problem with Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms. The disruption and the ensuing exasperation it…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (1084+ words) The national discussion on keeping students off cellphones during school has reached full boil in many state capitals, and Luisa Baez isn't surprised that Harrisburg is one of them. The 37-year-old mother of two has a 16-year-old daughter at Mc…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (628+ words) Yard signs reading "NO DATA CENTERS ON OUR FARMS" are spreading across Pennsylvania's Slate Belt region as residents mobilize against a proposed project in Northampton County. Data centers are now drawing the same scrutiny that warehouses once did, and although…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (817+ words) The building of a hyperscale data center in northeast Pennsylvania hit a milestone earlier this month with an interstate agency's approval of its request to use more water from the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna River Basin (SRBC) gave a green…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (9+ words) State House backs $15 minimum wage by 2029altoonamirror. com...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (308+ words) The House Environmental Resources and Natural Protection Committee approved legislation Monday requiring reporting of water needs in advance by data center projects. The committee voted 16-10 for House Bill 2246, sponsored by Rep. Joe Webster, D-Montgomery. HB2246 takes a proactive approach to water…...

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2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (379+ words) The House Energy Committee approved legislation Monday expanding state regulations for data centers. The committee voted 14-12 along party lines for an amended House Bill 1834 sponsored by Rep. Robert Matzie, D-Beaver, directing the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) to set regulations…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (371+ words) Students would be banned from using cellphones during the school day under legislation approved Tuesday by the state Senate. He repeated that call during his budget address Tuesday. The bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Devlin Robinson, R-Allegheny, said that the statewide…...