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Amazon data center coming to Northwest Indiana. Residents aren’t happy
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (163+ words) Amazon data center coming to Northwest Indiana. Residents aren't happy'WBEZ Chicago Amazon data center coming to Northwest Indiana. Residents aren't happy Amazon will pay the city of Hobart $47 million upfront. But some residents say the city hasn't provided a site…...
The phone that gives grieving people the chance to connect with lost loved ones again
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) A wind phone is a disconnected rotary phone that gives people the space to say the things they didn't get to share with their departed loved ones. The first wind phone in "tsuchi, Japan. Matthew Komatsu / Wikimedia Commons The first…...
AI data centers need energy, causing energy bills to rise
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) Data centers help run artificial intelligence models, but also consume energy at a rate equivalent to thousands of households. The increase in data centers in Illinois has contributed to a recent increase in energy bills for households. Florence Pacheco, 69, holds…...
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (1298+ words) The Internet Archive office is housed in a former Christian Science church in San Francisco. Six weeks into the administration, the Internet Archive said it had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that existed on the U.S. government websites prior to Trump's inauguration…...
The pros and cons of banning cell phones in Illinois schools
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (130+ words) In his latest State of the State address, Gov. JB Pritzker said he wants to introduce legislation to limit cell phones in Illinois classrooms. The goal of the proposed cell phone ban is to improve student performance and social skills…...