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POWER Act data center regulation won't move forward this spring
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (975+ words) (Capitol News Illinois) " Conversations about the POWER Act, a multifaceted data center regulation bill, are not over yet "but those involved say the bill won't be ready by the General Assembly's May 31 deadline. That means pending data center projects will…...
Illinois State Police warn public of new text scams
1+ week, 5+ day ago (99+ words) 93. 3 The Drive - Win Lunch for Your Workplace from Hickory River Smokehouse! Illinois State Police warn public of new text scams SPRINGFIELD, Ill. " There's a new text scam to be aware of. The Illinois State Police says the texts claim they are…...
Equinix faces challenge to Cape Town data centres over environmental concerns
1+ week, 6+ day ago (418+ words) LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) " A plan by U. S. -listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental impact, a formal objection "lodged with city planners and seen by…...
How do data centers benefit the places where they're built? Local mayors give mixed reviews
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1262+ words) (Capitol News Illinois) " The Illinois General Assembly continues to debate what to do about data centers as the artificial intelligence business keeps booming, and communities complain about their energy bills, noise and environmental impacts. Data centers are warehouse-like buildings that…...
Russia goes after VPNs as "great crackdown" gathers pace
2+ mon, 15+ hour ago (271+ words) MOSCOW, March 31 (Reuters) " Russia is going to further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to "get around internet controls and censorship, Russia's "digital minister said. In what has been cast by diplomats as…...
US Supreme Court backs Cox in fight over pirated music
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (437+ words) The 9-0 ruling overturned "a lower court's decision to order a new trial to determine how much the internet service provider "owed the record labels for a form of liability called contributory copyright infringement. Cox had said a retrial could have…...
One-fifth of Australian teens still use Tik Tok, Snapchat after social media ban
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (476+ words) SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) " One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of their age-gating methods. The number "of 13-to-15-year-olds…...