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You Tube settles with Florida teen alleging social media addiction before trial
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (482+ words) Google's You Tube has settled a lawsuit brought by a 16-year-old Florida boy who says the platform's features played a role in his social media addiction and harmed his mental health. The settlement was reached ahead of a second California…...
New York banned cellphones in school " teachers say kids are social again
2+ week, 5+ day ago (14+ words) Baltimore Sun...
Data centers aren't the burden critics make them out to be | GUEST COMMENTARY
3+ week, 6+ day ago (747+ words) Opinion: Data centers have been singled out for far more than their fair share of misinformation and mythmaking, writes Ross Marchand. Data centers are indispensable to the digital domain, powering everything from texts to medical software to Claude queries. They've…...
Maryland Matters: Data center battles started in the states. Now it's Congress under siege
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1274+ words) Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data centers and their huge appetite for electricity is quickly escalating as a political flashpoint from coast to coast,…...
Woodlawn residents deserve a say on proposed data center | GUEST COMMENTARY
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (277+ words) I moved back to Baltimore County not only as a young parent with roots here but also as a seminary graduate who'd done a lot of learning in the interim about the climate crisis and a lot of praying about…...
Carroll County to address data center uncertainty amid yearlong moratorium
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (12+ words) Baltimore Sun...
Dear Readers: Yes, pen pal programs still exist in a digital world
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1143+ words) International Youth Service, the agency that matched us up 40 years ago, has long since folded, but other pen pal programs have survived " or even began during " the internet age. And even though New Zealand's postal system has reduced home delivery…...
Howard County may freeze data center development, joining regional trend
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (11+ words) Baltimore Sun...
In a remote German village, mail is delivered by boat during warmer months
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) On Wednesday, the 55-year-old German postal worker stood at the back of her boat again, using one long oar to row, steer and navigate her boat through the shallow waters. "The start of the season is always special for me,…...
Maryland among states not tracking data center tax breaks
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (430+ words) Though public scrutiny of data centers is growing, 14 states do not disclose how much revenue they lose to data center tax breaks. That's according to a new report from Good Jobs First, a watchdog group that focuses on economic development…...