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Scammers trick Utahns into shipping them expensive phones
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (447+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns are used to warnings about scammers trying to steal their money. But a growing scam appears to be targeting something else: their cellphones. The crooks are not snatching phones out of people's hands. This scam is…...
New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (685+ words) NEW YORK — New York became the first state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities driving the artificial intelligence boom are raising power costs, straining water supplies…...
'Sacred,' 'pristine': Data center foes redouble calls to protect area where facility would be built
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (430+ words) HANSEL VALLEY, Box Elder County — Brenna Williams has high praise for the dry scrubland of Box Elder County where a data center is to be built. "I think the land out here is sacred," she said. "It's austere, but it's…...
Some data center companies are working to be 'good neighbors,' but is it enough?
6+ day, 7+ min ago (501+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — When Tracy Bell moved into her West Jordan neighborhood years ago, she never expected that a new neighbor could make major impact on her everyday way of life there. She also never expected a large data center…...
Locked out after a hack? The fix may be hiding on your phone
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (446+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — After a crook hacked Renee Stevens' Amazon account, he locked her out by changing the password, the email address and the phone number on the account. When Stevens tried to get back in, Amazon asked her to…...
Data center projects are now coming in bigger than ever. Here's a look at why
1+ week, 52+ min ago (536+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — While Kevin O'Leary's proposed Stratos project continues to catch national headlines, it is only one of several that have called out claims of being the "biggest ever," each for differing reasons. Stratos held that claim in terms…...
Utah's Stratos project draws warnings from Virginia's 'Data Center Alley"
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (1034+ words) LEESBURG, Va. — Roughly 2,000 miles away from Utah, Loudoun County, Virginia, is home to 253 data centers. "That data center is the cloud," Sterling resident Jessica Medeiros said, pointing to a data center across the street from her neighborhood that makes noise…...
Life inside 'Data Center Alley': What Utah can learn from Loudoun County, Virginia
1+ week, 1+ day ago (840+ words) STERLING, Va. — In Loudoun County, Virginia, data centers are like the mountains on a drive through Utah, just part of the background. "They're big. They're gray," resident Craig Dobbs said. "They're just constantly there in your lives." Neighbor Lindsay Shaw…...
Here are early warning signs that you've been hacked and how you can protect yourself
2+ week, 39+ min ago (424+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — Let's say you're jamming away on something on your laptop or phone, and up pops an alert about a login from an unfamiliar location. It could be an email asking, "Was this you?" Or maybe a second…...
Utah cybersecurity expert weighs in on TikTok risks and app alternatives
2+ week, 1+ day ago (236+ words) KSL News OREM â With a possible TikTok ban looming, many users are questioning why the app might go away and where they'll consume content next TikTok's owner, Chinese company ByteDance, has until Sunday to divest the platform or it…...