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Switch wins Las Vegas expansion approval even as data center backlash sweeps across Nevada
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (1211+ words) Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | 2 a. m. A wave of discontent with data centers has risen across the United States, and that wave is continuing in Nevada. The latest target? An expansion to the already massive Switch facility in the southwest Las Vegas Valley. Switch's…...
UK bans under-16s from using social media apps including Tik Tok and You Tube
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (941+ words) Monday, June 15, 2026 | 10: 37 a. m. Britain will ban children aged under 16 from using a range of social media apps, including Snapchat, Tik Tok and You Tube, to protect them from harmful content and excessive screen time, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday. "Every…...
Scripps dispute blocks Golden Knights' Stanley Cup game on DIRECTV
2+ week, 6+ day ago (362+ words) Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | 12: 17 p. m. Millions of DIRECTV customers across the country, including viewers in Las Vegas, lost access to dozens of local broadcast stations Monday after a retransmission consent dispute between E. W. Scripps Local Media and the satellite provider. Scripps blacked out 54 stations…...
eu Networks launches new quantum-safe private connectivity service powered by Adtran's encrypted optical transport technology
3+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) Adtran and eu Networks today announced their collaboration on the launch of a new quantum-safe private connectivity service, Quantum Shield. eu Networks has developed Quantum Shield using Adtran's optical transport technology to augment its broader architecture, which is designed to…...
Boingo Wireless Deploys High-Speed Connectivity for U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Blaz in Guam
3+ week, 6+ day ago (267+ words) Updated 5 hours, 3 minutes ago Boingo Wireless, a leading provider of connectivity solutions for the U. S. military, has launched connectivity at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam. The deployment brings high-speed internet to newly constructed Marine barracks and Wi-Fi to common…...
Surge in Nevada data center construction threatens the electricity supply for 49, 000 Californians
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1229+ words) Thursday, May 21, 2026 | 2 a. m. Those big data centers being built for artificial intelligence firms are in bad odor nationwide. Seven in 10 Americans oppose projects in their local communities, according to a recent Gallup poll. More than a dozen, valued at some $64 billion,…...
Data centers aren't the enemy; they're the future
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (268+ words) Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 2 a. m. This editorial originally appeared in Bloomberg Opinion: For a bunch of unremarkable warehouses, they're generating a lot of controversy. Data centers " low-slung facilities that house the server racks and energy systems that underpin the digital economy " have become…...
Some i Phone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) Wednesday, May 6, 2026 | 4: 22 p. m. LONDON " Owners of some i Phones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for false advertising of its artificial intelligence…...
Successful cellphone bans require partnerships with families
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) Saturday, May 2, 2026 | 2 a. m. Teenagers report checking their cellphones100 timesa day, including at school. Offering instant access to social media, games and more, smartphones have the power to severely undermine an effective learning environment. At a time whenreadingandmathscores are in steep decline among…...
FPT and GS Engineering & Construction Advance AI-Ready Data Centers, Smart Cities Development in Vietnam
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (186+ words) Updated Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 6 p. m. The Mo U exchange was witnessed by ministers and senior government representatives from Vietnam and South Korea. Under the agreement, FPT and GS E&C will advance the development of large-scale data center projects in Vietnam. The…...