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Markley Lowell, city dismiss data center moratorium lawsuit
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (834+ words) LOWELL — Markley Lowell LLC and Tanner Street Investco LLC, a company owned by Markley CEO Jeff Markley, filed suit against the city of Lowell claiming the entities are not subject to a moratorium on the expansion of existing data centers,…...
Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (490+ words) Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury’s determination that the company designed its platforms to hook young users without concern for their…...
Editorial: Healey tightens the data-center construction reins
1+ week, 3+ day ago (758+ words) Gov. Maura Healey, correctly sensing the growing disillusionment in this state and across the country with the proliferation of disruptive data centers, has decreed the state won’t accept any more applications for tax incentives to spur their construction until further…...
Data center zoning forum in Lowell draws capacity crowd
1+ week, 4+ day ago (971+ words) LOWELL — An auditorium packed with more than 200 residents, advocates, city leaders and students participated in an hourlong discussion on data center development during a Monday night forum hosted by the Department of Planning and Development. The size of the crowd…...
Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users’ location history
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (403+ words) Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don’t forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google’s location history. “A cellphone user is not to be viewed as sharing private information with third parties—which then can…...
The Five Minute Read: Xfinity Plain St. store completes renovations
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (311+ words) LOWELL — Representatives from Comcast celebrated the renovation of the Xfinity Store located in the shopping center at 199 Plain St. The storefront features a refreshed interactive design and serves as a destination for visitors to explore the full suite of Xfinity…...
Silverstein: Data centers shouldn’t drain our towns
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (351+ words) The scene is becoming a staple of American town halls: a quiet community in the hills of West Virginia or the plains of Iowa wakes up to find a massive AI data center project in its backyard. The neighbors aren’t…...
Internet gaming bill dumped into dead-end study
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (422+ words) BOSTON — House lawmakers on Monday drew a line on gaming expansion, dumping a bill that creates a framework for internet gaming into a dead-end study and causing its sponsor to start thinking about trying again next session. House members of…...
Lowell City Council imposes 360-day moratorium on new data center construction
4+ mon, 9+ hour ago (1107+ words) LOWELL — After a lengthy debate with a number of speakers from the public advocating for both sides of the issue, the City Council voted 10-0 Tuesday evening to impose a 360-day moratorium on the expansion of existing data centers, and the…...
EU accuses TikTok of ‘addictive design’ that harms children, seeks changes to protect users
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (627+ words) By KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press Business Writer EU regulators said their two-year investigation found that TikTok hasn’t done enough to assess how features such as autoplay and infinite scroll could harm the physical and mental health of users, including minors…...