2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1927+ words) While some are worse than others, the stories people tell about how data centers invade and disrupt their communities follow the same contours. The tech company and their swarm of contractors are in town before you know it, and they're…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (37+ words) The New Republic You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on You Tube or Substack. You can read a transcript here....

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (200+ words) The Trump White House wants tech companies to publicly commit to ensuring that their data centers won't raise electricity prices, stress local water supplies, or complicate grid reliability, Politico. .. In Wisconsin, for example, at least four communities'De Forest, Caledonia, Yorkville,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1741+ words) Our podcaster FBI director has had his email hacked by the country we're currently bombing. The Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters that Kash Patel's personal email was breached on Friday after a group of Iran-linked hackers named "Handala Hack…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1766+ words) In a landmark ruling that could affect thousands of future cases, Google and Meta were found liable Wednesday for inducing depression and anxiety in a woman who obsessively used social media as a child. It was the first jury trial…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (410+ words) The technical wizardry of this surveillance relies on your Mobile Advertising ID, or MAID, a unique string of alphanumeric characters assigned to every smartphone. Every time an app, be it Tik Tok or a simple weather tracker, makes a bid…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (267+ words) In recent months, a particular word has begun to circulate with striking insistence in press releases across the United States. Technology companies and government officials announce the construction of "data center campuses." Not plants or factories or warehouses or complexes,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1556+ words) Cory Doctorow's Enshittification is premised on the idea that we created a technological marvel and then corporate greed ruined it. But what if that is not the case? How Much Worse Could the Internet Get? Cory Doctorow's Enshittification is premised…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1735+ words) Forget "Make America Great Again'Donald Trump won't even manufacture his own phone in the United States. The Trump-branded cell phone, which launched mere days ago, has already scrubbed all language from its website that indicates the product is made in…...