1+ week, 3+ day ago  (329+ words) Hearing backlash from residents, cities and counties across the country in recent weeks have blocked planned data centers amid concerns over rising electricity prices and environmental harms. The local actions come as state lawmakers also are looking to limit or…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (433+ words) Headlines have been full of misunderstood and misrepresented claims about data centers. If you only looked at this reporting, you would only see them as big, concrete boxes filled with computers that consume too much electricity and water. That picture…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (263+ words) 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 a heated issue on the campaign trail. Politicians from…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (484+ words) Those of us of a certain age -- born before about 1970 -- have fond memories of the mailman (yes, that's what we called him, not "postal carrier") dropping off a pile of letters and cards into the mailbox down the driveway six…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago  (420+ words) Schools across the U. S. have ramped up cell phone bans over the last few years. Now researchers are testing the effects, and the results are mixed. Even the researchers, however, are warning schools not to pull the plug on the policy....

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (487+ words) Everyday use of artificial intelligence tools is growing, and with it, plans to build power-hungry data centers to support them. On Wednesday, Missouri lawmakers on the House Utilities Committee explored the potential benefits and pitfalls of the forthcoming data-center boom....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (77+ words) Telecommunicators answer call to public service'Jefferson City News Tribune Telecommunicators answer call to public service "The calm in everyone else's storm' You never really know what people are going through. But working with callers, 911 operators often figure it out. Olivia…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (123+ words) It's the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that says that communications platforms aren't legally responsible for what users post. That means this law is older than all of Gen Z (not to mention Gen Alpha)…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (121+ words) As data center projects have popped up across the St. Louis region, driven by the growth of industrial-scale computing for artificial intelligence, one of the primary concerns raised by residents is about water " as in, will data centers consume vast…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (95+ words) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Social media companies have revoked access to about 4. 7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said. Social media platforms remove 4. 7 million accounts…...