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Iranians are leaving the country just to access the internet
16+ hour, 26+ min ago (950+ words) People at the Kapikoy border crossing between Turkey and Iran, in eastern Van province, Turkey, March 2. Dazed by the sun and tired by more than a dozen hours of travel by bus, the woman from Tehran, Iran's capital, crossed into…...
Data centers are expensive, unpopular " and could be a tipping point in the midterms
3+ day, 9+ min ago (1639+ words) A Meta data center in Ashburn, Va. , in 2025. Virginia is the state with the most data centers. Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency responsible for strengthening business growth, she got her…...
Think Out Loud" helped decipher modern dating with Dating Decoded"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (959+ words) The room was lit low like a cocktail bar. Games and conversation cards were spread across tables. But unlike a typical happy hour, the dozens of people present were there for more than food and drinks. On March 5, dozens of…...
As Washington lawmakers punt on school cellphone ban, some want more action
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1094+ words) FILE - Students store their cellphones while attending class at Grant High School in Portland, Ore. , Oct. 3, 2023. About 75% of school districts in Washington have some sort of policy limiting phones, according to a state study. But of those, only 30% require phones…...
Data centers are cut " for now " from a bill expanding Oregon tax breaks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1203+ words) One of Google's data center campuses near the Columbia River in December, 2022. The company completed a fourth data center building in 2025, and plans to finish another one in 2026. Sheraz Sadiq / OPB As she pushes a bill aimed at burnishing Oregon's…...
How Washington state lawmakers are trying to regulate data centers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1015+ words) Mark Lennihan / AP With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. House…...
Utility watchdogs accuse PGE of skirting new law meant to make data centers pay for rising demand
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1131+ words) Oregon's largest electrical utility is proposing to make residential customers pay at least part of the long-term cost of supplying large data centers, despite a new law requiring it to charge the centers' developers, not other customers. This summer, Oregon…...
A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (487+ words) The beloved characters of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small are back with another cozy season full of drama, adorable animals, heartwarming moments and more set in the verdant Yorkshire Dales. Stream the entire season now with OPB Passport…...
Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (519+ words) Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon's cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and…...
Virginia is for " data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (1156+ words) The yard of a house in Chesapeake, Va. , displays a sign opposing the construction of data centers. CHESAPEAKE, Va. " The two dozen or so nondescript gray, white and blue buildings lining Virginia State Route 625 could be large warehouses. But community…...