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Little Rock City Board passes data center ordinance
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (459+ words) The City of Little Rock has passed an ordinance to regulate data centers. At an almost five-hour meeting late into Tuesday night, members voted unanimously to pass regulations. Now, any data centers in the Little Rock area will be subject…...
The world is connected by copper. It's a huge target for thieves
15+ hour, 58+ min ago (1368+ words) Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. HAYWARD, Calif. " In an industrial yard off a highway east of San Francisco, AT&T workers crowd around cold, hard evidence of a growing problem. "Sitting here…...
Arkansas" most populous county approves data center moratorium, but with exemption
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (891+ words) Arkansas" most populous county approved a yearlong pause on new data centers, but critics expressed frustration that the moratorium carves out one of the projects that"s prompted public backlash. The Pulaski County Quorum Court narrowly voted Tuesday to exempt…...
Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1394+ words) Updated March 25, 2026 at 5: 27 PM CDT A California jury on Wednesday found that Meta and Google's You Tube were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child, awarding her $6 million…...
$6 billion data center to locate near Little Rock
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (283+ words) From Talk Business & Politics: AVAIO Digital Partners announced Monday (Jan. 12) it will locate a new $6 billion data center hub near Little Rock. It will be known as AVAIO Digital Leo and will be built off of 145th street south of Little…...
Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (269+ words) TEHRAN, Iran " Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites to circle the Earth on a 500-kilometer (310-mile)…...
Federal agency approves Arkansas" broadband proposal
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (602+ words) From the Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas" final proposal for a federal broadband program has received approval from the U. S. Department of Commerce"s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), according to a Tuesday press release for the state"s commerce department. As…...
A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (832+ words) A few years ago, Cory Doctorow coined a word that took the internet by storm. It appeared everywhere, including in our newsletter that analyzed why dating apps are breaking the hearts of their users. The American Dialect Society named it…...
The UN mission appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access in Afghanistan
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (233+ words) ISLAMABAD " The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the nation almost entirely cut off from the…...
Devices seized near U. N. meeting could have shut down cellphone networks
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (209+ words) The U. S. Secret Service said it uncovered a large network of electronic devices capable of disrupting cellphone networks in New York ahead of the 80th anniversary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The agency tasked with protecting the president and vice…...