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D. C. -area developer builds free app mapping 700+ happy hours across the DMV
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (360+ words) A Washington-area resident who says they have lived in the District for more than a decade has turned longstanding frustration with the city's scattered happy hour scene into a free app that maps more than 700 drink and food deals across…...
Auction data centers to the highest bidders
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (599+ words) Build them where people want them America's $10 trillion tech industry is confronting the greatest threat to its future expansions and profitability in 40 years. The threat is not coming from Beijing, Japan, Europe or even the regulators in Washington. The revolt…...
Gallup poll: 7 in 10 Americans don't want AI data centers near them
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (297+ words) Register for free to manage your followed authors and newsletters in one place. You are not following any authors yet. ' + 'Use the follow buttons on stories or staff pages to build your list. Seven in 10 U. S. adults surveyed in a recent…...
Meta launches Whats App "incognito" mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (396+ words) Register for free to manage your followed authors and newsletters in one place. You are not following any authors yet. ' + 'Use the follow buttons on stories or staff pages to build your list. LONDON " Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling…...
Florida Gov. De Santis signs bill to ensure data centers, not consumers, pay their bills
1+ week, 4+ day ago (326+ words) Florida Gov. Ron De Santis gave his stamp of approval on a law that aims to tighten regulations on large-scale data centers and prevent consumers from picking up their tabs. The bill, signed by the governor at Florida Polytechnic University…...
Army picks Fort Bliss and Dugway Proving Ground for new public-private AI data centers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) The Army has selected Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, to support its growing need for artificial intelligence on the battlefield by hosting the service's first civilian-built and -operated hyperscaled data centers. One of the new…...
U. S. Army's nearly $4 billion battlefield communications bet to face its toughest test yet
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1376+ words) The U. S. Army's fiscal year budget request, released Tuesday, confirms the Next Generation Command and Control system is its biggest modernization project and a $4 billion bet on becoming the new communications platform for the military's largest force. The 4th Infantry Division will…...
In a remote German village, mail is delivered by boat during warmer months
2+ week, 6+ day ago (527+ words) LEHDE, Germany " Andrea Bunar had been waiting for months for the arrival of spring and the day she could finally deliver the mail by barge again through the narrow waterways of the Spreewald Forest delta southeast of Berlin. On Wednesday,…...
Indonesia urges social media platforms to disclose the number of accounts closed for users under 16
2+ week, 6+ day ago (506+ words) JAKARTA, Indonesia " Indonesia is urging social media companies and digital platforms to report the number of accounts that have been suspended as part of the implementation of government regulations restricting access for children under 16, authorities said Wednesday. "We will continue…...
Stop making broadband builders bankroll someone else's problem
3+ week, 1+ day ago (729+ words) The FCC has drawn a clear line; policymakers must enforce it Here is a principle so basic, so universal that it just might be bipartisan: You shouldn't have to pay to fix someone else's mess. That commonsense idea sits at…...