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Florida Senate unanimously passes restrictions for large-scale data centers
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (709+ words) New restrictions on large-scale data centers, part of Gov. Ron DeSantis" push to tamp down on the maturing field of artificial intelligence, won Senate backing Thursday. After a unanimous vote the bill (SB 484) now heads to the House. The measure…...
What worked and what didn't with a cellphone ban at a Kentucky school
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (1046+ words) How do you get teenagers to put their phones away for hours at a time? That is the question many schools are trying to solve as bans on cellphones sweep the U.S. " more than 30 states so far now restrict their use…...
Proposals for massive data centers are popping across Florida. Are local governments prepared?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (721+ words) Florida doesn't have a hyperscale data center operating yet, but proposals to build them are emerging all across the state. There are many traditional data centers here, though, where external servers can live on the floor of an office building…...
A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
4+ mon, 5+ day 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…...
Outage at Amazon Web Services disrupts websites across the internet
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (402+ words) Updated October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM EDT A massive outage at Amazon Web Services disrupted major websites and apps on Monday, in a show of how one company's online infrastructure has become essential for many modern businesses to function. Amazon said it…...
Is there a link between online gaming communities and violence? An expert weighs in
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (263+ words) MILLER-IDRISS: Where you start to see these references that are primarily intended, I would argue, for an online community, not for the general public. FADEL: You know, Cynthia, I was thinking about this when I was reading what was on…...
In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1098+ words) LISDOONVARNA, Ireland " Years ago, while traveling with my family along Ireland's west coast, I spotted a curious billboard. It was blue and hot pink, and showed a man with shoulder-length hair and a gray beard smiling out from the roadside....
The UN mission appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access in Afghanistan
4+ mon, 3+ week 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…...
A judge ordered Google to share its search data. What does that mean for user privacy?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1196+ words) Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones " like forcing the breakup of the company. Instead, Mehta ordered Google to share portions of…...
Duke Energy is looking into building data centers in Florida
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (266+ words) With artificial intelligence and other technology driving massive increases in demand for electricity, Duke Energy Florida on Friday filed a proposal aimed at preparing for the possibility of data centers being built in the state. The proposal, filed at the…...