Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025
So here: Ketan Joshi / @ketanjoshi.co : This @mollytaft.com piece is the closest I've seen to an interrogation of who 10a Labs are and why they're doing this - but note how 10a Labs frame the conseque...
A look at the many lawsuits against RealPage, the rent-fixing software company accused of artificially inflating the real estate rental prices across the US
RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles. Mastodon: @carnage4life@m...
Ten years after Google killed Reader, the team that built the much-beloved app reflects on what went wrong and what could have been
Ten years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been. Bluesky: @dogaker.bsky.social . Mastodon: @mihaip@hachyderm.i...
Documents detail new prison-monitoring tech, tracking inmates' location, heartbeats, and more, developed by Talitrix and used in Atlanta's Fulton County Jail
Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more. Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange . Tweets: @svaroschi Mastodon: Matt...
A profile of crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who has amassed ~1.5M subscribers on YouTube by offering jargon-filled advice on cryptocurrencies
Ben Armstrong is one of a handful of influencers who have gained huge followings by offering advice on cryptocurrency. Tweets: @ruskin147 and @goldman Tweets: Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147 : The cryp...
Leaked video: Apple SVP of Retail + People Deirdre O'Brien tells employees that joining a union would make it harder for Apple to improve working conditions
Starbucks, Apple — and are considered to be progressive turn into full on Republicans the moment there's a chance those workers might get some leverage to influence their working conditions. @infrophe...
In a letter to Sen. Wyden, data broker Mobilewalla says it was the source of some data used by the DHS, IRS, and US military for warrantless tracking of devices
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @byrontau , @anthony , @byrontau , @lrozen , @rebeccaballhaus , and @ronwyden Tweets: Byron Tau / @byrontau : How your phone became a spy: Five people who wo...
A look at ConstitutionDAO, which has taken $4M+ in crypto donations to bid at an auction on one of the original copies of the US Constitution, printed in 1787
and it's all organic and across the www https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Are you buying a copy of the constitution by donating to @ConstitutionDAO? Nope. You're buying a governa...
A deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech, including going unheard, getting passed over for promotions, and stereotyped as passive and diligent
Going unheard. Getting passed over for promotions. Stereotyped as “passive” and “diligent.” Tweets: @aaaj_la , @moorehn , @protocol , @meganrosedickey , @kristina_wong , @aasian , @phillyinquirer , ...
Facebook ran an ad for 5 days from a GOP Congressional candidate that urged people to shoot “looting hoards from Atlanta”; ad removed after journalist inquiry
Whether He Likes It or Not Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg : Questioned by lawmakers from the UK's DCMS committee, Monika Bickert claims to have not seen the open letter critical of Facebook from former Faceb...