A look at the growing reliance of US data centers and the Pentagon on Chinese batteries, a dependence increasingly viewed as a national security threat
China Warns Move Could ‘Backfire’ DigiTimes : China's battery and energy storage firms lead, fueled by AI-driven power demand surge Simon Sharwood / The Register : US punishes China's ‘dominance’ of l...
The NAACP plans to sue xAI over a lack of permits for its Memphis data center's gas turbines, which it claims pollute nearby predominantly Black neighborhoods
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times :
Email shows Facebook execs mulling how to remove a fact check label, determined to be well founded, after it was applied to a viral climate misinfo post
under pressure from @RepMikeJohnson. Climate change is not a matter of opinion. Facebook's @OversightBoard must fix this now. https://heated.world/... Climate Power / @climatepower : When a dangerous ...
Groups skeptical of climate change are gaming Google's largely automated ad systems to promote misleading claims that reject established climate science
Groups that reject established climate science can use the search engine's advertising business to their advantage … Tweets: @themadstone , @fahrenthold , @hirokotabuchi , and @dangillmor Tweets: Madd...
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's largest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou by giving Foxconn billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies
David Barboza of The New York Times … Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Tech Today: Mobiley's HERE Deal, Apple-Foxconn Perks, the Non-Amazonians Dave Mark / The Loop : How China built iPhone City, and...
Yet-to-launch marketplace Jet raises $140M, at a valuation of nearly $600M; round led by Bain; new investors include Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs
Now All It Has To Do Is Launch Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times : Jet.com Gets Investment That Values It at $600 Million Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat : Jet.com secures a $600M valuation — before it's eve...