Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, proposes a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers to ensure “that they are paying their fair share”
State's largest utility is proposing a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers and a 14.5% hike for households.
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine
The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - prompting an angry reaction from the US.
Google says it plans to invest $40B through 2027 in three new data centers in Texas, including one co-located with a new solar and battery energy storage plant
The State's Latest AI Infrastructure The Keyword : Google's investments run deep in the heart of Texas. Türkiye Today : Google commits $40B to expand cloud and AI data center infrastructure in Texas U...
Google says it plans to invest $40B through 2027 in three new data centers in Texas, including one co-located with a new solar and battery energy storage plant
The State's Latest AI Infrastructure Seth Bodine / Houston Business Journal : Google to invest $40 billion in Texas data centers Newsmax : Google to Invest $40B in Data Centers in Texas Lana Ferguson ...
Memphis grants xAI an air permit to operate 15 gas turbines at its Boxtown campus until 2027, despite protests and a potential NAACP lawsuit over pollution
“This isn't just an environmental issue — it's a public health emergency,” wrote State Rep. Justin Pearson. @wired.com : Colossus allowed xAI to quickly catch up to rivals OpenAI, Google, and Anthropi...
SCOTUS upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law
[This distinction is illusory. Today's AV technology is similarly prohibitive. No adult wants to provide their face just to watch porn.] … Evan Greer / @evangreer : this is bad in a variety of ways ...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns
The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Apple unveils new child safety features, including updated age ratings, simplified setup for Child Accounts, and an API to let developers confirm age range
This is excellent news!! Will definitely be adopting this API in AltStore — https://www.macrumors.com/... Threads: Casey Newton / @crumbler : Wrote about Apple's clever answer to the child safety l...
Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture with 50% US ownership
Yes, Trump said he's “most likely” to give #TikTok 90-day extension. — No, that's not a legally available option. — The 270 days lapsed. An extension is no longer available (even if TikTok met 3 ...