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The National Interest

Drone and Data Center Lessons from the Donbas to the Gulf

Recent conflicts have exposed a growing vulnerability in America’s digital infrastructure—and US regulations could make defending it significantly harder. The success of both these David-vs.-Goliath ...
Android Police

Here's why I set up my Obsidian vault to organize itself; I haven't touched my folder structure in weeks

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...
Reason

A Tale of Two Tech Revolts

America is in the grip of two targeted anti-tech backlashes. The first is against automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), which are mostly, but not exclusively, supplied to thousands of local police ...
Wired

I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead

I filed a request with McDonald’s earlier this month to access all of the personal data the fast food company collected about me, and I received a stunning 515-page report a few days later that ...
Governing

What States Can Learn From Data Center Alley

In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown on July 17, 2024, in Stone Ridge, Va. Kansas communities exploring data center development must put policies in place to protect ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Data center backlash is preventing cities from learning how to handle them

Data centers are at the heart of one of the most contentious infrastructure debates in the country. In June, OpenAI and Oracle broke ground in Saline Township, Michigan for the largest data center in ...
Utility Dive

ERCOT aims to complete Texas governor’s data center audit by December

There are about 300 data centers 75 MW or larger navigating the Batch Zero process, and ERCOT will also perform a community impact review on data centers and crypto facilities of 25 MW and above, to ...
Houston Public Media

ERCOT says governor’s data center audit could take months to complete

Texas energy regulators say it could take several months to complete an audit of data centers and end a moratorium ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott. Earlier this month, the governor ordered the Electric ...
Wall Street Journal

If You’d Like to Build a Data Center, My Farm Is Available

The folks in nearby Nodaway County have been in an uproar over a proposal to build a data center that would occupy 500 acres. They have been holding public meetings, complaining on social media, and ...
cdt.org

Defending State Data: Lessons from California v. USDA

Federal efforts to access sensitive state data, which has historically been held and safeguarded at the state level, have accelerated over the last few decades and dramatically increased over the last ...