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Amazon vows $1 billion for data center towns, warning U.S. “can’t afford to lose” AI race

Amazon’s cloud computing division on Friday announced a new effort to temper opposition to data centers in some U.S. communities, while saying the U.S. “can’t afford to lose” the race to dominate artificial intelligence globally.  The tech giant pledged to invest an additional $1 billion over five years in the communities where it builds data…

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Data centers are changing America’s landscape, report says

The corporate technology giants building data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom are changing America’s natural landscape. Although data centers long predate generative AI, hundreds of massive, or “hyperscale,” facilities are now sprouting up around the country. Many of these data centers are going up in areas that were once farmland or desert, according…

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Lawsuit seeks to block deployment of ICE, federal agents to polling sites

A coalition of advocacy groups and a Democratic-led city on Thursday filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites ahead of November’s midterm elections.   The lawsuit asks the federal district court in Washington, D.C., to declare unlawful any plans to have…

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Sen. Paul says there’s a “very real chance” Fauci could be prosecuted after taking the 5th in Senate hearing

Hours after Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions during a Senate hearing, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told CBS News he believes the former infectious disease official could be prosecuted for not answering questions. The testimony followed years of fiery disputes between Paul and Fauci — both medical…

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