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Law enforcement officials in the state’s most populous county will deploy drone detection technology during FIFA World Cup games starting in June. The technology is partially funded by a federal grant. -
Most Michigan voters don’t want a data center in their backyard. But that opposition softens with safeguards in place, like a guarantee that the power-hungry facilities won’t hike electric rates.
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A tech industry executive from Palo Alto Networks offers a preview of how emerging AI models will soon disrupt the security landscape.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has signed letters of intent to invest $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies, with the two biggest being GloblFoundaries at $375 million and IBM at $1 billion.
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City commissioners in Harlingen, Texas, are setting a 120-day moratorium on applications for data center projects as they study their impacts on the community, its natural resources, and the environment.
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Package delivery by drone has won approval from the North Haven Planning and Zoning Commission. After the FAA signs off on Prime Air flights from North Haven, the devices will be clear for takeoff.
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Advanced AI models with unique hacking capabilities like Mythos should bring federal agencies that handle the government's sensitive information to a "reflection point," according to a CIA tech official.
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The Denver City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data center construction Monday as the city prepares to study what regulations it may impose for the facilities.
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AI election campaign videos have been praised and mocked, but heavily shared. And some see them as a harbinger of how artificial intelligence could reshape political messaging across the country.
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Data center operators need to talk proactively about their approach to building responsibly, and address community concerns without relying on local government bureaucracy as a buffer.
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Reno became the first local government in Nevada to pause new data center applications following a council vote in a packed special meeting that reflected the divisiveness of the issue across the nation.
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As AI continues to rapidly evolve, it is being used by cyber criminals to increase both the volume and efficiency of their attacks. At the same time, AI is giving defenders new tools.
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Concern over AI governance is not a geopolitical abstract but an unavoidable local actuality, and the U.S. may be amenable to cooperation with China despite the AI race between the superpowers.
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Grant County Public Utility District has filed lawsuits to take portions of land from nine owners to build electric transmission lines — part of a project to move more power to the state’s de facto data center hub.
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Days after a township meeting ended with police forcibly removing a speaker, Andover Township officials announced they plan to ban all data centers — including those that fuel AI.
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With only a small tweak suggested by Danville City Manager Ken Larking, the City Council this week signed off on amending the municipal code to allow for data centers to operate in the city limits.
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As automated license plate-reading cameras take hold at more than two dozen police departments around the state, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores there have installed the devices in many parking lots.
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The majority would support banning artificial intelligence data centers in their communities, according to a poll released by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University.
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Kentucky’s two largest power utilities are collaborating with a prefabricated nuclear reactor manufacturer in Maryland to explore producing nuclear energy in the state for the first time.
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A dispute in King George County, Va., may be a harbinger of a larger political and legal battle over a budget proposal by the Virginia Senate to repeal a recent data center tax exemption.
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Two developers have withdrawn plans to add large-scale data centers to Seattle's electric grid following a flood of backlash, including members of the City Council proposing a one-year moratorium.
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