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Meta, Entergy in deal to triple power to Hyperion data center
Meta Platforms Inc. will fund the construction of seven new natural gas-fired power plants in addition to three previously announced to fuel its massive $27-billion Hyperion Data Center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, positioning the facility to be the largest in the world
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Many voters blame AI data centers for rising electricity costs
The Voters’ Voice Poll was conducted by Noble Predictive Insights between March 2-5, 2026.
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Pentagon given 180-day deadline to remove Anthropic AI products from military systems
The move comes as the White House reportedly prepares an executive order to remove Anthropic's artificial intelligence, Claude, from federal government operations. The order could be issued as soon as this week.
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Trump fumes over 'unfair' EU fines on American tech firms
Trump specifically reacted to a graphic highlighting that the EU collected more revenue in a year by fining American tech firms than it received from taxing European firms.
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Verizon acknowledges widespread outage: 'Our top priority is to get you back online'
Users have reported that their phones showed "SOS" in place of network bars and the outage is also impacting cellular data and voice services.
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TikTok signs deal selling US assets to three American investors
The deal is expected to close on Jan. 22, 2026
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Trump Media began with a social media app, now it’s doing TV, AI, crypto and even nuclear power
Though known primarily for creating Truth Social, the president’s favored Twitter alternative, the company has since leveraged the money raised through its IPO to enter the crypto market, betting markets, nuclear fusion, AI, and content streaming.
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Trump orders government to fight state AI laws 'to have one central source of approval'
The order would provide a boost to the AI industry, as many of the leaders of the industry have been wanting a national law to roll back state regulations governing the technology.
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Trump's AI executive order likely to face resistance from red and blue states alike
The proposed executive order, the details of which are not yet known, has faced pushback from conservative governors who have expressed interest in regulating AI locally.
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European Commission fines Musk's X $140 million over blue checkmark, transparency concerns
"Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe’s own suffocating regulations," FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said
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Cloudflare outage results in major internet disruptions
Cloudflare said just after 8 a.m. that the issue had been identified and was in the process of being fixed
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Electricity bills significantly increasing in some states with the most data centers
Prices jumped up by 12% in Ohio, 13% in Virginia, and 16% in Illinois
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Denmark moves to ban social media access for anyone younger than 15
Denmark officials did not say which social media platforms are affected or how the ban will be enforced.