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Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected
The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights."
After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
Virginia's public utility regulator now requires all data center projects to pay for the infrastructure needed to supply their power. This makes it one of the first states to convert the 'ratepayer protection pledge'…
SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library months before federal data center deal
SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data center in Ohio. The Japanese…
Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation
The Nashville Metro Council just gave the go ahead for the mayor's plan to buy the land that a proposed data center will sit on through eminent domain. This will force the developer to give up the land, which sits…
Samsung debuts three next-generation memory technologies for AI data centers — zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND all rely on advanced wafer bonding technologies
Samsung uses FMS to unveil three next-generation memory technologies — zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND — that target different markets, but all rely on advanced wafer-bonding techniques.
IT department put sticky notes on the laptops to help employees log in
Leaving this information exposed allowed someone else to gain access
Beelink SER10 Max Mini PC review: Gorgon Point comes ready to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu
Beelink’s SER10 Max Mini PC comes ready to dual-boot Windows 11 and Ubuntu with OpenClaw pre-installed.
Save $1,400 on this RTX 5090 gaming PC from HP with 64GB DDR5 right now; RAM and GPU cost $5k alone — $5,599 sale price for top-spec Omen Max 45L rig with 24-core Intel CPU and 2TB of SSD storage
You can save $1,400 right now on this Omen Max gaming PC, fitted with an RTX 5090, 64GB RAM, and 2TB SSD storage, and on sale for $5,599.99.
VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe's "deGDID" erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created
You can run the deGDID script on your computer to delete cached GDID keys and prevent Microsoft's servers from minting new ones in the background. The firewall you put up with this script will break certain Microsoft…
Kentucky family snubs $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center — 'they call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not,' says landowner
A Northern Kentucky family has refused an anonymous AI company's $26 million offer to buy their land and transform it into a data center.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.
Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year
Microsoft once recommended 32GB of RAM as a future-proof "no worries" upgrade for gamers, but it seems that it wants you to forget that it ever gave that suggestion. That's because laptop manufacturers, including…
Score all the essentials of a great gaming PC for only $983.98 — $155 savings nets 9800X3D, 1TB Samsung 9100 SSD, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, Asus B850 motherboard, and free MSI AIO
Save $155 on this 4-item Newegg Gaming PC Combo - $983 buys 9800X3D, Samsung's blazing fast 1TB 9100 Pro SSD, 16GB of RAM, and Asus B850 motherboard
Huge $750 saving makes this Gigabyte OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti an absolute steal right now — just $1,999 for 1600p rig with 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, and a 24-core Intel CPU
Save $750.99 on this powerhouse Gigabyte Aorus Master OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB DDR5 for $1,999.
Frore claims its LiquidJet can drop Nvidia Rubin GPU temperatures by 10°C — can also boost performance by 15% as hyperscalers eye using delidded GPUs in production environments
As cooling becomes a crucial element for economic efficiency of AI data centers, Frore claims that using is LiquidJet coldplate could increase efficiency of token generation by 15%.
Montech TG3 Panoramic Mid-tower case review: a fantastic value, with four included RGB fans and panoramic views
Montech's TG3 is a marvelous value in the budget mid-tower space, with ample room for components and four included fans. It also offers solid noise-normalized cooling for the CPU and a good all-around noise profile
AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, but gaming revenue plunged by 31% — CEO Lisa Su says prices have 'weighed on' consumer demand but is 'optimistic' about client market
AMD reported record revenue in Q2 2026, including doubling its data center business year-over-year, but gaming revenue dived 31%.
More GPU price hikes loom for Asia as Japanese distributor warns of new increases — CFD Sales signals 20% to 40% higher prices on Gigabyte graphics card orders starting this month
Japanese technology supplier and distributor confirms that the Gigabyte graphics card will cost between 20% and 40% more due to a new price increase.
Bypassing AI guardrails is so easy a script kiddie can do it
Claiming 'it's my server' was often enough to persuade models to help
US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown — White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary
Sources say that the FCC is drafting a ban on optical transceivers for data centers. These components, which convert electrical signals into light signals, are said to pose a risk as they can be used to steal data,…
Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) instructed PUCT and ERCOT to pause all data center applications until they complete an audit on all the information that data center developers must submit. The move reportedly came after PUCT asked…
NVMe polishes its specs, brings virtualization to locally attached SSDs
Exposing virtualization built into the SSD will make VM migration simpler, consortium says
New HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs terabytes of extra memory — Sandisk and SK hynix unveil spec with up to 16-Hi NAND stacks, 3 TB/s bandwidth, UCIe
Sandisk and SK hynix formally introduce HBF specification that promises up to 3 TB/s of bandwidth eventually, though only four companies are currently interested in the technology.
At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully
Data center protesters are getting arrested for minor infractions, yet they continue pushing back against these projects. Aside from the arrests, there's also at least 12 instances (probably more) where the police were…
Lenovo LOQ Essentials 15 Gen 11 Review: A good display meets a low-power RTX 5060
The Lenovo LOQ Essentials 15 Gen 11 pairs an RTX 5060, 144 Hz display, and excellent upgradeability with a comfortable keyboard, but its low-power GPU configuration and outdated CPU leave it struggling against rivals at…
Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chinese chips — 3,999 Yuan ($592) price undercuts hopes for cheaper CXMT-powered RAM
Lexar's latest Thor RGB kit likely uses CXMT-made DRAM, but its pricing remains comparable to premium DDR5 memory from established brands.