$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
… This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the “most blocked and delayed data center projects on record,” NBC News reported . …
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"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
… A seemingly thoughtful but low-effort port I had considered writing about Notepad++ for Mac last week, but lost a bit of interest after discovering it was “an independent community port” rather than an official release—independent ports and forks are all well and good, but an official release impli… …
Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers
… Fortune highlighted data from NV Energy’s own planning documents showing that a dozen data center projects in northern Nevada could drive 5,900 megawatts of new demand by 2033. …
After nearly breaking, NASA's Deep Space Network "worked well" on Artemis II
… NASA successfully tested a laser communications terminal on the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. “We’re going to have to work as a community to deal with that higher level of contention during the Artemis missions themselves, but we’re doing everything to establish non-DSN, or new infrastructure, to… …
Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature
… But a couple of their production projects remain with Netflix: the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 , which dropped in April to mixed reviews; and the newly released The Boroughs , a supernatural thriller set in a retirement community in the New Mexico desert. …
When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
… Amazon also says it’s funding “50 water projects expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons of water annually for use by local communities,” and Google has laid out 165 water stewardship projects that it says “are expected to replenish more than 19 billion gallons of water annually by 2030.” … …
Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires
… He was born in Taiwan before emigrating to the US at the age of 9, and while he did not indicate exactly how long he intends to invest $150 billion a year into Taiwan projects, he did suggest that Nvidia’s future hinged on establishing a headquarters there, while seeming to take pride in Taiwan’s a… …
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
… By harnessing excess power capacity among US households, SPAN aims to quickly expand the available compute for AI workloads without the costs and delays associated with trying to build warehouse-size data centers. “Data centers are loud, ugly, and often drive up local electricity bills,” said Chris… …
The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
… For David John Gagne of NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, the impact on weather forecasting is sizable. “It’s the biggest contributor to progress both in terms of improvements in predictive accuracy and causing a reckoning in the broader atmospheric science community that has required… …
Paramount accuses Netflix of "scorched-earth campaign" against WBD merger
… Disney’s Fox studios merger resulted in “eliminated production units, significant job losses, and canceled projects.” Delrahim’s letter claims that this argument overlooks Disney’s modifications to its feature film release strategy before buying Fox, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Disney’s … …