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Protesters Demand Amazon Cut Ties With ICE and Palantir
Following Ring dropping Flock Safety, protesters demand Amazon go further and end its surveillance partnerships.
Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers
Private equity firms are investing heavily in new AI data centers, but local communities are finding ways to fight back.
Super Bowl Ad for Ring Cameras Touted AI Surveillance Network
Ring’s AI-powered network is likely to be used in its partnerships with law enforcement and agencies like ICE.
Venture Capitalists Are Using Profits From Genocide to Fund AI-Powered Weapons
Arms makers are teaming up with venture capital firms in a push to bring AI to the battlefield.
Trump’s Department of Transportation Plans to Use AI to Draft New Regulations
The agency oversees rules that keep airplanes in the sky and prevent gas pipelines from exploding, among other things.
Who Gained the Most During Trump’s First Year? Billionaires and Corporations.
Big banks saw their stocks skyrocket by 29 percent during Trump’s first year. Here’s who else cashed in.
Billionaires’ Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trump’s Push for Greenland
Tech titans also have an eye on plundering the country for resources that are crucial to the AI boom.
Trump Family Businesses Launched Since Inauguration Have Raked In at Least $4B
Trump ventures include cryptocurrencies, real estate, and a company trying to build a nuclear fusion plant to power AI.
Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom
Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
As Towns and Cities Fight Off Data Centers, Calls Grow for a National Moratorium
The battle to build new data centers has pitted communities across the country against Silicon Valley.