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Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water, But Tech Firms Don’t Say How Much
These facilities compete for water with existing communities and may deplete local groundwater aquifers.
AI Hype Is the Product and Everyone’s Buying It
AI’s flaws and dangers are glaring, yet the industry keeps growing, fueled by fantasies and fears of missing out.
Educational AI Risks Becoming an Authoritarian Vehicle for Thought Control
These systems are a dictator’s dream: the perfect infrastructure for the imposition of totalitarianism.
Airlines Are Using AI to Set Personalized, Jacked-Up Prices
Experts say multiple carriers using the same price-setting softwares could amount to “algorithmic collusion.”
Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis
Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.
Trump Admin and Allies Work to Create One Big Beautiful Database of Surveillance
DOGE has already made progress in assembling the personal details of hundreds of millions of individuals.
Senate Democrats Help GOP Pass Crypto Bill That Critics Call Flawed
The GENIUS ACT would “create a superhighway for Donald Trump's corruption,” Sen Elizabeth Warren told Rolling Stone.
GOP Push to Ban State AI Laws Will Only Help Big Tech
The Republican budget bill blocking state regulations also allocates hundreds of millions in federal funds toward AI.
Rubio Unveils Visa Restrictions to “Protect” Americans From Foreign Censorship
Rubio criticized foreign social media “censorship” while scouring Americans’ social media for criticism of Israel.
“Dangerous Giveaway to Big Tech CEOs” Included in GOP’s Draft Budget Bill
Over 140 groups have signed a letter opposing a new provision that would ban AI regulation at the state and local level.