Oregon governor orders pause on environmental permits to build or expand data centersOregon’s governor has effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and data center expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air and water pollution permits for data center projects until next July.Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyoregon data center moratorium
Fed’s Goolsbee Says Inflation Discouraging, Warns of OverheatingFederal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said a report showing broad-based inflationary pressures last month was worrisome, and warned the build-out of infrastructure related to artificial intelligence may be overheating the economy.Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →TechnologyBuild
Supreme Court weighs if privacy law can limit targeted ads onlineThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems wary of broadly applying a 1988 video-tape privacy law to the modern digital age. How the 6-3 conservative court decides the case they debated for 90 minutes on Oct. 14 could have far-reaching consequences for the large swaths of the internet that rely on targeted advertising – and for the internet users…Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnology
Immigration arrests linked to Washington driver data ‘off the charts’SEATTLE — Immigration arrests linked to a search of Washington driver information have jumped at least fivefold since July, according to new data from the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights. Three months ago, the data showed 64 verified cases in about a year. As of Tuesday, the number had soared to 354. These numbers are “off the charts”…Spokane Spokesman-Review4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentwashington immigration arrest surge
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