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Amazon’s 3,000-acre data center in Wharton County, Texas moves forward despite Abbott’s data center “ban”An hour south of Houston, a 3,000-acre digital fortress is rising from farmland while the governor’s much-publicized data center ban dominates headlines. Regulators have approved Amazon’s campus near Boling in Wharton County, even though Gov. Greg Abbott announced his crackdown on Sept. 21. The order is a pause on new state permits, not a prohibition, […]

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DEFEND IP Legislation Seeks New Powers to Block Foreign Piracy WebsitesA new bill introduced in Congress would allow U.S. federal courts to issue site blocking orders that broadband providers and public domain name system resolvers would be required to execute, according to the bill text. The legislation, titled the Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property Act, or DEFEND IP,…

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Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Rushed Attempt to Pass KOSA Without a VoteSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked a unanimous consent request on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that would have passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) without a formal roll-call vote, according to Reclaim The Net [1]. The request was made by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who have led the bill’s push for four […]

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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Cause a Billion Deaths, Urges RegulationMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths if used by people with malicious intent, according to an interview with NBC News‘ “Meet the Press” [1]. Gates said governments should not rely on tech companies to police themselves and urged Washington to pass legislation regulating AI…

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Data Centers Could Sink Republicans in November Midterm ElectionsRepublicans are confronting a political liability over data centers as voter concerns about rising electricity bills intensify ahead of the November midterm elections, according to party strategists. [1] Senate Democrats blocked legislation sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) that would have required states and some utilities to consider a standard…

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AI Researcher Warns Machines May Already Be Developing Languages Humans Can’t Fully UnderstandAdvanced artificial intelligence models may be less than a year away from inventing and deploying unique languages that humans would struggle to understand, a frontier AI researcher told Congress on Sept. 30 [1]. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened a hearing examining the threat that “rogue” AI may pose to U.S.…

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19 Hospital Protocol Testimonies – NaturalNews.comSen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a roundtable Monday, Sept. 28, titled “COVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People,” his office said. The event was devoted entirely to what happened inside hospitals during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to his office. Johnson said 21 patients, family members, doctors and nurses…

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Inside the eight-figure plan to build data centers despite moratoriumsAcross the country, ordinary citizens are telling the data center industry a resounding NO, and the industry has answered with a war chest of its own. OpenAI, Blackstone, SoftBank and QTS have joined major construction unions to form the American Infrastructure Alliance. This “high eight-figure campaign” is designed to steer lawmakers away from…

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Officials: War Secretary Hegseth Signs Order on Election SecuritySecretary of War Pete Hegseth signed an order on Monday, Sept. 28, directing the Department of War (DoW) to coordinate with federal and state agencies on election infrastructure protection, according to officials cited by Axios. The order assigns U.S. Cyber Command and the War Department’s combat support agencies to focus intelligence and cyber tools on…

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New Report Reveals Data Center Backup Generators Pollute Like Power Plants, Endanger HealthFederal regulatory changes that eased enforcement of on-site backup generator emissions are contributing to increased health risks from data centers, according to a report released by the Environmental Protection Network (EPN), a nonprofit whose members are former public officials who maintain an interest in environmental policy. Air pollution from data…

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Testimony in Federal Defamation Lawsuit Raises Questions About Legality of Military COVIDTestimony in an ongoing federal defamation lawsuit is raising new questions about the legality of the U.S. military’s 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to court filings and interview statements. The lawsuit was filed by Dr. Terry Adirim, former acting assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs, against Ivan Raiklin, an attorney and retired…

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Pfizer Grants to Nonprofits Preceded Massachusetts Vaccine Exemption Lobbying LetterPfizer paid $500,000 to two nonprofits that later signed a June 1 letter urging Massachusetts lawmakers to advance House Bill 2554 (H.2554), according to the company’s fiscal year 2024 U.S. Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report. The report lists a $400,000 payment to the American Society for Meningitis Prevention (ASMP) for…

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Study Shows “Ubiquitous” Chemicals Linked to Breast CancerA peer-reviewed study published Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Environmental Health Perspectives reports that hundreds of potential breast carcinogens are present in consumer goods, food, drinking water, pesticides, drugs and building materials, according to the authors. The study states that exposure to these chemicals is ubiquitous and that federal…

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USDA Announces Massive Meat Recall Affecting Beef, Pork and MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a recall of raw beef, pork, and goat products produced by Star Meat Delivery Inc. of Lucama, North Carolina, according to a notice posted by the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The recall covers 167,639 pounds of product that officials said was produced without federal inspection. FSIS said […]

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Senate Immunity Bid for Former Fauci Aide CollapsesThe Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) rejected a bid on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to seek immunity for a longtime special assistant to Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to the committee. The vote on a resolution authorizing an application for a court order compelling testimony under immunity from the assistant, who was not […]

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Study Links High Polyphenol Intake to Reduced Risk of Short TelomeresA study presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul has found that individuals with the highest dietary intake of polyphenols had a 52% lower risk of having short telomeres compared with those who consumed the least. Researchers from the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, measured telomere length in samples from more than […]

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Hacker Group Claims Massive Breach of FBI Agent DataThe cybercriminal group ShinyHunters announced on its dark-web leak site Tuesday, Sept. 22, that it compromised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and holds sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and individuals who applied to work at the agency, according to the group’s post. The group claimed it stole terabytes of information – including names, […]

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AI Ads Flood Campaign Trail Despite Growing Data Center OutrageAt least 164 political advertisements this year were generated or enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Wesleyan Media Project report, as voter frustration over data center construction intensifies across the country. About 80% of those ads came from Republican candidates or GOP groups, the report said. Examples include a Texas Senate…

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Meta Smart Glasses Face Lawsuits Over Intimate Images, Privacy ClaimsMore than 70 people who bought, used or were recorded by Meta smart glasses have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company in federal court in Northern California, according to court records amended in late August. The suit alleges that intimate and sensitive images captured by the camera-equipped eyewear were transmitted to contractors […]

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Shipping giants throttle capacity as freight costs explode, and consumers will foot the bill just in time for the holidaysA container of goods crossing the Pacific now costs a small fortune, and the reason is not a sudden hunger for consumer goods. Ocean spot rates have surged even as cargo volumes out of China to the United States slipped roughly 1%. The evidence points to a handful of carriers controlling the supply of ships, […]

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