Attention Thieves 8m read Social media stole our attention. AI companions are coming for our hearts. The legal battles may be next AI companions borrow from social media’s playbook for getting us hooked. But they offer something new: the illusion of intimacy. That could open a new legal front.
Finn Gomez/Getty Images Law and Order 3m read White House wants DOJ to revive Reflecting Pool case prosecutors dropped: Reports The White House has asked the Justice Department to consider bringing a new criminal case against David Hearn.
Matt O'Brien/AP Photo Monday 4m read Big Tech promises data center safeguards to comply with Texas audit
Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images Sunday 6m read Utilities are now pitching data centers as a way to cut electric costs
Brandon Bell/Getty Images Wednesday 4m read Louisiana utility’s plan to buy Texas power plant derailed over ratepayer cost
GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images Aug 5 9m read What satellite images of the night sky say about the economic impact of data centers
@nat.luccy via Instagram Aug 4 7m read OpenAI influencer retreat sparks debate over AI, sponsorships and ‘selling out’
Keaton Peters/Straight Arrow Jul 31 7m read The big reason small cities want data centers. Hint: It’s not permanent jobs
Getty Images Jul 28 2m read High school teacher arrested at city meeting after clapping for anti-data center speech
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images Jul 24 6m read Data centers could define the midterms. Just look at Texas
Win McNamee/Getty Images Jul 23 3m read Trump expanding pledge to keep AI data centers from costing Americans more
George Frey/AFP/Jim West/UCG/Getty Images Jul 22 6m read Meta fights order to disclose job, power figures for $50B Louisiana data center
Mario Tama/Getty Images Jul 17 7m read AI data centers are popping up everywhere. What exactly do they do?
AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File Jul 14 3m read New York becomes first state to hit pause on new AI data centers over power concerns
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Jul 8 4m read How New Jersey is trying to rein in data centers and lower electric bills
Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images Jul 1 5m read After silence from data centers, Texas asks again for water use numbers
Keaton Peters/Straight Arrow Jun 25 11m read These ranchers heal the land. The power company drew a line through it
Maddie McGarvey/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Jun 16 4m read Federal data center rules expire in September and the US has no alternative
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Jun 12 4m read The Iran war is complicating the global scramble for gas power turbines
Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Jun 10 4m read Texas governor pushes new rules for data centers as voters sour on big tech
Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Jun 4 5m read A data center photo op with Sam Altman sparks political fury for Gretchen Whitmer
Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Jun 2 6m read Inside the new battleground in the clash over data centers: Tax breaks
Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images May 28 4m read Data center data is hard to come by. Erin Brockovich wants to change that
Natalie Behring/Getty Images May 27 4m read How Democrats and Republicans found common ground against data centers
Brandon Bell/Getty Images May 21 8m read Austin’s approval of a gas peaker plant echos America’s power dilemma
Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services May 6 4m read Officials issue their highest alert yet on data centers’ electricity demand
