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Jacking Up Electricity Prices So You Don’t Have To Think — SpaceX Edition

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One of the stories of the year is the tremendously fast growing demand for electricity due to the insanely fast development of data centers for the whole AI Era of Wonder. In regions around the country, electricity prices are spiking because giant data centers need so much electricity to power … [continued]

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Uber & Lyft Drivers Create 1st US Ridesharing Union In Massachusetts

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Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts are tired of being taken advantage of, and are thus diverging from the long-term trend in the USA away from worker unions. Drivers for Uber and Lyft in The Baked Bean State have decided to combine forces for better pay and conditions by unionizing, … [continued]

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Will Banning Social Media for Minors Actually Help Reduce Carbon Emissions?

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The answer is: No. Next question. Okay, fine. Let’s do this properly. Somewhere in a government conference room — air conditioning on full blast, bottled water for every seat, a PowerPoint deck that took three consultants and two months to produce — somebody connected these two dots and felt brilliant … [continued]

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Early Wins for the Social Media Ban, New Survey Claims. But the Full Picture Is Far More Complicated.

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Australia’s world-first national legislation to restrict access to social media accounts for children under 16 years old has been in force for about three months. New data from a survey of 1,070 Australian adults provides tantalising evidence of some positive effects. The YouGov survey found many parents had noticed several positive behavioural … [continued]

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