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How the red-hot AI data center boom is igniting demand for a new, lucrative career path: trade workers
Demand for new AI data centers is surging, but they can't build themselves.
Big Tech is funneling billions into building out these specialized facilities, with the four hyperscalers, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, committing nearly $700 billion in combined capex spending this year to fund these developments.
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Amazon Stock Stays Steady after Drone Strikes Hit Facilities; Microsoft and Google Stock Face Growing Risks
The ongoing physical conflict in the Middle East has reached the doorsteps of the world's biggest tech companies following news that drone strikes have directly hit Amazon's regional data centers.
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What to know about the clash between the Pentagon and Anthropic over military's AI use
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A high-stakes dispute over military use of artificial intelligence erupted into public view this week as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brusquely terminated the Pentagon's work with Anthropic and other government agencies, using a law designed to counter foreign supply chain threats to slap a scarlet letter on a U.
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GenZ kids were guinea pigs for living online -- here's how...
Big Tech is in the hot seat, with Mark Zuckerberg forced to testify last week about the dangers of Instagram in a landmark lawsuit brought by a young California woman, known only as KGM, who says growing up on social media ruined her childhood.
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A 'bellwether' social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction | CNN Business
Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the leading architects of the modern online world, testified for the first time before a jury this week over claims that social media harms young people.
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A 'bellwether' social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction
Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the leading architects of the modern online world, testified for the first time before a jury this week over claims that social media harms young people.
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Miranda Devine: It's time to take a stand against 'woke AI' before...
A tweet from Elon Musk this week highlighted the existential danger of morally compromised artificial intelligence models that increasingly control our grip on reality -- and despite promising to crack down on woke Big Tech, the Trump administration seems to be asleep at the wheel.
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Trump's trade advisor says Big Tech must 'internalize the cost' of AI data centers
The White House has to "make sure the American people are not hurt," he added.
The White House is signaling it may force Big Tech to foot the full bill for America's AI boom.
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One nation, on camera: Internet-connected doorbells promise security but raise privacy alarms
The FBI's publication of videos from Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest doorbell camera has reinvigorated questions that have dogged big tech companies as they have become a larger part of people's daily lives: How much data are these devices collecting.
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Meta, Google face massive liability as 'addicted kids' trial continues in LA
Landmark social media trial heads to opening statements
A landmark court battle puts Big Tech under new pressure.
Meta and Google returned to Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday for the second day of a landmark trial over claims their platforms were designed to addict young users -- a closely watched case that could carry major consequences for hundreds of similar lawsuits nationwide.
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Meta and Youtube 'addict the brains of children': opening arguments...
Tech giants Meta and YouTube face a high-stakes trial over claims they hooked a generation of kids on social media, a case that could spark a digital reckoning.
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Big Tech's gigantic AI spending plans are spooking investors. But history shows that's when you want to buy
Big Tech's spending plans are spooking investors as of late, but these plans could also signal a buying opportunity, according to Canaccord Genuity.
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Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.
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Instagram, YouTube addiction trial kicks off in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A California state court case over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman's mental health through addictive app design kicks off on Monday with opening statements, in a test of whether Big Tech platforms can be held liable for harming kids.
