Author: Daniel snow
The Justice Department and the attorney general are supposed to keep a distance from the president, not be his personal score settlers. Source link
This town’s minerals make A.I. possible. Then came Hurricane Helene. Source link
Bank of America closes AUD/USD long trade as Fed outlook shifts Source link
Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences? Source link
The Trump administration wants to cancel some spending through a budget maneuver with disturbing ramifications. Source link
Unlike the Christian conservatives when I was younger, today’s variations seem incapable of compassion toward outgroups like mine. Source link
A judge’s remedy for the company’s illegal monopolization of search may worsen the problem. Source link
It’s about fostering principled engagement across ideological lines. Source link
The alienated loners behind left-coded violence. Source link
Using artificial intelligence can feel like magic. You type a prompt, and your answer instantly, effortlessly appears. But the magic is an illusion. This one prompt uses roughly 10 times more energy than a standard search. Pull back the curtain, and you discover vast warehouses of computers with a voracious appetite for energy, water and raw minerals. New data centers are fueling a trillion-dollar industrial revolution. “This is the biggest infrastructure project in history.” All of this, quite literally, scars the earth. Right now, A.I.’s environmental impacts are growing, and the consequences are hitting home. “My car is gone.” “I’m…