Samsung unveiled the company's new offering for portable storage enthusiasts at Gamescom 2026 in Germany. The "P" Series of external SSDs uses USB4 connectivity to raise the performance bar considerably while offering some truly spacious units for both professional and consumer use. Read Entire Article
Data center backlash isn’t about AI, it’s about who pays the bills (and the noise)
Researcher Andy Masley reviewed polling data on the backlash and concluded that its main drivers are not simply distrust of Big Tech, skepticism about AI, or concerns about China. Instead, he found that people are responding to "object-level local environmental and economic harms" associated with proposed projects. Read Entire Article
Grand jury finds DeSantis administration misused $10 million, no charges filed
A Florida grand jury found that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money it diverted to a charity run by his wife and was later used for political purposes
Trump administration starts border wall project in Arizona over tribe’s objections
The Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall
2 wildfires burn along California’s scenic Big Sur coast
Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft have attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations along California’s remote Big Sur coast
Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
A federal judge is once again blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections
Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multibillion-dollar expansion under the Trump administration’s new “emergency” permitting process that cuts regulatory review and could put nearby wetlands and waterways at greater risk. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space holds the solutions to our problems on Earth. If data centers are so hard to find a place for down here, why not put them hundreds of miles above the planet instead?...
New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
A new report finds that, across the globe, progress toward developing more sustainable, resilient food systems is not advancing fast enough to meet internationally agreed upon deadlines. The research builds on previous studies tracking a number of goals, including some established a decade ago by United Nations member countries, like...