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a texas gas plant built for one amazon data center could out pollute americas biggest coal facility A permit isn't a smokestack. Still, the figure attached to this one is difficult to ignore: as much as 33 million tons of CO2 annually from a single gas plant in Pecos County, Texas, built largely to keep one Amazon data center powered.

A Texas Gas Plant Built for One Amazon Data Center Could Out-Pollute America’s Biggest Coal Facility

before google took over search was a wide open experiment Getting a website listed on Yahoo in 1996 required persuading a living, breathing person that your business had earned its place.

Before Google took over, search was a wide-open experiment

telegram keeps getting yanked from the app store x never does heres why For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from the App Store. Then it was back. Apple later confirmed it had removed the app over child sexual abuse material and reinstated it once the content was taken down.

Telegram keeps getting yanked from the App Store. X never does — here’s why

ask maps can now put your pad kee mao in the cart before you leave the office The company would prefer you never close Google Maps. That's the underlying pitch behind today's batch of Ask Maps announcements, and the food ordering piece is the clearest sign of how hard Google intends to lean on the idea.

Ask Maps Can Now Put Your food in the Cart Before You Leave the Office

researchers apples icloud private relay can still expose your real ip psa Private Relay has one job: stop the websites you open in Safari from learning your actual location. According to researchers, it doesn't do that job dependably.

Researchers: Apple’s iCloud+ Private Relay Can Still Expose Your Real IP [PSA]

streamings next experiment after two rounds of price hikes disney and netflix are weighing free tiers Since 2024, Disney has pushed up the cost of its US streaming products on two separate occasions. October's increase was the latest, tacking on $2 a month to the ad-supported plans and $3 a month to the ad-free ones. Netflix also went to the well twice over that period, its most recent move coming in March: an extra $1 a month for ads plans and $2 a month for the ones without.

Streaming’s next experiment: after two rounds of price hikes, Disney and Netflix are weighing free tiers

starlink dishes as cell towers spacex sets its sights on t mobile att and verizon subscribers The idea most likely to rattle America's Big 3 wireless carriers has nothing to do with orbit. It starts with a cellular base station strapped to a Starlink dish sitting on someone's rooftop.

Starlink Dishes as Cell Towers: SpaceX Sets Its Sights on T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Subscribers

googles pixel 11 glowing dot has a real name hilight and it sits on the rear The last genuine hardware shift Google made to the Pixel was a ring of magnets. This time around, it's a light.

Google’s Pixel 11 glowing dot has a real name — HiLight — and it sits on the rear

eu ai labeling law is now live and breaking it can cost 15 million Since Aug. 2, a chatbot designed to leave you thinking you're speaking with a human has been illegal in 27 countries. The same goes for a synthetic video of a politician that carries no label. The European Union's transparency rules for AI are now both in force and enforceable, and it's the penalties bolted onto them that caught the industry's attention.

EU AI labeling law is now live — and breaking it can cost €15 million

using your phone while its plugged in wont destroy the battery heres why Try this: game on your phone while it's charging, pull the cable after an hour, and look at the percentage. Odds are it hasn't climbed much. Nothing is wrong with your cable, and your battery isn't dying. That's bypass charging doing precisely the job it was designed for.

Using your phone while it’s plugged in won’t destroy the battery — here’s why