2+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (340+ words) The AI industry is reaping what it sows, as far as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned. Abbott said the sharp criticism Americans are lobbing at AI data centers is well-earned during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1408+ words) The fight over data centers is suddenly at the epicenter of the midterm elections. “It’s very much a bottom up, organic movement,” said Anna Greenberg, a veteran Democratic pollster, who said that while people’s views on data centers were largely…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (582+ words) Despite growing opposition to Big Tech data centers from coast to coast, US President Donald Trump said this week that every community should want one, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded on Friday. “Trump thinks that every community in America…...

3+ week, 44+ min ago   (272+ words) Elon Musk’s SpaceX is hiring a trader to build and lead a natural gas trading team to support the space flight company’s growing fuel and power needs. Job postings for the role, which “focuses on physical and financial natural gas…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (691+ words) The discounts, promotions and offers you receive from businesses from Starbucks to Kroger to Target to Home Depot are all too often targeted calculations about what to charge you, built from data including your location, browsing history and social media…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (764+ words) For roughly 76 million American households, federal income taxes could eventually disappear—if a proposal by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ever becomes reality. The Blue Origin owner argued the bottom half of U.S. earners should pay no income tax, saying…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (768+ words) After Nevada County prosecutors repeatedly used generative AI that added mistakes to criminal court documents last fall, a California appeals court has appointed a judge to consider whether to sanction the district attorney. The decision comes days after Madison Maxwell,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Do the words “data center” make you want to drop everything and call your congressional representative?...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (647+ words) Regarding the Aug. 18 editorial “Mark Cuban bests Ro Khanna on wealth taxes”: In November, Californians will vote on a one-time 5 percent tax on the state’s roughly 250 billionaires. I debated Mark Cuban last week on the proposal. California’s billionaires are worth more…...