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Guest Perspective: Google wants your emails and photos to ‘personalize’ its AI. Should you let it?
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (621+ words) Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Washington Post//January 27, 2026// My advice: It's worth experimenting with Personal Intelligence if you find Gemini or AI Mode useful. But I wouldn't leave it turned on permanently. Let me explain what's to like " and what to be…...
Meta, Corning sign deal worth up to $6 billion for fiber-optic cables in AI data centers
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (455+ words) Meta, Corning sign deal worth up to $6 billion for fiber-optic cables in AI data centers Facebook parent Meta Platforms will pay Gorilla Glass maker Corning up to $6 billion over the next several years in a deal to provide fiber-optic cables…...
Louisiana launches humanoid robotics pilot in industry
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (560+ words) Louisiana launches humanoid robotics pilot in industry Louisiana has entered into a public-private partnership with robotics firm Persona AI to pilot humanoid robots in an active industrial setting, positioning the state as an early testbed for advanced manufacturing technologies. State…...
Meta data center’s ownership, financing questioned in Louisiana
1+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) Meta data center's ownership, financing questioned in Louisiana Nolan McKendry, The Center Square//January 16, 2026// The ownership and financing of Meta's giant data center in northeast Louisiana needs more scrutiny from state regulators, according to environmental advocates who say the structure…...
Environmental groups skeptical of Microsoft’s vows on data centers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (679+ words) Environmental groups skeptical of Microsoft's vows on data centers A look at one part of the air to liquid heat exchange fans at the Microsoft data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin on Sept. 18, 2025. Microsoft announced plans to spend $4 billion to…...
Why your power bill is spiking faster than a nearby data center’s
1+ week, 5+ day ago (746+ words) Built on what was recently farmland, Amazon data centers loom over houses at the edge of the Loudoun Meadows neighborhood in Aldie, Virginia, in January 2023. CREDIT: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post//January 15, 2026// Over the past…...
Trump seeks to quell data center rebellion
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (718+ words) Most Admired C-Suite Executives Trump seeks to quell data center rebellion Ian Duncan and Evan Halper, The Washington Post//January 13, 2026// In a bid to tamp down growing unrest in communities over tech giants" expansion of power-hungry data centers, President Donald…...
Tulane business school to host panel on health care innovation
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (428+ words) Most Admired C-Suite Executives Tulane business school to host panel on health care innovation Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business will bring senior health care industry leaders to campus next week to discuss how artificial intelligence, advanced diagnostics, and next-generation…...
Entergy seeks $237M in tax relief for Meta data center
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (461+ words) Nolan McKendry, The Center Square//January 13, 2026// Entergy Louisiana is seeking a generous tax break to help pay for new energy infrastructure tied to Meta's $10 billion data center in the northeast portion of the state, filing for a property tax exemption…...
Meta strikes nuclear power agreements with three companies
2+ week, 4+ day ago (545+ words) Most Admired C-Suite Executives Meta strikes nuclear power agreements with three companies The logo of Meta is seen at the entrance of the company's temporary stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman…...