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spokesman.com > stories > 09/11/2026 > us-senate-negotiators-consider-requiring-ai-firms-

U.S. Senate negotiators consider requiring AI firms to mitigate known major risks

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (477+ words) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate negotiators are debating legislation that would put responsibility on tech companies to design safe AI products, according to two Senate aides, and involve federal courts if the U.S. government wants to block their release, according to a…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/08/2026 > developers-eye-native-nations-tribal-communities-f

Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1019+ words) Officials in Page, Arizona, a small city near the Glen Canyon Dam, passed a land sale agreement last fall that establishes a framework for future construction of a data center. The sale of the 500-acre parcel about a mile away…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/08/2026 > a-crucial-role-in-my-career-exploration-slingshot-

'A crucial role in my career exploration': Slingshot connects Spokane youths with career opportunities

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Tyler Lafferty founded Slingshot in 2021 with a mission: to challenge the expectation that high school- and college-aged people must have a single career path locked in. “I had no intention of starting a nonprofit,” said Lafferty, an entrepreneur with experience…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/02/2026 > uber-to-lay-off-10-of-staff-in-biggest-cuts-since-

Uber to lay off 10% of staff in biggest cuts since COVID

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (541+ words) Uber Technologies will lay off about 3,300 employees, or 10% of staff, in its largest cuts since the COVID-19 pandemic, to better navigate the rise of robotaxis encroaching on its ride-hailing business. The cuts will flatten management layers, reducing organizational complexity that…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/02/2026 > nvidias-huang-urges-g20-to-speed-ai-adoption-spur-

Nvidia’s Huang urges G20 to speed AI adoption, spur growth

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (561+ words) Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang called on Group of 20 nations to accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence as a way to enhance growth, urging the world’s largest economies to expand data centers and other infrastructure to support the…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/01/2026 > cook-hands-apple-to-ternus-bigger-and-richer-but-c

Cook hands Apple to Ternus: bigger and richer, but catching up in AI race

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (648+ words) By Aditya Soni Reuters When Tim Cook took over as Apple’s CEO, he did not try to fill the big shoes of its legendary founder and product visionary Steve Jobs. Instead, he took Jobs’ advice: “Never ask what I would…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 08/28/2026 > data-centers-can-raise-electricity-prices-wa-wants

Data centers can raise electricity prices. WA wants to prevent that

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (983+ words) SEATTLE – After a Washington state bill aimed at regulating data centers’ electricity use died in the last legislative session, state utility regulators have picked up the effort. Earlier this month, the commission held a workshop where utilities, tech giants, consumer…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 08/31/2026 > sony-warner-music-sue-anthropic-over-songs-used-in

Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (383+ words) The music publishing branches of Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly misusing their copyrighted song compositions to train its Claude AI models. Sony and Warner said in the complaint, filed on Friday,…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 08/30/2026 > cities-turn-to-ai-to-speed-housing-permitting

Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1298+ words) New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals. Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 08/27/2026 > city-flora-yard-art-are-not-the-antidote-to-data-c

City flora, yard art are not the antidote to data centers | Ammi Midstokke

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) I recently traveled to a midwest city to mingle with a bunch of outdoor writers in the middle of a concrete oasis. It seemed an odd place to invite the lot of us: plush red carpets, coffee service in white…...