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Date: 2026-08-08
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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States, according to The New York Times . The NYT says the plant would burn natural gas and is permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide per year — more than any other…

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An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times . The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, at least initially, would not be…

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

NextSlide recently announced that it’s joining OpenAI, with the presentation startup’s team members now working on ChatGPT. The NextSlide website currently displays a note from founder Ahmed Beshry describing the startup’s product as one “that could turn prompts, notes, documents, or research into a polished, editable presentation.” The ultimate goal,…

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Musician Tom Vek is building the Sleevenote digital music player

Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound , which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork . His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on The OC and placement on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack.

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Buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business

Buc-ee’s became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup , but it has a troubling history of suing small gas stations and convenience stores. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight , John Oliver literally begged the company to sue him for selling merch featuring his squirrel mascot, Mr.

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Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet

There’s two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks , and I love shaving grams off the gear I carry when backpacking, bikepacking , and trail running. So imagine my delight when Nitecore released a new generation of its ultralight NB10000 battery.

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[AINews] Zawinski's Law of MultiAgents

We’ve discussed the HuggingFace-OpenAI security incident before, but OpenAI’s side of the story was the talk of the town at Black Hat (summaries from former guests Elie and Simon are worthwhile): At the core of OpenAI’s disclosures was how their models figured out how to use OpenAI’s internal Artifactory as a messageboard to orchestrate themselves:…

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