Utilities are privy to information about energy use from data centers in their region; they use that information to forecast growth. But data centers will often shop around to different utilities, which, experts say, causes utilities to double-count projects and forecast “phantom” growth—data centers that will never be built in their region. The CEO of ..
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On Thursday, Elon Musk lost his lawsuit alleging that advertisers violated antitrust law by colluding on an ad boycott after he took over Twitter, gutted content moderation teams, and disbanded the Trust and Safety Council. In her opinion, US District Judge Jane Boyle wrote that the lawsuit was dismissed because Musk failed to state a ..
Starzak explained that “it’s called authoritative because it’s the side that’s giving the information. It’s then taken by the [DNS] resolver and brought back to you as a user, which enables you to then connect to that content. It’s not part of the underlying content… the resolver comes and asks for directions and they get ..
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay $3 million in damages to a young woman who successfully argued that the companies’ social media apps were designed to addict children. Meta will pay the majority of the fine, 70 percent, while YouTube-owner Google is on the hook for 30 percent, the ..
Record labels Sony, Warner, and Universal told the Supreme Court that Cox chose not to terminate repeat copyright infringers to avoid a loss in revenue, despite being sent three or more infringement notices for each subscriber at issue in the case. “[W]hile Cox stokes fears of innocent grandmothers and hospitals being tossed off the Internet ..
A jury has been deliberating for more than a week in that case, and though they’ve reached a decision on liability, they’re currently deadlocked on the amount of financial damages to award. On Monday, they confirmed to a judge that they can’t reach consensus for one of the defendants, a Los Angeles NBC affiliate reported, ..
However, some British iPhone owners are concerned about potential security and privacy risks associated with the proliferation of age checks. “Myself and everyone I know… are doing everything to bypass these over-reaching age checks,” said one Reddit user in a discussion about Apple’s update. “I definitely do not want to grant my OS permission to ..
Saleem Ali, an environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware who also provides research and advice on critical metals to the United Nations, says that deep-sea mining should be part of discussions on the green transition. He coauthored a 2022 analysis, funded by The Metals Company, that compared mining waste from terrestrial deposits to that ..
The DOE spokesperson said its radiation standards “are aligned with Gold Standard Science… with a focus on protecting people and the environment while avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy.” The department has already decided to abandon the long-standing radiation protection principle known as “ALARA”—the “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” standard—which directs anyone dealing with radioactive materials to minimize ..
On Friday, a jury in California determined that Elon Musk had misled investors in Twitter via public statements that depressed the price of the company’s stock ahead of Musk’s purchase of the service. Because this was a class action lawsuit, Musk is likely to owe damages to a huge range of investors—payments that may ultimately ..
