Dara Kerr
Stories
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How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer
A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it.
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Instagram fails to protect female politicians from violent, racist, sexist comments
A new report that shows a deluge of misogynistic, racist and violent comments targeting Kamala Harris and female politicians on Instagram. Meta recently slimmed down its content moderation teams.
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Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry
The social media company discontinues its CrowdTangle tool, which researchers have used to track misinformation. Amid fears of election interference, lawmakers have urged Meta to keep it running.
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There's a presidential campaign donor battle going on in Silicon Valley
Hundreds of Silicon Valley venture capitalists from across the political spectrum have pledged support for Harris. But a vocal group of billionaires said they'll do what's needed to get Trump elected.
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Google has lost a major antitrust lawsuit. What's next for the search giant?
A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.
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It’s taken 2 years to get the Kids Online Safety Act to this point
The Kids Online Safety Act is set to pass the Senate, but some groups oppose it. It’s a rare bipartisan bill with broad support.
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The Crowdstrike outage showed the vulnerability of the cloud
Experts say the services companies like Crowdstrike supply are in the hands of too few providers that are themselves too interconnected.
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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change
The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.
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Artificial intelligence's thirst for electricity
Artificial intelligence is an electricity hog. Google says its total greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50% over five years, mostly due to electricity that powers AI data centers.
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Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won
Internal emails, interviews and in-app messages show Uber and Lyft deployed a powerful lobbying playbook to stop minimum wage laws in Minnesota. But drivers had a playbook of their own.
