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Kevin O'Leary's massive data center was approved by a county commission in Utah last night. At 40,000 acres, it would be 2.5x the size of Manhattan. The commission approved the proposal despite opposition from hundreds of locals.
Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids
Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids
Meta says it will scan ‘entire profiles’ to check for underage users.
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The ECB president's push for a digital euro is part of a broader geopolitical effort for independence and autonomy — but in the contest over the future of money, the US dollar has a huge head start. Read more: bloom.bg/4f1xB9S 📷: Guillaume Chauvin/Hans Lucas/Redux
Peter Thiel’s “Palantir inks $300 million deal with USDA to safeguard food supply” 4/22/26 … 2/ www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/...
Palantir inks $300 million deal with USDA to safeguard food supply
Palantir is continuing to diversify its business beyond cornerstone military and defense contracts.
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Peter Thiel’s “Palantir secures USDA contract to consolidate farmer data, modernize programs” 4/23/26 … 1/
Palantir secures USDA contract to consolidate farmer data, modernize programs
The Ag Department signed a $300 million contract with the tech goant.
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You expect Trump to protect you from data centers? His family runs one.
“[A]n audience member wondered whether partnering w/ ‘jurisdictions that have…arguably even higher status, like federally recognized tribes,’ might present a workaround [to enable “network states”]. [Joe] Lonsdale agreed. He had just spoken with someone from the Chickasaw Nation.” (2025) 1/
Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation
And hope to gobble up some land near you.
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We know that Roger Stone has previously been keen to facilitate the Tech Bro “network state” movement in Honduras, & we know that the same movement has been eyeing the SF Presidio & Indian tribes. Trump also keeps targeting the Presidio. which makes me extra wary of Stone’s latest lobbying venture.
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 4mo ago“[A]n audience member wondered whether partnering w/ ‘jurisdictions that have…arguably even higher status, like federally recognized tribes,’ might present a workaround [to enable “network states”]. [Joe] Lonsdale agreed. He had just spoken with someone from the Chickasaw Nation.” (2025) 1/
🔴 Microsoft is expected to reduce their workfoce despite a 18% revenue hike in Q3 FY26 These companies are producing worse and worse products, aren't employing people, and are avoiding paying taxes. We must stop giving them our money.
What a horrible betrayal of justice. I have lost all respect for Sheldon Whitehouse. Unbelievable. 3 Senate Dems Vote To Advance Election Denier To Lifetime Court Seat share.google/yDd0rvyKyqOQ...
3 Senate Dems Vote To Advance Election Denier To Lifetime Court Seat
At least one judicial advocacy group is furious about it.
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President Donald Trump said he was aware Amazon is considering a reboot of his hit reality show The Apprentice, with his eldest son potentially taking on the host role
Trump Says He Heard Amazon Weighing ‘Apprentice’ Reboot With Son
President Donald Trump said he was aware Amazon.com Inc. is considering a reboot of his hit reality show The Apprentice, with his eldest son potentially taking on the host role.
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ICYMI: The House Appropriations Committee voted 35-25 yesterday to advance a bill that would underfund WIC and cut fruit and vegetable benefits for almost 5.4 million toddlers, preschoolers, new moms & pregnant women in low-income families.
Ty Jones Cox@tyjonescox.bsky.social · 5mo agoFor 30 years, Congress has fully funded #WIC to ensure all eligible families who apply can receive full benefits. The House agriculture appropriations bill would break this promise: it would underfund WIC & cut benefits for WIC participants in every state. www.cbpp.org/blog/house-a...
Casa, which uses lidar scanners and AI to catalog homes and manage proactive maintenance alongside human workers, raised $27M, including a $20M Series A (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Michigan Supreme Court approves rule banning civil arrests, including by ICE, at legal proceedings michiganadvance.com/2026/04/30/m... From @kdailey.bsky.social
Michigan Supreme Court approves rule banning civil arrests, including by ICE, at legal proceedings • Michigan Advance
Michigan Supreme Court approves rule banning civil arrests, including by ICE, at legal proceedings
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"In other words, Google is positioning itself to profit from the broader AI ecosystem, including its rivals. Meta, meanwhile, is building inference-optimized chips primarily to lower its own costs. While Meta remains largely a renter of infrastructure, Google is becoming a landlord."
Rani Molla@rani.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhy investors are responding to Google and Meta so differently sherwood.news/tech/why-inv...
FDA launches a pilot using AI and cloud computing to give the agency a "direct data feed" to real-time clinical data, aiming to shorten drug approval timelines (Frank Konkel/Nextgov/FCW) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
How US schools' overreliance on YouTube for educational content encourages students to drift into endless video scrolling on school-issued devices (Shalini Ramachandran/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
what is the fucking point of an opposition party that acts like this
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4mo ago42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data. Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.
I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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this is worth watching in full just to understand who is in charge of the DNC right now. just an archetypal evasive, lying politician with zero respect for his audience.
Pod Save America@podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 4mo agoJon Favreau questions DNC Chair Ken Martin on why he won't release the DNC's autopsy on the 2024 election.
Knight Frank: Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies have leased 1M+ square feet of London office space since the start of 2025, or ~7% of all lettings (Natasha Voase/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink