Technology & Innovation

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How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills

This post was originally published on this site. By Rachel Mural, Harvard Kennedy School Citizens attend a City Council hearing in Pocatello, Idaho, to discuss the prospect of a new $2.6 billion data center in their community. Natalie Behring/Getty Images As the race to build data centers across the United States accelerates, local governments worry […]

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The free Enviroweather Mobile app, developed by Michigan State University specialists and the Michigan State Horticultural Society, provides farmers with real-time environmental data and predictive crop modeling on their smartphones.

How startup Vanly is mapping the future of life on the road

Vanly addresses the critical "where-to-sleep" anxiety by connecting travelers with a nationwide network of private parking hosts, including in the U.P.

Opinion: AI is ‘The Thneed’ of the 21st Century

AI itself shows alarming parallels to the “Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need” in more ways than one.

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could hold Big Tech liable

For decades, Section 230 shielded technology companies from liability for content that their users post. The K.G.M. litigation uses a different legal strategy: negligence-based product liability.

New campaign seeks to reduce businesses’ food waste by doubling food donations

Michiganders send 1.5 to 2 million pounds of food to landfills every year, including massive amounts of perfectly edible food.

Senate bill would take back $21B appropriated for broadband deployment

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, created as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act under the Biden administration, is a $42.4 billion federal grant program aimed at connecting every American to high-speed internet.

Pints for the Planet: Michigan brewery saves grains from dumps, cuts carbon footprint

Griffin Claw Brewing in Birmingham is changing the brewery game by implementing multiple sustainable practices like sending their brewers' grain to local farmers and recapturing CO2 to prevent it from entering the atmosphere.

CDC of Tampa’s Suit Up & Show Up prepares, dresses young men for success

Suit Up & Show Up guides young men toward a path to success and gives them a new suit to wear along the way.

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