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Additional attacks on Thursday included attacks on a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad Airport and an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked Oracle’s data center in Dubai on Thursday, according to state media. Also on Thursday, two drones targeted a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad Airport in Iraq, …
China just buried the internet underground. China built a 1,300-ton data cabin submerged under the sea, housing 24 server racks running 400 to 500 servers cooled entirely by the ocean. No air conditioning or cooling towers sucking up millions of gallons of water, just cold seawater doing the work for free. Standard data centers spend …
MACRO DATA JUST DROPPED • Manufacturing PMI 52.4 vs. Est. 51.3 • Services PMI 51.1 vs. Est. 51.5 • Composite PMI: 51.4 This should ease the recession fears that started creeping into the market last week and suggests the bear case may have gotten ahead of itself. S&P PMI: "The PMI data are indicative of …
Why is the FBI buying people’s location data and how is it using the information? FBI director revealed agency had resumed buying private information en masse in possible constitutional violation Kash Patel’s disclosure on Wednesday that the FBI has resumed buying location data on Americans has many people, including members of Congress, wondering: how does …
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.
Security researchers have uncovered a massive data exposure in Android AI apps that has put hundreds of terabytes of user information at risk. Analysis of 1.8 million apps on the Google Play Store revealed widespread insecure coding practices like hardcoded secrets and misconfigured cloud endpoints. Hundreds of apps were found leaking sensitive credentials. Misconfigurations in …
StockMarket.News @_Investinq Oracle just told every AI company on earth the same thing. Your models are worthless. Not the technology, talent or the billions spent training them. But the data they were trained on. Larry Ellison, the man who built Oracle into the backbone of global enterprise just dropped a bombshell. He said ChatGPT, Gemini, …
Los Angeles with clean air due to CA refinery regulations. pic.twitter.com/3ADx3MruYL — California Sun (@Californiada9pr) February 25, 2026 California drivers are paying $4.63 a gallon. That is 23 cents more than Hawaii and $1.65 above Maryland. AAA and GasBuddy confirm the numbers. State energy rules are clearly inflating prices far beyond other blue states. This …
Bull Theory @BullTheoryio 🚨THE $2 TRILLION PRIVATE CREDIT MARKET COULD BE FACING ITS FIRST MAJOR BANKRUPTCY. Blue Owl manages about $273 billion in assets. It is one of the biggest lenders behind the AI data center buildout. When companies like Meta, CoreWeave, or Crusoe need billions to build large data center campuses, they often go …
IDMerit kept an unsecured database of over three billion records Experts find database and manage to get it locked down Personal info exposed, but affected users may be low in number Experts have revealed IDMerit, an AI-powered digital identity verification solutions provider, kept an enormous database filled with sensitive customer information unlocked and easily accessible …
Wow. US Q4 GDP:+1.4% vs 2.8% exp. Government was shut down for almost half of the quarter, but relatively weak growth. pic.twitter.com/THSADgL5KR — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 20, 2026 DECEMBER PCE +2.9% VS +2.8% EXPECTED CORE PCE +3.0% VS 2.9% EXPECTED highest PCE since November 2023…yeah we may not be getting this rate cut for …
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes ABC News investigated and found more than 3,000 data centers are already operating nationwide At least 1,000 more planned Residents near data centers are seeing much as 50%+ increases on their electric bills “ABC7 has also been covering public meetings over proposed data centers and there are questions about water use …
Ahahhaahahahahahaa more bad ideas pic.twitter.com/cSxfg59XVz — King Gwap (@KingxGwap) February 18, 2026
Pop Catalin @PopCatalin Computers beat humans at repeatable tasks since the 50s. AI is currently far bellow average human intelligence in tasks that involve planning ahead and imagination of cascading effects. In fact they are terrible at it. AI is currently extremely capable at synthesizing information by linking related contexts together. It’s a very smart …
Source: https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/ HDD capacity from one of the world’s largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to Western Digital’s CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out. Western Digital’s Consumer Share Drops to 5%, as Enterprise Demand Gobbles Up the Supply Well, the ongoing AI supercycle has disrupted supply chains, and we have talked about …
The U.S. economic data is all fake We are in a deep recession — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) February 15, 2026 SALES OF HEAVY TRUCKS ARE PLUNGING, A TREND THAT HAS HISTORICALLY SIGNALED AN APPROACHING RECESSION. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) February 15, 2026 Even Jerome Powell was warning about a potential liquidity event in …
Three years after ChatGPT, AI is everywhere, except in macroeconomic data. If AI’s value is in productivity enhancement, it's still not showing up in the numbers. AI = LOTS OF HYPE. pic.twitter.com/x96Abr0tD7 — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 15, 2026 AI job predictions that were supposed to happen by now according to “experts” – 85 million …
Electricity prices hit (another) new all-time high in January… thank you data centers pic.twitter.com/QsUcHE2YVf — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 14, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, AI data centers contribute to rising U.S. electricity prices by increasing demand. BLS data shows prices hit $0.192/kWh in Jan 2026, a new high. Goldman Sachs notes data centers drive 40% of …
Google is selling 100 year debt byu/donopumpi inwallstreetbets BREAKING: Google $GOOG to issue a rare 100-year bond as part of a $20 billion multi-currency debt sale, aimed at funding AI infrastructure. This marks the first such long-term tech issuance since the 2000 dot-com era. What stage? — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 9, 2026 Big Tech is …
It's mind-blowing how Democrats dodge straight government facts for cherry-picked think-tank spins. 🇺🇸 In that CNN clip, Bakari Sellers touts CATO's 73% "no criminal records" – but that's strictly no convictions, ignoring pending charges entirely. Meanwhile, DHS's own data… — SilentPatriot47 (@ShadowPatriotUS) February 5, 2026 Cato is right that many ICE detainees have no criminal …
We need to build Trump homes https://t.co/HrDRzlzIn3 — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 4, 2026 Homebuilders are drafting a plan to construct nearly a million “Trump Homes” in a bid to tackle the US housing affordability crisis, Bloomberg News has reported. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/x1rVXOtOfC — AF Post (@AFpost) February 3, 2026
via Raisin Box Whistle Full Per-State Breakdown Below is a detailed breakdown for all 50 states based on 2022 data. States are classified as red or blue using the 2024 presidential election outcomes (Trump-won states = red; Harris-won states = blue). The table includes: • Population: July 1, 2022 Census estimate. • Per Capita Welfare: Nominal public …
Even CNN polls prove Americans WANT EVERY ILLEGAL DEPORTED no matter what Dems scream! Fresh data: NYT 55%, Marquette 64%, CBS 57%, ABC 56% say deport ALL here illegally. Nearly 90% back shipping out the criminals. Trump promised mass deportations and we elected him to do it.… pic.twitter.com/0WlAZEuweR — Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) January 26, 2026
We’ve said this for how long? “Oracle and OpenAI's AI data centers buildout needs $500 billion, and Wall Street is starting to flinch” “Oracle and OpenAI have aimed to build $500 billion of data centers by the end of the decade to power their artificial intelligence… https://t.co/WbGD3j8UTO pic.twitter.com/IVkaC5OZCB — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) January 24, 2026 …
Not one person I know who uses threads, this data is 100% fabricated. — Nishant Bhardwaj (@Nishant_Bliss) January 19, 2026 90% of Instagram and Threads…pic.twitter.com/IRT6WcSQbh — Unbiased Crime Report (@UnbiasedCrime) January 19, 2026 Facebook showing Threads posts to FB and Instagram users isn't real traffic. — John Aziz (@aziz0nomics) January 19, 2026 This chart floats …
Already 25 data center cancellations and postponements this month, expecting to see a 100+ month towards midterms (excludes local/county moratoriums) pic.twitter.com/ftpCQDA1UP — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) January 18, 2026 Here are a few recent data center postponements from early January 2026 reports: – Microsoft project in Lowell Township, MI: Paused for community input on energy and …
via Mike Maharrey Consumer borrowing cratered further in November, likely reflecting growing consumer stress, as price inflation persists and credit cards become maxed out. That’s bad news for a U.S. economy that depends on consumers buying stuff. Persistent price inflation forced Americans to blow through their savings and then turn to credit cards to make …
Data center updates in the last 24 hours ⬇️ > Brenham, TX city council blocked tax incentives & zoning changes for a large French-owned data center > Imperial, CA failed to approve site plans for $10 billion project, random shadow company now suing > Indianapolis, IN delayed rezoning decision on MetroBloks project a second time …
Aka Microsoft needs an excuse that sounds good to get their asses out of these data center construction deals https://t.co/gzy7oWlvaj — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) January 12, 2026 Trump: Joe Biden caused power prices to rise by 30%, big tech firms need to pay for their own power #MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) January 12, 2026 Whaaaaaaatttttt? …
