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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US FTC reportedly launches antitrust probe into Arm following its launch of its own AGI CPU — regulators investigate if chip designer is restricting architecture access to rivals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The U.S. FTC is looking into Arm Holdings to see if it's abusing its market position as a dominant chip designer to gives its new chip manufacturing business an advantage over competitors who build semiconductors based on Arm designs. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eNtVhb5GoBQCE9XK3irTnB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Texas county passes data center ban for rural areas for a year, move comes in wake of AI data centers moving to remote areas to skirt regulations — state senator says counties cannot legally impose these bans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hill County passed a one-year ban on data center projects, as the country authorities study the effects their effects on the community. Still, the County Attorney warned that they could get sued if they pass this moratorium, with a Texas State Senator asking the State Attorney General to investigate counties that have done so. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pennsylvania residents blame Governor Josh Shapiro for the large number of data center projects in the state, despite his efforts to introduce policies that will balance development with the welfare of the people. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:46:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rthvRxqqBUdPvRebBLYPm6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Intel announces McLaren F1 partnership, will battle AMD-powered Mercedes — deal includes chips for aerodynamic analysis, vehicle-dynamics simulation, race strategy analytics, and more ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Intel has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with F1's legendary McLaren Racing team. AMD has been Mercedes-AMG's partner for six years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:38:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Tyson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JGziF6NKB2EKva2jYsXZof-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 70% of Americans oppose data centers near their homes, now less popular than nuclear power plants — opposition towards nearby AI infrastructure heating up as tech companies ramp up projects to acquire more compute ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new survey revealed that 7 out of 10 Americans are against data center developers building projects within the vicinity of their homes. This is a massive increase from the late 2025 survey which showed that 47% of people are against AI data centers near their homes. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AtjH4arSpab2u3sQo2sDU5-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon employees admit to using AI unnecessarily to pump up internal usage scores — workers complain of intense pressure to use AI tools ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Amazon is the latest hyperscaler where employees have been caught inflating AI token consumption to hit internal usage targets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:24:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Luke James ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7tPTeAtBjquh74okNqyo7B-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill — 1,100 jobs disappearing as company increased usage of AI sixfold over past months ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iBu6BXKDx9eNtLPFhAZHXh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nvidia’s ISP piracy defense backfires as judge refuses to dismiss copyright lawsuit over more than 197,000 pirated books — scripts in NeMo Framework allegedly ‘have no other purpose’ than to speed up infringement ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nvidia said that its NeMo Megatron Framework has non-infringing uses and that it's not liable for any piracy that its users might do. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:54:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:15:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JnpwGz9EQ7WPv7peZQsunM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/samsung-chip-workers-reject-usd340-000-one-time-bonus-demand-annual-payouts-like-sk-hynixs-usd900-000-workers-want-share-of-ai-windfall-impending-18-day-strike-could-cost-samsung-up-to-usd11-7-billion</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company’s chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hwsz9eDU8vjJxMpNfaVCPn-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Intel swipes Qualcomm veteran of 25 years to lead client computing — Alex Katouzian jumps ship to oversee consumer CPUs and physical AI ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Intel appoints Alex Katouzian to lead client computing and physical AI efforts and confirms Pushkar Ranade as CTO, signaling a deeper shift toward AI-driven and edge computing systems ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 21:43:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Etiido Uko ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sc4jMRDcUQARDogxU6vbKM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in — humans in this RGB-lit fish tank case look just like figurines ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Chinese TechTuber scaled a tower PC large enough for a human to work and play in. It has air conditioning, too. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Tyson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P7pckwnJFV4vxDA7yMEEVZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skyrocketing component prices push Big Tech capex to record $725 billion — Microsoft alone attributes $25 billion of AI budget to increased memory and chip costs   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta plan to spend a combined $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026, a 77% increase over last year's record $410 billion. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Luke James ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7ZfYx4wyiuAKGHcmrwJb8a-1280-80.jpg">
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                            <![CDATA[ Meta spent $72.2 billion on capex in all of 2025. The midpoint of its new 2026 guidance would nearly double that figure in a single year. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon capex spending to hit $725 billion in 2026, up 77% from last year — analyst says bear thesis is 'garbage' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta collectively plan to spend $725 billion on capex in 2026, up 77% from last year's record $410 billion. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New 3D device computes using living brain cells — bioelectronic device uses 3D electronic mesh design paired with living tissue ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Princeton researchers have developed a 3D bioelectronic device that combines living brain cells with embedded electronics, allowing neurons outside the body to perform simple computational tasks. The system may help scientists study brain function, neurological disease, and the brain’s extraordinary energy efficiency. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:37:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Etiido Uko ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cjXwG2TD5wJqVY8wxLHvjW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Union rally causes Samsung fab production to plummet by 58% during night shift as workers demand up to $400,000 bonuses — updated figures show over 40,000 people attended rally for better pay and bonuses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Samsung's memory fab and contract chip foundry production for a single night-shift fell by up to 58% after a one-day strike. The union is gearing up for an extended 18-day labor action if company management refuses to meet their demands when it comes to pay and bonuses. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:10:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DPNfrQbh2gPkNpAuCmtSJ7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More than 30,000 Samsung union members take to the streets to demand an average bonus of $400,000 per worker — May 21 strike date looms, union points to rival SK hynix granting higher bonuses to its employees ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Workers at Samsung's largest chip fab staged a rally today, demanding higher pay and bonuses, comparing their compensation to what SK hynix offers its people. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DxvaMhSZuzx55v9U9RDmk7-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft facing $2.8 billion UK lawsuit for overcharging 60,000 businesses using Microsoft Server on other clouds — Azure users allegedly received lower wholesale pricing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A lawsuit alleging the company is overcharging Windows Server for non-Azure users has been certified to proceed to trial, although Microsoft is still appealing the decision. The lawyer handling the case alleges that the claim affects almost 60,000 businesses and is worth about $2.8 billion. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C5HrhXNKz3T23KjkZ9PUra-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists solve decades-old 2D physics puzzle — Chaotic growth in a 2D quantum system obeys statistical laws ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Physicists have confirmed for the first time that chaotic growth in a 2D quantum system follows precise statistical rules, validating a 40-year-old mathematical model that describes how random, uneven surfaces evolve over time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oklahoma farmer arrested and jailed for trespassing during AI data center town hall — removed by officers after going a few seconds over allotted speaking time, trying to hand paperwork to counselors ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Darren Blanchard, a farmer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested for going over the time limit during a town hall meeting to discuss residents' concerns about a potential data center project in the area. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uzVeqJt6KLQ3gWDAiBkFCL-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nvidia quashes rumor it’s planning to purchase a major PC manufacturer — says that it’s ‘not engaged in discussions to acquire any PC maker’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nvidia said that it wasn't in talks with another PC manufacturer to acquire it, despite rumors saying that it has been discussing the possibility since 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:51:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:06:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vfLy5PcKHn93qzbpMvFh34-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ News outlets are blocking Wayback Machine from archiving their pages — 23 outlets concerned AI companies might abuse fair use and use it to train their models ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Many major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine's crawler from archiving their pages, despite using the tool for their reporting. Their primary concern is that AI tech companies are breaking fair use and training their models on publicly available data. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uHrw3MvBA6YAPHgNe2wPU3-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Framework founder says that ‘personal computing as we know it is dead’ — vows to keep building ‘computers that you can own at the deepest level’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Framework founder Nirav Patel said that the personal computing industry is facing a massive change as big companies are forcing it to move towards a subscription-based model. Still, he vows to continue making hardware that will enable the personal ownership of computation. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indianapolis politician's home shot at 13 times over data center dispute — police and FBI investigating 'isolated, targeted incident' after city councilor backed project ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A city councilor's home has been shot up for allegedly supporting a data center project in Indianapolis. Opposing neighborhood groups condemn the shooting, while the authorities have yet to determine who's behind the crime. ]]>
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                            <![CDATA[ YouTube's AI moderator acted on an errant DMCA takedown, affecting nearly every video that contained clips of the DLSS 5 trailer, including Nvidia's own YouTube video. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A5B8BfAZTyVWEpy5TRr3UY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oracle believed to have cut 10,000 positions across multiple divisions as mass layoffs begin to fuel AI investments — company is reportedly reducing headcount to fund data centers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Oracle reportedly cut over 10,000 positions based on reports from various employees. The move comes after the company has spent billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, with some saying that it will be in the red until 2030 after all this spending. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L8BiNnxD2fRmUsKoEvEdne-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Museum opens doors to ‘World’s largest collection of Apple products’ on April 1 to celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary — 2,000 artifacts spread across 20,000 sq ft in Roswell, GA  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mimms Museum in Roswell will open the doors to its iNSPIRE: 50 Years of Innovation from Apple exhibition on Wednesday, April 1 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:36:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Tyson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xqRUA9Bvsvh7MVXgFT23y9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US Supreme Court says ISPs aren’t liable for their users’ piracy — top judiciary body unanimously rules that Cox Communications did not commit copyright infringement ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Sony Music Entertainment in its case against Cox Communications alleging that the ISP is liable for its users' illegal sharing of copyrighted content. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:33:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k5ZGrmcDGutQYSGoxXygZD-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Paralyzed army vet can now play World of Warcraft using 'science fiction… magic… brilliant…' Neuralink brain implant — 'I’m now raiding, and exploring Azeroth hands-free at full speed' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ British Army veteran Jon L. Noble has shared a heartwarming update on his first 100 days with a Neuralink implant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:38:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Tyson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7HV3MT4NZj6cjK28jMqN4G-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kentucky farm family rejects $26 million offer for 600 acres of land from unnamed AI data center suitor — declines 7x offer, wants to ‘Stay and hold and feed a nation’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A family in Northern Kentucky received a $26 million offer for half their land — a price that's worth more than 7 times the going rate for the area. But despite the massive price, they still refused, saying that they "fed a nation off of it." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:28:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cAkbprtpxDB6ChwJfP7Thg-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ HiSense is forcing some owners of its smart TVs to watch ads when switching channels or inputs or going to the home screen. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:02:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ynLxErcAqTxVpwLESph9zV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump summons tech giants to White House to pledge power payment commitments — ‘ratepayer protection plan’ will make data center operators negotiate discrete payment structure for electricity use ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some of the U.S.'s biggest AI tech companies are expected to go to the White House to sign the "ratepayer protection pledge" that promises they will pay for all of their electricity usage and not pass on the burden of increased rates to the average American. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xxTaxkEexHToeVHAKqjPj9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump orders Big Tech to generate its own power for AI data centers — reveals new 'ratepayer protection pledge' to curb rising electricity prices in the US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid, causing electricity prices to rise across the board — for the average household. The "ratepayer protection pledge" will combat this by ensuring companies generate their own energy. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hassam Nasir ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DNfvQJUHCpDduHS9HATa3N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, sending 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% — IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and counting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ IBM stock takes a 13% whiplash after Anthropic announces COBOL AI tooling ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FdMFQdeNn52dwag7FqiUUo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids — off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Data centers using natural gas plants to sidestep power grids at the cost of carbon emissions ]]>
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                            <![CDATA[ AMD's chips will be used as debt collateral in a $300 million loan to cloud startup Crusoe with financing from Goldman Sachs. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew E. Freedman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NwtgKdsUfeLi3Ex8w9fm99-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, other AI hyperscalers to be spared worst of import duties with U.S.-Taiwan deal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The White House is considering a tariff carve-out for big AI tech companies, like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, allowing them to purchase imported AI chips from TSMC without getting slapped with an import tax. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:32:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UygtZowxYgbcyDJtKt6u2Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues to outweigh revenue — investors are antsy about long-term planning becoming never-ending spending ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues outweighing revenue ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved — despite some parts being 'optimized for nastiness' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iqwLTdfJnCAVtwNjtYesCB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nvidia pumps another $2 billion into CoreWeave and announces standalone availability of Vera CPU — chipmaker increases stake in its customer to 9% ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to "confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management," according to CEO Jensen Huang. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:14:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft gave customers' BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI — Redmond confirms that it provides recovery keys to government agencies with valid legal orders ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Microsoft is said to have cooperated with the FBI and released the backup BitLocker encryption key of one user stored in its servers to the agency after receiving a valid search warrant. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dExorkvrtUcUJXVm9qiaMC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ OpenAI might be running out of cash as soon as mid-2027 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago  — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pioneering search engine AltaVista opened its service to the public 30 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Tyson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cBagkycHyWk5JaVtKgrJzj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New calculator helps evaluate the economics of datacenters in space — running the numbers on orbital computing reveals a brutal reality ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Orbital data centers have been proposed as a way around the power, cooling, and regulatory requirements of building on Earth, but new analysis reveals that the costs of deploying such installations would be astronomical. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BFky4zrZUxNkSd6dh5nfQW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cloudflare says it has fended off 416 billion AI bot scrape requests in five months — CEO warns of dramatic shift for internet business model ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said that blocking AI bots and giving website owners the option to license their content to AI companies could help maintain online publication's viability as a business in the future. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HGqsYM2gBnPXnnUDU6v6aj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nvidia says it’s ‘delighted’ with Google’s success, but backhanded compliment says it is ‘the only platform that runs every AI model’ — statement comes soon after Meta announces proposed deal to acquire Google Cloud TPUs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nvidia congratulates Google for its success in AI hardware, but asserts the flexibility of its AI chips. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jowi Morales ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8GWUesFx3NRtYMAVTkBmZD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump administration touts Genesis Mission to try and win the AI race—White House compares scope of its initiative to the Manhattan Project ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On the heels of its AI Action Plan announced earlier this year, the US government is now ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/73aMrtevYNPnrhEKqTPKM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elon Musk claims he will 'build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined' — Tesla AI engineering team has AI5 chip ready to go and is setting its sights on AI6 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hopefully the goal isn't as far away as Tesla's Full Self Driving. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bruno Ferreira ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eysRBSGSUBKcxGLFqLuqcn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ASML allegedly offered to spy on China for the US — company proposed being 'Washington’s eyes and ears in China' after breaking gentlemen’s agreement on limiting DUV sales to country, says new book ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ ASML allegedly offered to spy on its customers for the U.S. after it was caught breaking a gentleman's agreement that limited the number of DUV lithography machines it could sell to China. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Yesterday's global internet outage caused by single file on Cloudflare servers — unexpected file size caused catastrophic error, knocking out several major websites ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cloudflare reports that a feature file had unexpectedly doubled in size due to an error, leading its Bot Management system to fail. ]]>
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