AI
Both Parties Are Running Against Data Centers. Trump Isn't.
Candidates from both parties are weaponizing the data center backlash in the midterms. The president is nearly alone on the other side.
Infrastructure
Technology
'Backwards and Poor': Trump Picks a Side in the Data Center Revolt
Trump told communities fighting AI data centers to 'let Data Reign' — against Gallup majorities, a GOP governor's freeze, and his own party's Ohio polling.
Technology
GitHub's Bad Week: Commits Doubled, Capacity Didn't
A 7-hour, 47-minute outage, a certificate expiry, and a Copilot agent failure in one week — and a postmortem showing monthly commits doubled since April.
Technology
New York Freezes New AI Data Centers. Blame the Power Bill.
Governor Hochul signed the nation's first statewide freeze on new hyperscale data centers — 50 megawatts and up, for as long as a year — citing a grid nearing its limits and residential electric rates up nearly 68% since 2019. A $10 billion pipeline pauses, a 12-gigawatt queue waits, and the bill still on her desk goes further.
Technology
Your Home Router Is Your Company's Security Problem
Russian military hackers compromised 18,000 home routers to steal Microsoft 365 tokens — after users completed MFA. Most enterprises harden the laptop but never ask what router it's connected to.
Technology
GitHub Can Barely Stay Online in the Vibe Coding Era
GitHub posted just 90% uptime in Q1 2026 while adding 36 million new users in a single year. The vibe coding boom is straining infrastructure that was never designed for this scale.