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"Existential Fight For Survival": MSFT May Nuke Green Data Center Climate Pledge One week ago, Microsoft expected roughly $190 billion in AI data center spending for this fiscal year, highlighting the massive scale of the hyperscaler capex cycle as Big Tech races to build out compute infrastructure. Across the tech space, hyperscalers are expected to spend nearly $700 billion in capex this year alone. The incredible amount of capex being deployed this year has forced some tech giants to slash headcount and trim operating costs to free up capital for data...

More Than 450 TSA Agents Have Quit During DHS Shutdown Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 450 Transportation Security Administration agents have quit since the start of the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. Travelers wait in long security lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on March 23, 2026. Ronaldo Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The partial shutdown has been ongoing since March 15, when funding for the agency lapsed without additional funding in place.  Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for Public Affairs at...