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House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30
House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - which was notoriously abused so spy on the 2016 Trump campaign, and has been used for "backdoor searches" targeting Americans. Friday's vote - via unanimous consent after a longer five-year reauthorization pushed by Republicns failed to advance - extends Section 702 until April 30.
The short-term measure now moves to the Senate, which faces a looming deadline: the current authorization expires April 20....
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Trump Begins Blockade Of Hormuz Strait, Says Iran "Will Not Be Allowed To Profit From Extortion"
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President Trump begins blockading Strait of Hormuz, warns US military will "finish up the little that is left of Iran"
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President Trump Begins Blockading Strait Of Hormuz
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Russia has lodged formal protest with Israel following its reported strikes near Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility, angrily warning that the attacks directly endangered Russian personnel on the ground.
Israeli and Russian media have confirmed that Moscow issued a sharp condemnation and warnings of a red line after Israeli forces reportedly hit the grounds of the nuclear power plant where Russian specialists are stationed.
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The US Grid Wasn't Built For This
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Authored by Tejasri Gururaj via Interesting Engineering,
Global data center power demand is projected to hit 84 GW by 2027—a 50 percent jump from 2023 levels—with AI workloads accounting for 27 percent of that total, according to Goldman Sachs Research.
The grid is strained by increasing demand from electricity-hungry data centers and electric vehicles.Getty Images
The grid cannot keep up with AI. For decades, electricity demand grew slowly and predictably, giving utilities comfortable margins to plan capacity years in advance. That model broke almost overnight. Between 2023...
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