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Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards

Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just seven percent said they were "strongly" in favor of new data centers. According to...

The Verge May 14, 2026 Stevie Bonifield
Technology May 14, 2026

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

Technology May 14, 2026

Anthropic forms $200M partnership with the Gates Foundation

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/gates-foundation-partnership Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology May 14, 2026

The Beats Solo 4 have returned to their best price of the year

If you want a pair of Apple-made wireless headphones that work just as well with Android as with iOS, the Beats Solo 4 a...

Technology May 14, 2026

How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, m...

Technology May 14, 2026

Razer’s Blade 18 is getting a $500 price hike and a new Intel chip

Razer just announced a new Blade 18 gaming laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus chip. The flagship laptop is ava...

Technology May 14, 2026

MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students

Article URL: https://president.mit.edu/writing-speeches/video-transcript-message-president-kornbluth-about-funding-and-...

Technology May 14, 2026

Claude AI recovers an 11 yrs old BTC wallet holding 400k USD

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-trader-recovers-usd400-000-using-claude-...

Technology May 14, 2026

Al Jazeera documentary highlights USC's sale of dead bodies to US Navy, Israel

Article URL: https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2026/05/11/al-jazeera-documentary-highlights-uscs-sale-of-dead-bodies-to...

Technology May 14, 2026

How companies weaponize the terms of service against you

Today, I’m talking with Brendan Ballou, founder of the Public Integrity Project and author of a new book, called ...

Technology May 14, 2026

Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-layoffs-bad-vibes-mark-zuckerberg-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology May 14, 2026

A spyware investigator exposed Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts

A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He wa...

Technology May 14, 2026

AMD’s FSR 4.1 upscaling tech is coming to older graphics cards

AMD is bringing its FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to older graphics cards. In an announcement on X, Jack Huynh, AMD's head of c...

Technology May 14, 2026

Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’

This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.

Technology May 14, 2026

Two weeks left: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27

Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K equity-free funding is running out. Deadline t...

Technology May 14, 2026

Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs

Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.

Technology May 14, 2026

Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations

Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.

Technology May 14, 2026

Dyson put a camera on its purifier so fresh air can follow you around the room

Dyson has announced a new air purifying bladeless fan that's its first to incorporate an AI-powered camera for tracking ...

Technology May 14, 2026

USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought

Article URL: https://www.agweb.com/news/usda-projects-smallest-us-wheat-harvest-1972-due-plains-drought Comments URL: h...

Technology May 14, 2026

Beware of Drunk Deer, French Police Say, Announcing Season of Inebriation

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/europe/france-drunk-deer.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology May 14, 2026

Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño

Ocean heat plus human-caused global warming is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. ...

Technology May 14, 2026

The Whole Anthropic Kerfuffle

Article URL: https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/2054887621336174799 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 14, 2026

Claude Account Suspended Seconds After Purchase?

I literally created a new account, pressed submit on the credit card dialog, the purchase goes through and i get logged...

Technology May 14, 2026

Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget

The Razr Fold has a lot going for it, but like all foldables, it's wildly expensive. ...

Technology May 14, 2026

The Razr Fold is stuck in the middle

For a phone that gets a lot right, the Motorola Razr Fold is frustratingly hard to recommend. The Razr Fold is the compa...

Technology May 14, 2026

Dell and RAMageddon are watering down the Alienware brand

I remember a time when Alienware refused to make a thinner laptop - the company didn't want to compromise on its builds....

Technology May 14, 2026

Computer Hobby Movement in Canada

Article URL: https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/exhibits/show/hobby_canada/hobby_canada Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology May 14, 2026

AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Deliver It

Watch fans spent a week falling in love with colorful Royal Oak wristwatches that didn’t exist—then the real thing a...

Technology May 14, 2026

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon team up to eliminate coverage dead zones

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have agreed to work together under a new joint venture that aims to end wireless dead zo...

Technology May 14, 2026

Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altmans-business-dealings-under-gop-scrutiny-ahead-of-openais-ipo-52c1cc4d...