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Nintendo's latest sale is 'made possible' by the tariff refunds it's hoarding24m ago Meta Announces Muse AI Agent for Personal Tasks and Organization25m ago Instagram now lets you add tagged photos to your profile grid25m ago AI agents are flooding public services with new requests32m ago Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,99932m ago An Anthropic researcher just quit, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are 'gambling with our lives'34m ago Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities42m ago Antioch raises $32m to test robots in simulation before they touch hardware50m ago OpenAI’s Bubeck denies trying to cut Anthropic mathematician from credit1h ago 10 of the scariest AI villains in movie history1h ago Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal1h ago Agent Security Is Not AI Governance: Why Conflating The Two Is A Risk Enterprises Can't Afford1h ago Positron Valued at $5 Billion in New Funding as Demand for AI Chips Surges1h ago 7 Steps to Become a Forward Deployed Engineer in 20261h ago

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SpaceX Vows to Keep Poisoning Nearby Towns With Its Fume-Belching Data Center For Another Year

FuturismPublished Aug 3, 2026

SpaceX plans to replace its 69 gas turbines powering its large AI data centers near Memphis with a 1.2 GW natural gas plant by July 2027, after operating without a permit and facing lawsuits over pollution. The turbines emit harmful pollutants linked to health issues in nearby communities, prompting criticism and legal action.

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