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I was on CBS News to talk about New York’s data center moratorium and what it means when an AI data center gets located near a community.

Preorder my new book HYPERSCALE all about this subject: https://hyperscalebook.com

Clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M46dV6mOstw

#tech #ai #datacenters #politics #mortatorium #generativeai

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Before the Luddites and the arrival of capitalism, it wasn’t just workers pushing back against technology; governments did too.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Thomas Dekeyser to discuss how refusal of technology has a very long history.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/337_tech_refusal_has_a_very_long_history_w_thomas_dekeyser

#tech #luddites #capitalism #politics #protest #ai

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The crypto industry wants favorable policy, and it certain helps with the Trump family is making big bucks from it.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @nprofile1q... to discuss how the AI industry is trying to replicate how crypto bought political influence.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/336_the_ai_industry_is_spending_big_on_the_us_midterms_w_molly_white

#tech #politics #donaldtrump #artificialintelligence #ai #crypto

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Bernie and AOC are pushing a much-needed federal moratorium on hyperscale data centers. But their AI policies couldn’t be more different.

Bernie’s AI policy responds to exaggerated industry narratives, while AOC is taking on the harms we’re seeing from their products. We need policy based on reality, not on hype.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-ai-regulation/

#tech #ai #artificialintelligence #generativeai #datacenters #berniesanders #aoc #politics

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Under Trump, the United States has made it clear that dependence on US tech can and will be weaponized.

In part, that's a new development — at least for some parts of the world. But ensuring the power of the US was sustained by getting other parts of the world to adopt its tech was always part of the plan.

https://disconnect.blog/global-dependence-on-us-tech-was-always-the-plan/

#tech #politics #donaldtrump #siliconvalley #digitalsovereignty

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There are a load of great tech books coming in the next few months. In the summer reading list, I suggest 16 books to consider — and give an update on what I’ve been reading.

https://disconnect.blog/a-critical-tech-reading-list-for-summer-2026/

#tech #reading #books #techbooks

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The crypto industry set the playbook. Now the AI industry is spending big on the US midterms to buy support.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @nprofile1q... to discuss the money flooding into US elections to ensure favorable regulation for AI and data centers.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/336_the_ai_industry_is_spending_big_on_the_us_midterms_w_molly_white

#tech #ai #politics #midterms #elections #generativeai #openai

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For the first time in my life, I downloaded a ride-hailing app in May.

It didn’t take me long to see how they’re designed to give users a false sense of control that makes it easy to overlook their flaws and be discouraged from going back to using taxis.

How else have tech services changed how we see the world?

https://disconnect.blog/the-seductive-nature-of-ride-hailing-apps/

#tech #ridehailing #uber #bolt #transport #politics #gigeconomy

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Memory prices are pushing up the cost of computers and game consoles — and that’s forcing some people to get experimental.

I spoke with Chris Person to discuss about how people are using e-waste and maintaining tech to avoid high prices.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/335_the_ram_crisis_is_coming_for_all_your_tech_w_chris_person

#tech #datacenters #memory #ram #ramageddon #ai

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The prices of computers and games consoles are soaring — and the memory companies are making off like bandits.

I spoke with Chris Person to discuss the madness of the RAM crisis and how data centers are driving it.

Listen to the full episode https://techwontsave.us/episode/335_the_ram_crisis_is_coming_for_all_your_tech_w_chris_person

#tech #memory #ram #samsung #skhynix #ramageddon #datacenters #ai

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I'm thrilled to share that my new book #HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. You can preorder it now! It's an account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking po...

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Over on my newsletter, I wrote a bit about why I decided to write this book.

Even two years ago, I could see that a conflict was coming over data centers. The communities that felt the brunt of them early were already pushing back, and the tech industry was planning to move into many more to power its generative AI ambitions.

HYPERSCALE explains why this pursuit is fundamentally unsustainable and why we don’t have to accept the claims this future is inevitable.

https://disconnect.blog/why-i-wrote-hyperscale/

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I'm thrilled to share that my new book #HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. You can preorder it now!

It's an account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and of the incredible efforts of people and movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech.

Get your copy and learn more: https://hyperscalebook.com/

#techindustry #techbook #newbook #reading #datacenter #datacenters #generativeai #politics #artificialintelligence

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