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What is August really about? Owen Lamont, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Acadian Asset Management, suggests that for normal people, it’s about relaxing on the beach, but for financial markets, it’s “panic season.” Lamont, who is a leading economist at the $150 billion quantitative hedge fund and has been a faculty member at Harvard University, Yale School of …

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame  Chicago Tribune As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act  AP News Which states have rising electricity costs? See map  USA Today Are AI data centers influencing electricity costs in Maine?  The Portland Press Herald How Much Power Do Data Centers Use?  Visual Capitalist Source link

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. It’s not clear that any state has a solution and the actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some critics question whether states have the spine …

Meteors from the Perseids Meteor Shower streak across a partly cloudy sky above Inyo National Forest in Bishop, California, in 2024. Preston Dyches/NASA hide caption toggle caption Preston Dyches/NASA The annual Perseids meteor shower will reach its peak next week. But astronomers say it won’t be as visible as it has been in recent years. A full moon is also …

On Aug. 4, fans of the HBO Max series Love Life were given a gift. The television show was added to Netflix, a reprieve from the three-year drought that left fans unable to access the Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper-helmed anthology series.  For creator Sam Boyd, having Love Life return to streaming has been a welcome change. In the …

Trade Desk’s stock may see its worst drop ever, and analysts wonder if Amazon is to blame  MarketWatch Trade Desk Stock Crashes 38% Even After Solid Earnings. What’s Causing the Selloff.  Barron’s Trade Desk Sentiment Collapses as Specter of Amazon Looms  Bloomberg.com Trade Desk tumbles after CEO warns of tariff impact on large brand advertisers  Reuters Trade Desk Stock Plunges On Small Revenue Beat, …

Aging Spreads Through The Body Like An Infection, And This Protein Could Be To Blame  Study Finds Source link

There was no evidence of widespread bullying, harassment or misogyny at the Sentebale charity founded by Prince Harry, the charity regulator has found. The Charity Commission has published its findings into whistleblower allegations that followed a bitter boardroom dispute that saw Prince Harry resigning, along with several trustees, earlier this year. It has imposed no sanctions – and the current …

Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it lost this week. The automaker was undeniably covering up for Autopilot. Last week, a jury found Tesla partially liable for a wrongful death involving a crash on Autopilot. I explained the case in the verdict in this article and video. …

As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame. Larger forces are at work. DeLong, a professor at UC Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, argued …