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AI Hype Is Crashing Into Reality. That’s Good for the Tech’s Future.

AI Hype Is Crashing Into Reality. That’s Good for the Tech’s Future.

A market correction. A wake-up call. A great digestion. Call it what you want: AI is going through it. Two things appear to be happening in tandem. Businesses are starting to finally grasp what AI can — and importantly, can’t — do to boost their bottom lines. And the sky-high expectations that have been partly inflated and overhyped by AI …

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Five Thoughts The Day After Virginia Tech’s Loss To South Carolina – TechSideline.com

Five Thoughts The Day After Virginia Tech’s Loss To South Carolina  TechSideline.com South Carolina 24-11 Virginia Tech (Aug 31, 2025) Game Recap  ESPN SOLID START! Defense, Sellers take over fourth quarter to beat VT 24-11 in season opener  WIS News 10 Game Recap: Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 South Carolina  Virginia Tech Athletics Beamer Ball gives 13th-ranked Gamecocks boost to pull away from Hokies  Roanoke …

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Big Tech’s A.I. Boom Is Reordering the U.S. Power Grid – The New York Times

Big Tech’s A.I. Boom Is Reordering the U.S. Power Grid  The New York Times Bridging the Gap: How Smart Demand Management Can Forestall the AI Energy Crisis  Goldman Sachs AI Data Centers Are Massive, Energy-Hungry and Headed Your Way  CNET Avoiding a data center electricity price apocalypse  slowboring.com Why AI demand for energy will continue to increase  Brookings Source link

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Rising electric bills: How states are tackling Big Tech’s energy demands

Rising electric bills: How states are tackling Big Tech’s energy demands

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — 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 …

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Inside Texas Tech’s ‘open checkbook’ and the school’s quest to rule the Big 12

Inside Texas Tech’s ‘open checkbook’ and the school’s quest to rule the Big 12

LUBBOCK, Texas — Last July, around a conference room table inside Jones AT&T Stadium, the Texas Tech football braintrust laid the foundation for a roster budget that would surpass that of the 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes, the eventual national champions. Inside athletic director Kirby Hocutt’s suite, about a half dozen of the program’s key stakeholders, including head coach Joey McGuire, …

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Big Tech’s Big Bet on AI Driving $344 Billion in Spend This Year – Bloomberg.com

Big Tech’s Big Bet on AI Driving $344 Billion in Spend This Year  Bloomberg.com Who will pay for the trillion-dollar AI boom?  The Economist Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more  The Guardian Big tech sees AI investments begin to pay off  Axios Silicon Valley’s New Strategy: Move Slow and Build Things – WSJ  The …

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US is launching new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help

US is launching new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising that will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness. President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks on the initiative Wednesday afternoon in the …

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