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Among hyperscalers whose data-center plans face new scrutiny
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 12.25% on November 5, 2026, to 9,011.14, its worst day since March 2020. The drop pushed the Nasdaq Composite into a correction, closing at 24,315.00, about 12% below the record it set on October 6.
Updated 3 days ago
Named as an early investigation target
Democrats won the House and Senate on Nov. 3. By Nov. 8, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the lawmaker in line to lead the House Oversight Committee, said probes would examine Elon Musk's role at the Department of Government Efficiency, new White House chief of staff Stephen Miller's immigration record, and President Trump's family.
Blocked from Amazon's store after Muse access dispute
Amazon began letting a small group of US customers shop by text message on November 6. They text a contact called “Alexa Shopping” to order groceries, compare prices, or send a photo of something they want. The assistant searches, suggests options, and completes the purchase once the customer approves.
Data center project in Piqua, Ohio, faces a local ban
Voters decided at least 47 local data center measures across 13 states in 2026. In 46, the result went against the facilities, according to Ballotpedia. On Nov. 3, 40 of 41 measures favored limits; the exception was Harwood, North Dakota.
Updated 4 days ago
Buyer of Cypress Knee's output
EDP Renewables North America began construction on Cypress Knee Solar, a 250-megawatt plant on about 2,200 acres of farmland near Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas. The company announced the groundbreaking on November 4, six months after signing a long-term power purchase agreement with Meta.
Updated 6 days ago
Ordered to unwind its acquisition of Manus in April 2026
China's Ministry of Commerce proposed adding 23 artificial intelligence technologies to its export control catalogue on October 16. The draft covers model weights, AI agents, chip design, and the networking software for large computing clusters. Registration for exports of the listed technology began the same day, before the list is final.
Updated Nov 2
Thought by a Reddit post to back the Solon project; MLive reports the Solon developer as unidentified
Solon Township residents learned in January 2026 about a data center planned for their rural community, according to a Reddit post. FOIA documents reported by MLive show the township had been communicating with The Right Place, the Kent County economic development nonprofit, since May 2025, and its supervisor signed an NDA in June 2025.
Accused of algorithm manipulation; denies it
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered federal police on Oct. 27 to investigate whether foreign money or services reached Flávio Bolsonaro's failed presidential campaign. Justice Flávio Dino's 38-page order names the Rockbridge Network, a donor group co-founded by Vice President JD Vance.
Updated Oct 31
Announced new AI hardware at Connect 2026
At Meta's Connect conference on September 23, Zuckerberg unveiled three devices meant to make its Muse AI assistant a daily habit: a keychain-sized handheld called Charm, a 100-gram VR headset, and a camera-free pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses.
Was given until October 23 to explain possible unequal treatment to the TSE; the court has not publicly ruled, and Meta denies bias
Brazil's electoral court opened a new probe into Meta and X on October 22, giving both 24 hours to explain whether their systems treated Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro unequally. The order from corregedor Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva carries a R$500,000 daily fine for each company.
Updated Oct 27
Named in the decree; responding
Mexico's president signed a decree ordering seven of the world's biggest digital platforms to restrict minors' exposure to violent, sexual, and other harmful content. Meta, TikTok, X, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Huawei have 30 days to comply; the government has promised a sanctions law if they don't.
Updated Oct 18
Signatory to the accord
Six leading AI developers signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on September 29, pledging internal controls, an internal monitoring team, an external auditor, and board review. Anthropic is the first signatory to act, giving six staffers from METR, a nonprofit that evaluates frontier models, employee-like access to test its models and publish findings.
Updated Oct 17
As of September 2026: Reserved 1 GW / 100 GWh from Noon Energy
Grid batteries came with a four-hour ceiling. Now the companies with the fastest-growing electricity demand on Earth, the AI data-center operators, are buying batteries that discharge for 10 hours and, in one case, 100: Meta reserved up to 100 gigawatt-hours from Noon Energy, while Google contracted a 300-megawatt iron-air system in Minnesota and a zinc array in West Virginia.
Updated Sep 18
As of September 2026: Makes the Ray-Ban smart glasses at the center of the debate
Oslo banned smart glasses in its schools this week. The ban covers the entire school day at every grade level and took effect August 27, though the city only announced it September 10. The delay came from the political truce that followed King Harald V's death on August 28.
Updated Sep 11
As of May 2026: Cutting 8,000 jobs (10% of workforce) to fund AI infrastructure; no public AI code-share figure disclosed
For most of computing's history, every line of production code at a major software company was typed by a human. On April 24 at Google Cloud Next 2026, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said 75 percent of new code at the company is now generated by artificial intelligence and reviewed by engineers. That share was 25 percent in October 2024.
Updated May 31
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