Data center proposals are facing growing opposition from towns across the US, as residents and officials raise concerns about water and electricity use (Daniel Wu/Washington Post)
Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more (Calder McHugh/Politico)
Judges in Latin America are struggling to rule on cases of AI-generated images even as courts increasingly adopt AI tools to clear case backlogs (Juliana Bedoya/Rest of World)
Taiwan says it expects no significant impact from China's new export controls on rare earth minerals, as it uses different rare earths in chip manufacturing (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)
Sources: Apple glasses may run full visionOS when paired with Mac and a lighter UI with iPhone; Apple may unveil M5 iPad, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro this week (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms worldwide, with US platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms mainly targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)
Sources: Microsoft's US data center crunch will last through H1 2026, longer than previously outlined, as the company restricts new Azure cloud subscriptions (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)