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AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects: * 404 Media: ‘We Will Fight to Our Very Last Breath:’ Township Leaders Vow to Fight Nuclear AI Data Center * The Frontier: How data center developers won secrecy pledges from Oklahoma officials * Harvest Public Media: As people protest data centers across the Heartland, lawmakers rush to regulate development * NJ: A tiny N.J. borough approved a $1.8B AI data center — now its residents are fighting back * Virginia Business: Virginia budget with data center tax moves to Spanberger’s desk

“I think it’s a little bit less important to have a fixed performance target for 5 years or something for a product like [the Steam Machine],” Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais tells PC Gamer. “I don’t think we’re thinking about it with quite as long of a time frame as something like a Steam Deck.” Though it doesn’t sound like there are any near-term plans for a refresh of some kind. [Media: https://youtu.be/Y8_e3SteAgE?si=4NAGvMjmsxrAKgci&t=814]

A peer-reviewed critique of Majorana 1 claims Microsoft did not conclusively demonstrate a working topological qubit. Microsoft disagrees.

Neil Vogel, CEO of the publisher formerly known as Dotdash Meredith, brought up his company's AI licensing deals with Meta OpenAI , and Microsoft in an Axios interview this week . He noted that while it blocks other unlicensed AI crawlers, it can't block Google's since it's the same one used for Google Search.

Neil Vogel, CEO of the publisher formerly known as Dotdash Meredith, brought up his company’s AI licensing deals with Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft in an Axios interview this week. He noted that while it blocks other unlicensed AI crawlers, it can’t block Google’s since it’s the same one used for Google Search. According to Vogel, “We would love to do something productive with them, but we’re probably heading towards more confrontation than productivity with those guys.” [Media: https://www.youtube/watch?v=NCaS_XDsLPE]

The 12-inch Surface Pro now starts at $849, while the 13-inch Surface Laptop costs $949 and up. Both start with 8GB of RAM instead of 16GB.

Judges handed down harsh sentences connected to a shooting at an ICE facility — but some of the defendants weren’t even there.

In an interview with Gamers Nexus, Valve had said that the PCs would ship with either one 16GB stick of RAM or two 8GB sticks of RAM. “We misspoke here - all units will actually have one 16GB stick of RAM,” the company says in a follow-up statement to the channel. “It’s possible that this might change in future builds, but the units that customers are currently signing up for will all come with one 16GB stick of RAM.” [Media: https://youtu.be/glXA3ObwSwQ?si=QGmDWmVfbMiONxLd&t=109]

The coalition of publishers alleges OpenAI and Microsoft “scraped, copied, and ingested” their work without permission or compensation to train their AI models. This latest legal battle adds to the string of copyright lawsuits OpenAI is facing from publishers like The New York Times, Ziff Davis, Merriam-Webster, and Encyclopedia Britannica. [Link: OpenAI, Microsoft Sued by Publishers for Scraping News Articles

Nice way to get around having to just sit and wait for an update to download. Microsoft is testing the feature for Xbox Insiders. [Link: Available for XBOX Insiders: Updates to Gamertags, Game Hubs, and Wishlists - XBOX Wire