Why data centers are becoming a political issue For years, politicians in both parties largely celebrated data centers as job creators and economic development projects.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2026
About a quarter of its $1 million in TikTok Shop sales so far in 2026 originated from livestreams, where the company hosts its own selling shows and works with affiliate creators on the popular social media app.
One of its founders, Matthew Wauters, is also the founder and CEO of Bonnell.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2026
After a successful return to New York Fashion Week last season, the Public School New York founders are raising the volume as their fall collection hits stores.
Many billionaires, including Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel, and Craft Ventures’ David Sacks, have already moved their permanent residences out of state to avoid the tax.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
The company was cofounded by Thousand Fell cofounders Stuart Ahlum and Chloe Songer, along with Gilt Groupe cofounder Phong Nguyen.
The campaign is geared towards challenging the CBC’s opposition to the bill; the group alleges that the bill’s authors did not sufficiently take into account the perspectives of Black athletes, coaches, and others.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2026
Since OpenAI published its blog post, the website changed the article’s attribution to one of the real authors, Kate Hooper, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
Several concessionaires at the fair have been touted as the inventors of the ice-cream cone.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Aug. 2026
The key role here is to connect inventors such as Fry with people from other departments needed for further project development, such as manufacturing, quality control, and sales.
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