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There was a time when most Americans had little or no knowledge about their local data centers. Server farms, long the invisible but vital backbone of the Internet, have rarely captured the attention of those outside the technology industry, not to mention that they are an issue with particularly fascinating political resonance. As of 2025, it looks like that era is officially over. Over the past 12 months, data centers have sparked protests in dozens of states as local activists seek to counter America’s ever-increasing computing expansion. Data Center Watch, an organization that tracks anti-data center activity, writes that 142…
Jessa Duggar (mother: Ben Seewald)Jim Bob and Michelle’s fifth child, Jessa Duggar, was born on November 4, 1992. Jessa met Ben through church and began courting him in 2013. The old-fashioned approach to romance seemed like an entirely new concept to many viewers. Since the children had never talked about their romance before their engagement, Jim Bob explained to People magazine, “Courtship is about getting to know each other in a group, where both families spend time together, and where the couple sets goals together to decide whether they intend to get married. On dates, couples are often paired up…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which examines how people earn, spend and save money.Nabeel Khan knew from early in life that he wanted to be an entrepreneur.In high school, Khan hired “12 of the smartest kids I could find,” he says, and co-founded an AP tutoring company. They charge between $20 and $50 an hour and made “about $5,000” within the first month, he says. He says he loved the customer service job and the challenge of balancing costs and profits.Now 27, he studied materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, thinking…
After a year defined by cloud growth and concerns about the impact of pricing on retail, Amazon stock heads into 2026 poised for a rally. The club name struggled throughout 2025 as Wall Street worried about Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud outpacing the growth of the No. 1 cloud, Amazon Web Services, and how President Donald Trump’s tariffs could squeeze already thin retail margins. This also weighed on the market. Amazon stock has only risen 6% since the beginning of the year, lagging the S&P 500 index, which has risen nearly 18% over the same period. The stock also underperformed…
Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes’ daughter Sterling wears $4,000 accessories at NFL gameBrittany Mahomes and her kids are switching up their game day style for something more cozy. Brittany, wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, posted a photo to her Instagram Story on Dec. 24 of herself wearing cream, green and red plaid Christmas pajamas and cuddling up on the couch with her sons, 4-year-old Sterling and 11-month-old Golden. Although 3-year-olds Bronze and Patrick weren’t in the photo, she shared another clip that showed her dog among Christmas decorations, including a large silver nutcracker and a tree decorated…
Captain Riyad Mahrez scored in both halves as 2019 champions Algeria comfortably defeated Sudan 10-a-side 3-0 in the opening game of the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON).On Wednesday, Mahrez scored the opening goal after just 82 seconds, to the delight of Algerian fans who made up the majority of the 16,115-strong crowd at Rabat’s Moulay El Hassan Stadium.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe former Manchester City winger, now at Al Ahly in Saudi Arabia, scored his and his team’s second goal just after the hour mark, with Ibrahim Maza rounding off the win late in a game…
Tanger CEO Steven Yarov told CNBC on Tuesday that despite declining consumer confidence and price concerns, U.S. shoppers are willing to spend this holiday season, but only if there are deals.”Retailers are cutting prices to respond to consumers, and consumers are responding by shopping,” Yarov said on CNBC’s “Money Movers.” Yarov said Tanger strives to provide shoppers with access to luxury brands at prices that they will always find attractive. Retailers in the company’s outlet portfolio focused heavily on promotions during the holiday period, which helped maintain foot traffic and sales.Customers are “going to come to a place where they…
Waymo appears to be testing adding Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to its robotaxis to integrate an AI assistant that accompanies passengers and answers their questions, according to research by researcher Jane Manchun Wong. “While examining the code of Waymo’s mobile app, I discovered a complete system prompt for the unreleased Gemini integration,” Wong wrote on his blog. “This document, internally titled ‘Waymo Ride Assistant Meta-Prompt,’ is a more than 1,200-line specification that defines exactly how the AI assistant is expected to operate inside Waymo vehicles.” Although the feature hasn’t shipped in a public build, Wong said the system prompts make…
Millions of Americans struggle to make monthly student loan payments.As of the Department of Education’s June 2025 update, more than one in three federal student loan borrowers are at least 30 days late on their payments. Additionally, 42% of borrowers say their loans are negatively impacting their ability to cover basic needs, a recent study by the Institute for College Access and Success found.If you’re facing hardship, “it may be tempting to stop paying your federal student loans, but that may not be a wise choice in the long run,” says Glenn Sanger-Hodgson, a student loan advisor at Student Loan…
Despite all the hype around AI and robots in the medical field, the issue that’s really costing hospitals today is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of surgical time are lost each day. This isn’t the fault of the surgery itself, but everything in between, from manual scheduling and coordination confusion to speculation about room swaps. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity Podcast, we bring you a conversation between TechCrunch AI Editor Russell Brandom and Akara Co-Founder and CEO Conor McGinn. Akara, recently named Time magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025, is a startup that uses thermal sensors and AI to essentially…