https://heatmap.news/politics/americ...a-centers-pollAt least seven in 10 Americans would now oppose a data center being built near their home, according to a new Heatmap Pro poll, a record low that reveals a staggering shift in public opinion against the facilities powering the artificial intelligence boom.
The survey, conducted by Embold Research, finds that an outright majority of Americans are now strongly opposed to data center construction in their area. Young people, Democrats, and rural voters are more hostile to the projects, but they are broadly unpopular with Americans across geographic and political categories.
NIMBYs gonna love
(Story is at least 10 months old)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/me...ters-in-tents/
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-in...e-of-expansion
That's gonna power the Metaverse, right Zuck?
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta...ts-ai-chatbot/Meta confirms thousands of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
Meta is notifying thousands of people whose Instagram accounts were hijacked during the months-long abuse of the company's AI chatbot, which hackers repeatedly tricked into taking control of a person's account.
In a new data breach notification letter, seen by this week in security, Meta has revealed for the first time how many people had their accounts hijacked as part of the long-running hacking campaign, which was discovered earlier this week and first reported by 404 Media ($) and TechCrunch ($). The number of affected accounts gives some clarity as to how widespread this hacking campaign was, and for how long it operated.
According to the data breach notice filed with Maine's attorney general's office late on Friday, Meta notified at least 20,225 people that their accounts had been compromised, including 30 people in Maine.
The compromises allowed the hackers to take over the person's entire Instagram and any linked accounts, including obtaining contact information, dates of birth, and profile information, as well as the ability to access the person's posts, direct messages, and account activity, the notice reads.
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tl;dr
the hackers asked Meta AI to reset other people's Insta passwords and email them back
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