AI’s Growing Footprint: The Global Battle Over Data Center Expansion and Its Environmental Toll
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AI’s Growing Footprint: The Global Battle Over Data Center Expansion and Its Environmental Toll

The digital infrastructure underpinning virtually all modern internet activity, from web searches and emails to streaming services and online banking, is experiencing unprecedented growth. These vast, warehouse-like facilities, known as data centers, are now at the very heart of the artificial intelligence revolution, housing the advanced computer chips and servers essential for running sophisticated services […]

Political Earthquake in Serbia as Longtime Leader Vučić Concedes Defeat to Student-Led Movement
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Political Earthquake in Serbia as Longtime Leader Vučić Concedes Defeat to Student-Led Movement

In a stunning political upset, Serbia’s long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections following a powerful surge by a student-led anti-corruption movement. Crowds poured into the streets of Belgrade, Novi Sad, and other cities late Sunday night, celebrating with fireworks, car horns, and joyous chants as preliminary projections indicated the upstart […]

Indian Cartoonists Face Digital Censorship as Satire is Restricted Online
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Indian Cartoonists Face Digital Censorship as Satire is Restricted Online

Prominent Indian cartoonists are reporting significant restrictions on their work across social media platforms, raising alarms about the suppression of political satire in the country. Satish Acharya, a 55-year-old cartoonist, recently experienced his Instagram account being temporarily blocked in India for the second time in three weeks, with no clear explanation provided by the platform. […]