Data Center Boom Brings Safety Risks for Rapidly Hired Workers
Summary: A surge in U.S. data center construction is projected to bring $118.4 billion in annual investment by 2027, according to PwC, while job postings for core roles have grown far faster than the broader economy.
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The legacy of physicist Dennis Gabor, credited with inventing holography and winning the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics, was said to extend beyond his scientific work to a philosophy about innovation.
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An IBM survey of 2,000 executives found that only 11 percent felt fully prepared for AI agent deployment, with many reporting a lack of control over systems they oversee.
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A system for highlighting comments on Techdirt has been described. Credits are used by community members to mark a comment as the first or last word in a thread.
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The island was put up for sale by the investor Tim Draper, who announced the offer on X and invited direct email bids. A report from the European Central Bank this month was cited, showing that EU venture capital funds hold about 150 billion euros…
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