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The most consequential developments in technology and the world, selected against strict editorial criteria. Each is explained in twenty seconds.
Why it mattersOhio voters passed data center bans and restrictions in at least 14 municipalities across 21 ballot measures, moving local resistance to AI infrastructure from moratoriums to binding charter law and shifting siting power from developers to residents.
Why it mattersGuangdong pressure to favor domestic chips suggests the cancellation may reflect Chinese authorities' pressure as well as Washington's.
Why it mattersThe new Intel comparison suggests AMD may become the leading x86 chip seller, which changes the story's competitive significance.
Why it matters42B in BEAD broadband money while rejecting NTIA's condition to stop enforcing net neutrality and rate rules sets up a federal-versus-state fight over who can regulate funded ISPs, though the outcome is still unresolved.
Why it mattersAI data centers facing 7-year grid waits are self-generating power with converted jet engines (xAI, Crusoe/OpenAI), showing power supply as the binding constraint and shifting pollution costs onto nearby communities, though the story is a secondary report on…