New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, pausing construction for one year over concerns that AI-driven data center growth is raising utility bills, straining water supplies, and burdening communities. "As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it's my responsibility to take action and lead," said New York Governor Kathy Hochul. She will also pursue legislation to repeal sales tax exemptions for large data centers, Hochul added. Reuters reports: The construction ban will apply to data centers that use 50 megawatts or more of power, officials in the governor's office said. During the moratorium, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation will not issue any discretionary permits not already deemed complete, the governor's office said. Instead, Hochul directed state officials to develop a Generic Environmental Impact Statement to ensure that new data centers coming online are held to "consistent standards," as well as examine the potential environmental impacts of the construction and operation of data centers in the state. The ban will be lifted once the state finalizes those standards, according to Hochul's office.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit in the United States over the company's ties to large-scale scalpers -- connections reported by CBC News last week. The suit, filed Monday by New York ticket buyer Louis Sanquini, alleges deceptive practices and fraudulent misrepresentation over StubHub's promoting itself as a "marketplace for fans to buy and sell tickets." The online ticket resale giant has faced a storm of customer complaints after cancelling thousands of World Cup tickets. The company has repeatedly said it is simply a technology platform that does not buy, sell or possess tickets. However, CBC reported last week that Baker disclosed in recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he runs Andro Capital, a hedge fund that engages in large-scale resale of millions of dollars' worth of sports and concert tickets on the StubHub resale platform.

Sanquini filed the proposed class action in the Southern District of New York, arguing consumers were kept in the dark and that he believed StubHub was a "neutral" marketplace. Lead counsel Kevin Steinberg told CBC News in an emailed statement that "consumers deserve honesty and transparency." A CBC investigation found that the CEO of online ticket reseller StubHub owns and manages a hedge fund that scalps millions of dollars of its own tickets. "While what StubHub is alleged to have engaged in and perpetrated upon millions of patrons is unfathomable, this case is about transparency and consumer trust. If companies make representations to the public, consumers are entitled to expect that those representations are complete and accurate," he said.

The claim reads: "Defendants' failure to disclose this conflict of interest, while affirmatively marketing StubHub as a fan-to-fan marketplace, deceived Plaintiff and the Class and caused them to pay prices, and accept terms, they would not have accepted had the truth been known." Sanquini argues that had he known StubHub's CEO held a financial interest and that the company was helping finance professional resellers, he would never have used the resale site to buy tickets to see rock band Kiss in 2023 or to attend a New York Red Bulls-New York City FC Major League Soccer match in 2024.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday paused incomplete state environmental permit applications for large datacenters while officials work out new rules, a process expected to take up to a year. The order makes New York the first state to enact such a moratorium amid growing concerns over AI datacenters' impact on utility rates and public health. “New York has always been at the forefront of innovation and change but we’ve also always guaranteed that New Yorkers benefit. As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it’s my responsibility to take action and lead,” Hochul said in a canned statement. The order specifically targets large hyperscale datacenters capable of consuming at least 50 MW, subject to exemptions for manufacturing, research, education, and medical facilities. Prior to the AI boom, 50 megawatts would have been considered a large cloud campus. While datacenter campuses now often demand gigawatts of power, the moratorium doesn't preclude all AI bit barns. Fifty megawatts is still enough power for roughly 20,000-30,000 modern GPUs. The moratorium won’t last and is instead aimed at providing state officials time to develop and enact rules designed to ensure large-scale buildouts don't hurt New Yorkers. The portable generator units used while bit barn builders wait for grid connections and improvements have come under fire due to their impact on air quality. Elon Musk's Colossus 2 DC is now facing legal challenges over alleged Clean Air Act violations tied to the use of these generators. Over the next year, the executive order directs New York's Department of Public Service (DPS) to develop a generic environmental impact statement (GEIS). Officials will use this to evaluate proposed datacenter projects' environmental, public health, and grid impacts. The order directs the state's economic development agency, Empire State Development, to develop a framework to help local communities negotiate benefits like infrastructure improvements or financial support for community programs in exchange for letting bit barns in their backyards. Finally, DPS will consider establishing a fund that datacenter operators may be required to pay into, including a possible insurance pool to protect ratepayers from stranded grid costs tied to projects that are delayed, scaled back, or never materialize. The effect of datacenters on utility bills has become a national issue as several US states launched an inquiry into why, despite claims to the contrary, ratepayers are still paying more. US President Donald Trump isn’t keen on AI infrastructure making life more expensive for voters either — at least not any more than his infatuation with tariffs and the US war with Iran already have. In January, the president demanded Big Tech take responsibility for the power their datacenters consume. Alongside the moratorium, Hochul has promised legislation to end sales tax exemptions for datacenter. New York isn't the first to pursue a moratorium on new datacenters. Earlier this year, Maine became the first to pass a statewide moratorium on new bit barns, only for the measure to be vetoed by Governor Janet Mills. Going forward, New York's moratorium may now serve as a blueprint for other states to push back against the spread of datacenters. Having said that, capping datacenter campuses at 50 megawatts may not stop developers from pursuing multiple smaller sites across the state. While massive datacenters are needed to train frontier models, once they have been trained, those models can be served by much smaller facilities. There is also the potential for multiple smaller, but physically disparate datacenters to be stitched together using high speed, low latency interconnects like Nvidia’s Spectrum-XGS switches. These devices are designed exactly for this purpose. ®

De neerslag die komende week verwacht wordt, is onvoldoende voor „het verlichten van de droogte-effecten”. Dat schrijft Rijkswaterstaat dinsdag in de wekelijkse droogtemonitor.

Tijdens werkzaamheden dinsdagochtend brak brand uit in een leegstaand woon- en werkgebouw in de Belgische hoofdstad. De brand leek onder controle te zijn gebracht, maar spreidde zich uit naar de liftschachten waar werklui bezig waren.

De bestuurder is in juridische zin niet schuldig aan het ongeval in de zomer van 2020 waarbij de 14-jarige Tamar omkwam, aldus de rechtbank. Hij had gezien de omstandigheden niet ‘redelijkerwijs’ kunnen vermoeden dat hij een persoon had aangereden.

De grote natuurbranden die sinds zondag woeden in het bos van Fontainebleau, een ecologisch en cultureel belangrijk woud nabij Parijs, hebben 2.050 hectare natuur verwoest.

Sánchez was aangeklaagd vanwege een omstreden benoeming tot hoofd van twee conservatoria, volgens de aanklagers op voorspraak van zijn broer. De rechter verwierp de beschuldiging van corruptie.

De halve finale woensdagavond is voor zowel Argentijnse als Engelse fans beladen. Vooral oudere Argentijnen willen wraak om de jonge militairen die „als vogeltjes” zijn doodgeschoten tijdens de Falklandoorlog, de Engelsen vanwege de onbestrafte handsbal van Maradona. En ze willen Lionel Messi „op respectvolle wijze” met pensioen sturen.

In het waterschap Brabantse Delta is sinds deze dinsdag overdag een onttrekkingsverbod van kracht, zodat alle boeren ’s nachts over genoeg water beschikken.

MUSICAL HOLDOUTS is a 1975 documentary featuring musical cultures that remain distinct from the "melting pot" of mainstream American popular music. Without voiceover narration, it primarily showcases the musicians themselves with some interspersed interviews.

The first segment features Gullah Geechee clapping games/songs. Also included are bluegrass banjos, cowboy ballads, and singing by members of several tribes including Kaiwa, Pawnee, Wichita, Comanche, and Cheyenne people. The film closes out with some lovely old time and folk music by itinerant musicians. There's more information here on the incredible Folkstreams website. All of these musical cultures still exist in one form or another. This a testament both to the resilience of ordinary, often marginalized people, and evidence of the beautiful durability of music in all its forms. Music is infinite.

This is a selection of personal handmade prints; screen prints, riso prints, woodcut, and linocut. Selected for a small in-store exhibition. A crossroads where all these techniques start to influence each other, resulting in a brooding, dark summer night, tripping over folktales, stumbling into rabbit holes. Letting the material guide me and reflecting on my mind.

A short, hypnotic video by Matthew Wilcock of the music generated by a tennis rally at Wimbledon. “Duplicating the players and then using the rhythm of the multiple tennis balls as they cross the pink line to drive the rhythm of the piece.”

Swiss project proves the viability of solar panels placed in the otherwise unused space between railroad tracks.

If you like graffiti, 50s advertising characters, stencils, and you don’t like the war… you’ll LOVE “Mr. Spray”!

This Mr. Spray letterpress is an image I originally created during the Iraq war, and unfortunately, not much has changed except one letter (it’s Iran now). “Make Art Not War” is a message I always want to promote along with an endorsement of expressing your beliefs by any means necessary! The streets and elsewhere are begging for you to exercise your First Amendment rights!
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Eindelijk eindelijk eindelijk. De NS stelt orde op zaken en rekent voorgoed af met vertragingen tuig dat praat in de stiltecoupé tuig dat NS-personeel mishandelt tuig dat meurende rijstwafels of een broodje gekookt ei eet in een volle trein tuig met een koptelefoon die zo hard staat dat iedereen in de coupé zijn kutmuziek moet aanhoren tuig zonder kaartje asielzoekend tuig zonder kaartje tuig dat keihard zit te bellen tuig dat links stilstaat op de roltrappen tuig dat daar iets van zegt station Almere Centraal station Almere Muziekwijk station Almere Oostvaarders alle andere stations in Almere grote groepen scholieren grote groepen bejaarden dagjesmensen mensen die voor hun werk met de trein reizen mensen in het algemeen treinen in het algemeen autisten die treinen cool vinden autisten met treinen op zolder mensen met Joden op zolder mensen die Joden op de trein willen zetten Kedeng Kedeng Wouter Koolmees TUIG DAT HUN TAS OP EEN STOEL NEERZET. Mag niet meer. Ook niet als het helemaal niet druk is in de trein. Dus denk erom, anders krijg je tikken van de de NS-BOA. FOEI!

De datum stond al maanden rood gemarkeerd in de agenda van wielerploeg UAE: 14 juli (14 يوليو) is een bijzondere dag voor de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, dus hoopte het oliestaatje vurig op een zege van één van haar UAE-renners. Vorig jaar ging de zege naar een Deen, Jonas Vingegaard, maar vandaag flikte Tadej Pogacar het voor de chauvinistische Arabieren!

Elke dag vieren de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten de grote welvaart in hun land, vooral dankzij de export van olie en gas. Dat doen ze op 14 juli óók. "Dat maakte het extra bijzonder om op deze dag te winnen", vertelde Pogacar na afloop van de tiende etappe aan de wielerpers. "Het was in 2024 en 2021 al een fantastisch gevoel om de Arabische Emiraten zó te verenigen op 14 juli. Daar gingen we vandaag ook weer vol voor. En morgen, overmorgen, en de dagen daarna óók."

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☀️ - 14-07-2026 19:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 28.7°C · Zonnig ☀️ | Min 19.5°C / Max 30.6°C | Kans op neerslag 1%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 19.5°C, Max 30.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1020.2 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.8 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 41°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 27.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.8 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 38°
• 21:00: 26.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1019.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°
• 22:00: 24.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1020.5 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 21.6 km/u (6.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 38°
• 23:00: 23.7°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.1 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 39°
• 00:00: 22.9°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 36°
• 01:00: 22.2°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°
• 02:00: 21.5°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 39°
• 03:00: 21.1°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↙ 39°
• 04:00: 20.8°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1021.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 34°
• 05:00: 20.8°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 29°
• 06:00: 20.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°
• 07:00: 20.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1021.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• woensdag 15 juli: Min 20.5°C, Max 29.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1021.3 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 44°
• donderdag 16 juli: Min 20.5°C, Max 28.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↘️ -2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 25°
• vrijdag 17 juli: Min 17.9°C, Max 24.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1014.3 hPa ↘️ -4.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↓ 344°
• zaterdag 18 juli: Min 16.8°C, Max 20.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1017.3 hPa ↗️ +3.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.4 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 326°
• zondag 19 juli: Min 16.1°C, Max 20.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1020.9 hPa ↗️ +3.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.8 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 337°
• maandag 20 juli: Min 15.7°C, Max 21.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1022.7 hPa ↗️ +1.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 327°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 28.7°C (Zonnig)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 25.1°C (-3.6°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↙ 40°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 45.7 km/h (12.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 39%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1019.4 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 37.9 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.5
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:39 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:56

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 46 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 5.4 μg/m³
• PM10: 8.3 μg/m³

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