The growth of AI data centers has prompted disputes over development on golf courses and public lands, with conservationists warning about effects on wildlife, water and green space. In Pennsylvania, a former golf course is slated for a proposed data center project, while environmental groups have challenged a separate project near Boulder City, Nevada.
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Dauphin Highlands Golf Course near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, closed on October 12 after more than 30 years of operation.
The 228-acre course was sold for $45.6 million to Harrisburg I LLC, an entity formed by Dallas-based Provident Realty; the sale was finalized in June 2026.
The proposed Dauphin Highlands data center development has been reported as worth more than $10 billion, with construction anticipated in 2027; local development approvals and technical plans were not established in the records reviewed.
The golf course sale followed financial difficulties at the Dauphin County General Authority, which had accumulated about $13 million in debt.
Briarwood Golf Club in York County, Pennsylvania, is also the subject of a proposed data center redevelopment.
Fountain Valley Golf Course in Farmington, Minnesota, closed in 2022 and is included in an approved plan for a campus of up to 12 data centers.
In July, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter challenged federal approval of the proposed Townsite Data Center near Boulder City, Nevada, citing concerns about wildlife habitat, water resources and environmental review.
Conservationists say data centers can affect wildlife through habitat loss and fragmentation, high electricity and water needs, noise, lighting and polluted runoff.
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A Florida surgeon remotely removed the prostate of a 66-year-old cancer patient in a procedure conducted between two AdventHealth hospitals 35 miles apart. The operation took place as part of an FDA-authorized research study; the authorization allows testing but is not FDA approval or clearance.
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Dr. Vipul Patel operated from an AdventHealth facility in Celebration, Florida, while the patient was at an AdventHealth facility in Minneola.
Surgeon Marcio Moschovas provided onsite support during the procedure.
The patient was recovering well after surgery, AdventHealth told ABC.
The operation expanded the study to U.S. hospitals after 10 investigational telesurgeries between Orlando and Luanda, Angola.
Researchers are evaluating telesurgery’s safety, reliability and cybersecurity.
Telesurgery carries risks including equipment or connection failures, so an onsite team must be ready to take over.
AdventHealth said the procedure did not establish the technology’s general clinical performance.
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Ford says buyers of its forthcoming Fathom electric pickup, priced below $30,000 and due next year, will be able to use it to power a home during outages. The truck has a built-in inverter, but owners will still need Ford’s Home Power Station and Home Backup Panel to use the vehicle-to-home system.
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Ford says every Fathom will be able to act as a backup battery for a home.
Unlike the system used with the F-150 Lightning, the Fathom has its power inverter built into the truck.
Owners will still need a Ford Home Power Station, which Ford says should cost about half as much as the $1,310 device used with the Lightning.
Ford says its newer Home Backup Panel should cost 60 percent less than the first-generation panel, which cost around $5,000.
The system can charge the truck when electricity is cheap and use its stored power for the home when rates are higher.
Ford is working with utilities in the United States and Canada on vehicle-to-grid pilot programs for the Fathom.
Ford says the system meets standards for chargers, grid connections, and communications.
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Google DeepMind introduced Genie 4, a world model that generates interactive virtual environments in real time. The company says it improves on physics, human movement, and audio, but environments remain consistent for only a few minutes, and Google has not announced a release date or pricing for developer access.
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Genie 4 generates virtual environments frame by frame as users explore them.
DeepMind says Gemini 3.8 Flash helps Genie 4 interpret goals and keep simulations on track.
Users can change elements such as weather and camera position while a simulation runs.
DeepMind says Genie 4 better simulates physics, including aerodynamics and collisions, and produces more natural human movement.
Genie 4 is DeepMind’s first world model with built-in audio generation, including ambient sounds and interactive dialog.
DeepMind says its world models remain an active research project, and Genie 4 worlds retain consistency for only a couple of minutes.
Google plans to offer Genie 4 to developers through the Gemini API and AI Studio, but has not announced pricing or a release date.
Consumer access will roll out in phases through Google’s AI Ultra plans, which start at $100 per month.
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Evernote has sharply raised subscription prices, with some users moving from $130 to $250 a year. Its owner, Bending Spoons, said it tested prices and product changes and that average revenue per monthly active user was 2.5 times higher in 2025 than in 2022.
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Bending Spoons bought Evernote in 2023.
At the time of the acquisition, Evernote had 200 million accounts and an average customer tenure of 7.2 years, according to Bending Spoons.
Bending Spoons reported that new Evernote user registrations fell 23 percent in both 2021 and 2022 and 20 percent in 2023.
The company reported that new registrations rose 29 percent in 2024 and 20 percent in 2025.
After the acquisition, Evernote's listed prices rose from $8 to $15 per month and from $70 to $130 per year.
Bending Spoons said it ran more than 200 experiments from 2023 through 2025, including tests of alternative prices.
The article says some Evernote users faced an increase from $130 to $250 per year.
The article also cites price increases for Plex, Quicken, RoboKiller and Inkdrop.
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Anthropic filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, reporting sharp revenue growth and a large first-half 2026 net loss. The article also reports that settlement payments reduced Meta’s net income, although its quarterly revenue still rose.
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Anthropic was founded in 2021 and filed for an initial public offering on Monday.
Anthropic did not disclose a valuation in its filing; investors and analysts valued it at more than $1.5 trillion, according to the article.
Anthropic reported revenue of $41 million in 2023, $386 million in 2024, and $4.585 billion in 2025.
Anthropic reported $16.286 billion in revenue for the first six months of 2026 and said it had raised $141.1 billion by the end of June.
Anthropic reported an $80 billion net loss for the first half of 2026, including a one-time charge of $72.4 billion; it reported a $36 billion loss in 2025.
Meta agreed in August to a $17 billion settlement with state attorneys general over claims related to child safety, without admitting guilt.
Meta reported a $9.9 billion payment toward that settlement and quarterly revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26%.
A judge ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion on the same afternoon Meta issued its quarterly earnings report, according to the article.
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An ACLU report says AI tools used with automated license plate readers can analyze drivers’ location records and flag travel patterns as suspicious, even when drivers were not previously suspected of a crime. The report cites a Virginia woman who said an officer questioned her about a multistate road trip after a plate scan showed her vehicle’s recorded locations.
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The ACLU published its report on October 26, 2026.
Automated license plate readers photograph vehicles and can record plates, locations, and vehicle details.
The ACLU focused on Flock Safety technology, including a feature advertised as identifying vehicles detected across multiple states.
Grace Knowles said an officer stopped her during a 2025 trip and later cited allegedly suspicious travel patterns shown by a plate scan.
Flock says its technology helps investigators locate vehicles and connect them with incidents.
The ACLU says about 120,000 Flock cameras are installed in urban and rural areas.
The ACLU claims that less than 1 percent of vehicles scanned by automated license plate readers are linked to crime or wrongdoing.
Flock said its technology supported more than 1 million criminal investigations and incidents in 2025.
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The article raises a question about how much government power would be needed to prevent people from secretly developing prohibited AI. The provided text does not explain the article’s argument or offer further details.
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The article focuses on government oversight of AI development.
It asks how a government could prevent secret development of prohibited AI.
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The iPhone Duo is Apple’s $1,999-and-up foldable phone, with a nearly invisible screen crease and a design that works like an iPad when unfolded. The reviewer found it technically impressive and useful as a small tablet, but said its folded form feels cramped, takes time to learn, and is less enjoyable than a standard iPhone.
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The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable iPhone, according to the article.
The phone costs at least $1,999.
When unfolded, the Duo works in portrait or landscape orientation, regardless of which end is up.
Its screen crease is difficult to notice during use, the reviewer said.
The folded phone is shorter and wider than Apple’s other phones.
The Duo has a Touch ID sensor mounted in a button, which the reviewer initially had trouble locating.
The reviewer said the phone required a few days of adjustment to use comfortably.
The reviewer found the Duo better as a small iPad than as an iPhone.
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Elon Musk and London-based startup Wonder Studios released a seven-minute, AI-generated episode adapting Homer’s Odyssey, made with Grok Imagine. Reviewers criticized the episode’s visuals and storytelling, and Wonder said it would use feedback to improve the next installment.
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The first episode shows Odysseus deciding to join the Greek forces, sailing from Ithaca, and reaching the Trojan War.
Musk had pledged to make a historically accurate adaptation and previously criticized Christopher Nolan’s casting choices in his Odyssey film.
Wonder co-founder Xavier Collins said a three-person creative team made the episode in less than two weeks.
The episode reportedly cost tens of thousands of dollars; Nolan’s film cost $250 million and grossed $1.8 billion, according to the article.
The episode had received 7.3 million views on X at the time of the article.
Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw gave the episode one star, while a Telegraph reviewer criticized its visuals.
Collins said Wonder would review feedback, including criticism of the boats’ historical accuracy and the episode’s pacing.
Wonder has also worked with Google DeepMind on an AI-generated video for Lewis Capaldi’s song Something in the Heavens.
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Filmmaker and climber Jimmy Chin and ski mountaineer Jim Morrison discuss National Geographic’s documentary “Everest: The Other Side.” The film documents an ascent of Mount Everest’s north face and a ski descent.
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The documentary is titled “Everest: The Other Side.”
National Geographic produced the documentary.
Jimmy Chin is a filmmaker and climber.
Jim Morrison is a ski mountaineer.
The film documents a climb up Everest’s north face.
The film also documents a ski descent.
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University of Sheffield scientists recreated the Lycurgus Cup’s green-to-red color shift in a modern glass sculpture. The effect comes from gold and silver nanoparticles embedded in the glass, which change how it interacts with light.
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The Lycurgus Cup dates to around 400 CE and depicts King Lycurgus of Thrace.
The cup looks green in reflected light and deep red when light passes through it from behind.
Scientists identified nanoparticles in the glass as the source of its color shifts in 2007.
Roman artisans produced the nanoparticles by adding materials containing gold and silver to the glass mixture.
University of Sheffield researchers Lisa Hollands and Caroline Jackson developed a repeatable method for recreating the effect.
The researchers tested different furnaces, ingredients, and oxygen levels while developing their method.
Dutch researchers had reproduced the color effect in a 3D-printable nanocomposite in 2020, but had not established a consistent glassmaking recipe.
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Some users have reported cracks in Apple’s new foldable iPhone, which went on sale last week. The report does not specify how many devices were affected or what caused the cracks.
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Apple released its new foldable iPhone last week.
Some users have reported cracks in the phone.
The report provides no count of affected devices.
The report does not identify a cause for the reported cracks.
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A TikTok trend called “brainstacking” promotes analog hobbies as a way to combat “brain rot” and reduce doomscrolling. The article’s provided text does not say whether the approach works.
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The trend is called “brainstacking.”
The trend is appearing on TikTok.
It promotes analog hobbies.
The trend claims analog hobbies can help combat “brain rot.”
The trend also claims they can reduce doomscrolling.
The provided article text does not report evidence that the trend is effective.
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Elon Musk released a seven-minute AI-generated episode of The Odyssey made with Grok Imagine, after saying he could create his own version of the story. The episode depicts Odysseus avoiding the Trojan War, leaving his family, and arriving at Troy; the review criticizes its visuals, dialogue, and storytelling.
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Musk's episode runs for seven minutes and was made with Grok Imagine.
The episode opens with Odysseus pretending to be mad to avoid joining the Trojan War.
Palamedes and Agamemnon test Odysseus by putting his infant son Telemachus near a plough.
Odysseus joins the Greek fleet, leaving Penelope and Telemachus behind.
An intertitle advances the story by ten years to the siege of Troy.
The episode's dialogue uses digitally generated voices, according to the article.
The review compares Musk's project with Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey.
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The article says automation on real freelance work has risen from near-floor performance to a level businesses can no longer ignore. It says this does not mean humans are obsolete.
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The article focuses on automation of freelance work.
It describes the work as real freelance work.
Automation performance was previously near the floor, according to the article.
The automation rate has risen, according to the article.
The article says businesses can no longer dismiss the rate.
The article says humans are not obsolete.
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Hospitals and AI developers are debating who should be liable when increasingly autonomous medical AI causes harm. Brian Anderson of the Coalition for Health AI said providers currently bear responsibility in most U.S. states, but the role of technology companies could grow as AI agents take on more independent tasks.
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Brian Anderson said hospitals and developers are disputing who should control AI agents and bear responsibility for their actions.
Anderson said health care providers remain liable in most U.S. states when harm occurs while they use an AI tool.
Hospitals are concerned that AI agents used in high-risk care may act unpredictably or expose patient data.
The American Medical Association says accountability should fall on the party best able to understand an AI tool’s risks and prevent or reduce harm.
Anderson said Utah was considering shared liability for medical AI.
Doctronic is testing AI-assisted prescription renewals in Utah and has obtained malpractice insurance.
Anderson said technology companies may take on more shared liability as medical AI becomes semi-autonomous.
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The article highlights eight indie horror games for Halloween, spanning point-and-click adventures, survival stories, card battles, and puzzle games. It describes their settings and gameplay, from a Scottish takeaway hiding a gruesome secret to a penguin investigating a haunted Antarctic colony.
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Allogloom follows a girl who leaves her village to search for her missing mother.
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival follows Aidan as he tries to rescue his girlfriend from the Cenobites’ realm.
Grease Trap 99 is a short horror game set in a Scottish takeaway, with dialogue in Scottish Gaelic.
Hunter’s Moon follows a woman accused of witchcraft as she flees her pursuers through 17th-century landscapes.
The Killing Stone centers on a card game against the devil to win back a woman’s soul.
Penguin Colony puts players in the role of a penguin exploring an Antarctic wilderness threatened by cosmic horrors.
Silver Pines follows a private investigator searching for a missing singer in an abandoned town.
The article text ends during its description of Tenebris Somnia and does not provide details about its gameplay.
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Some members of Gen Z are using app blockers, simpler phones and in-person event apps to reduce time on social media. Companies offering digital detox tools are targeting this demand, while one student’s research helped advance Illinois measures related to children’s social media use.
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Canadian university student Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, said her social life declined after she joined Instagram and TikTok.
Moukoudi uses Opal, which requires users to solve math problems before reopening selected distracting apps.
The article estimates the digital detox industry is worth nearly $1 billion and could reach nearly $8 billion by 2035.
An April poll cited in the article found nearly 60% of Gen Z respondents identified as having a social media addiction; a 2025 survey found a third had deleted some social media apps.
Kendall Schrohe, 23, said she replaced her smartphone with a $349 Light Phone, which has limited features.
Duke University student Shreya Nallamothu created a DIY app-blocking device using $8 near-field communication tags.
The article says Nallamothu’s research helped Illinois state senators advance a bill to prevent parental exploitation of children on social media, and the state passed a law requiring parents to compensate their children.
The event app Pie grew from 120,000 users in July to 300,000 in August, a 150% increase, according to the article.
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The review says CurrentBody’s Series 3 LED mask offers six light wavelengths that users can assign across 125 points on the mask. The reviewer tested preset and custom treatments and reported good skin results and coverage, while noting the mask costs £499.99 and requires an app.
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The Series 3 costs £499.99.
The mask has six light wavelengths and 125 light points.
Users can customise treatments by choosing light wavelengths for different points on the mask.
The mask includes adjustable straps, removable eye guards and a touchscreen controller.
The reviewer tested 18 LED masks and assessed comfort, ease of use and skin changes.
The reviewer tested four preset treatments for four nights each, then used a custom treatment for the rest of the test.
The article says evidence for LED therapy is most established for blue, red and infrared wavelengths.
The article reports that experts cited potential uses including managing mild acne, reducing inflammation and firming skin.
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