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A large banner in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, expresses opposition to a data center proposed for the area. MUST CREDIT: Evan Halper/The Washington Post
Jan 13, 2026

Trump seeks to quell data center rebellion

Trump urges tech giants, led by Microsoft, to ensure AI data centers don’t raise electricity bills amid community backlash.

A man records a humanoid robot inside the exhibition room at the Humanoids Summit, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Dec 12, 2025

AI boom fuels new push for humanoid robots, despite doubts

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things [&hell[...]

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