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March 14, 2026
European retailers yank popular headphones after study reports trace amounts of hormone-disrupting chemicals
Some European retailers have stopped selling certain headphones after an EU-funded study found that they contained hormone-disrupting chemicals. The study included leading brands such as Apple, Bea...
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March 10, 2026
How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs
Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequen...
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March 5, 2026
Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers
Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI met with President Donald Trump today to sign a "rate payer protection pledge." It's one way they're responding to growing bipa...
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March 3, 2026
What Trump’s war on Iran means for the US energy crunch
Fuel prices surged after the Trump administration launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, immediately raising questions about whether the war would increase energy costs for Americans, put more ...
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February 25, 2026
Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply
President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans' concerns about rising electricity costs during his State of the Union speech - and now we're learning that the deals he promised could land next wee...
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